Sample name: Stirling Range National Park (post drought)

Reference: A. Rose. 1995. The effects of rainfall on the abundance and species richness of small vertebrates in the Stirling Range National Park. Western Australian Naturalist 20(2):53-59 [ER 3299]

Habitat: Mediterranean woodland

Protection: national/state park

Substrate: ground surface

Habitat comments: "mallee scrub"

Life forms: rodents, other small mammals, lizards, snakes, frogs

Sampling methods: drift fences, pitfall traps

Sample size: 654 captures or sightings

Years: 1988 - 1990

Days: 196

Nets or traps: 18

Net or trap nights: 2784

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: "A pit-trap survey was conducted in mallee scrub from December 1986 to September 1990... Pits were opened for 8 days and 7 nights at the beginning of each month. The first eighteen months were conducted under drought conditions" and there were 46 months, so the post-drought data apply to 28 months
"Pit-traps consisted of plastic buckets 300mm in dia. by 400mm deep... A 400mm high flywire fence was run" and there were three lines at each of two sites during the post-drought months, with nine buckets at Site A and nine buckets at Site B
7 x 28 = 196 nights and 2784 pit-trap nights

Sample no: 3673

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2020-06-08 20:32:12

Modified: 2020-06-08 10:32:12