Grindul Lupilor
Basic information
Sample name: Grindul Lupilor

Sample aka: Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve

Reference: A. D. Sândor, D. I. Marcutan, G. D'Amico, C. M. Gherman, M. O. Dumitrache, and A. D. Mihalca. 2014. Do the ticks of birds at an important migratory hotspot reflect the seasonal dynamics of Ixodes ricinus at the migration initiation Site? A case study in the Danube Delta. PLOS One 9(e89378):1-7 [ER 796]
Geography
Country: Romania


Coordinate: 44° 41' N, 28° 56' E
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Geography comments: in or near "Tulcea... between the brackish lakes of Golovita-Zmeica and Sinoie, in the SW part of the Danube Delta"

Environment
Habitat: temperate wetland

Protection: biosphere reserve

Substrate: ground surface

WMT: 23.1

CMT: 0.3

MAP: 405.0

Habitat comments: the general environment is a wetland "covered mostly by reed beds (Phragmites australis) and reed-mace stands (Typha spp.)" but the "site was located within a [narrow] 3.8 km long strip of woody [broadleaved] vegetation"
climate data based on station 15480 (Constanta)

Methods
Life forms: birds

Sampling methods: mist nets

Sample size: 1435 individuals

Years: 2011, 2012

Days: 28

Seasons: spring,autumn

Nets or traps: 12

Net or trap nights: 336

Sampling comments: a total of four weeks of trapping (i.e., presumably 28 days) in the spring and fall seasons using 12 "shelf type, 12 m long" mist nets

Metadata
Sample number: 1143

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-09-01 20:33:55

Modified: 2014-09-01 10:33:55

Abundance distribution
49 species
9 singletons
total count 1435
geometric series index: 71.4
Fisher's α: 9.816
geometric series k: 0.8850
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8708
Shannon's H: 2.6357
Good's u: 0.9937
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Accipiter nisus7150 g carnivore
Acrocephalus agricola69.6 g
Acrocephalus arundinaceus330.0 g insectivore
Acrocephalus melanopogon210.9 g
Acrocephalus palustris511.5 g insectivore
Acrocephalus schoenobaenus103.5 g insectivore
Acrocephalus scirpaceus5212.3 g insectivore
Anthus trivialis321.7 g insectivore
Asio otus1261 g
Carduelis carduelis116.0 g granivore
Carduelis chloris126.0 g granivore
Carduelis spinus913.5 g
Coccothraustes coccothraustes158.0 g
Certhia familiaris19.0 g insectivore
Coturnix coturnix190.0 g frugivore-granivore
Cyanistes caeruleus303.2 g insectivore
Emberiza schoeniclus1119.7 g
Erithacus rubecula35217.7 g insectivore-frugivore
Ficedula albicollis512.9 g
Ficedula hypoleuca1012.2 g insectivore-frugivore
Ficedula parva179.9 g insectivore
Fringilla coelebs252.9 g granivore
Hirundo rustica82.1 g insectivore
Lanius collurio1 carnivore
Locustella luscinioides33.7 g
Luscinia megarhynchos12.8 g insectivore
Motacilla alba91.9 g insectivore
Muscicapa striata215.9 g insectivore
Panurus biarmicus3063.7 g
Parus major162.4 g insectivore-granivore
Passer domesticus174.9 g granivore
Phoenicurus ochruros1816.5 g
Phoenicurus phoenicurus714.7 g
Phylloscopus collybita968.3 g insectivore
Phylloscopus trochilus88.7 g insectivore
Pica pica3 omnivore
Prunella modularis74.6 g insectivore-granivore
Regulus regulus475.6 g
Remiz pendulinus59.3 g insectivore
Saxicola rubetra216.6 g insectivore
Saxicola torquatus23.9 g insectivore
"Saxicola torquata"
Sturnus vulgaris157.9 g insectivore
Sylvia atricapilla1316.7 g frugivore-insectivore
Sylvia borin118.2 g frugivore-insectivore
Sylvia curruca313.4 g insectivore
Troglodytes troglodytes291.6 g insectivore
Turdus merula1429.7 g insectivore-frugivore
Turdus philomelos9168.9 g frugivore
Upupa epops28.6 g insectivore