Creamer’s Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge (spring)
Basic information
Sample name: Creamer’s Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge (spring)

Reference: J. M. Wright. 1998. Monitoring Neotropical and migratory birds in Alaska, April 1997 - April 1998. Alaska Department of Fish and Game Final Research Report SE-3-5:1-12 [ER 793]
Geography
Country: United States

State: Alaska


Coordinate: 64° 51' N, 147° 43' W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Geography comments: coordinate based on Fairbanks

Environment
Habitat: boreal forest/taiga

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: -2.8

WMT: 17.9

CMT: -25.1

MAP: 286.0

Habitat comments: "boreal forest, shrub, and wetland habitats"
MAT based on Sparrow et al. (2003, AFES Bulletin); CMT, WMT, and MAP based on climate station 70261

Methods
Life forms: birds

Sampling methods: mist nets

Sample size: 353 individuals

Years: 1997

Days: 42

Nets or traps: 26

Net or trap nights: 1092

Sampling comments: "Nets were opened about 7 hours a day"; there were 26 nets used for 42 days and 7548 hours

Metadata
Sample number: 1139

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-08-31 13:15:13

Modified: 2014-08-31 03:15:13

Abundance distribution
27 species
6 singletons
total count 353
geometric series index: 41.0
Fisher's α: 6.804
geometric series k: 0.8474
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.9043
Shannon's H: 2.6845
Good's u: 0.9830
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Accipiter striatus19.7 g carnivore
Tringa flavipes177.5 g
Tringa solitaria448.4 g invertivore
Picoides pubescens12.8 g insectivore
Colaptes auratus311.3 g insectivore-frugivore
Empidonax alnorum312.7 g insectivore
Empidonax hammondii1610.6 g insectivore
Perisoreus canadensis1
Poecile atricapillus510.8 g
Regulus calendula36.5 g insectivore
Catharus minimus532.6 g insectivore-frugivore
Catharus ustulatus2830.3 g insectivore-frugivore
Catharus guttatus130.1 g insectivore-frugivore
Turdus migratorius4378.5 g insectivore-frugivore
Leiothlypis celata20
"Vermivora celata"
Setophaga petechia10
"Dendroica petechia"
Setophaga coronata74
"Dendroica coronata"
Setophaga striata3
"Dendroica striata"
Parkesia noveboracensis25 insectivore
"Seiurus noveboracensis"
Wilsonia pussilla13
Spizella arborea118.6 g
Passerculus sandwichensis171.7 g insectivore
Passerella iliaca22.0 g insectivore-granivore
Melospiza lincolnii816.6 g insectivore-granivore
Zonotrichia leucophrys132.0 g insectivore-granivore
Junco hyemalis371.6 g insectivore-granivore
Carduelis flammea1513.0 g