Ogba Forest Reserve
Basic information
Sample name: Ogba Forest Reserve

Reference: J. G. Iyawe. 1989. The ecology of small mammals in Ogba Forest Reserve, Nigeria. Journal of Tropical Ecology 5(1):51-64 [ER 846]
Geography
Country: Nigeria


Coordinate: 6° 19' N, 5° 41' E
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Geography comments: "7 km south-west of Benin City"

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest

Protection: forest reserve

Substrate: ground surface

WMT: 28.8

CMT: 24.9

MAP: 1800.0

Habitat comments: "moist lowland rain forest"
monthly CMT/WMT data reported for the study period are missing a month but CMT and WMT seem pretty clear
MAP is based on Atedhor et al. (2011) and is an interpolated value for 1983
"An artificial plantation" is present in the forest, so it is not clear how much is primary

Methods
Life forms: rodents,other small mammals

Sampling methods: line transect,quadrat,baited,Havahart traps

Sample size: 392 individuals

Years: 1983, 1984

Days: 33

Seasons: dry,wet or monsoon

Nets or traps: 180

Net or trap nights: 5940

Sampling comments: 100 palm fruit-baited Havahart traps in a 10 x 10 grid plus 80 traps in a trap line

Metadata
Sample number: 1198

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2015-02-13 20:55:36

Modified: 2015-10-04 09:20:34

Abundance distribution
9 species
1 singleton
total count 392
geometric series index: 10.8
Fisher's α: 1.643
geometric series k: 0.5332
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7651
Shannon's H: 1.6899
Good's u: 0.9974
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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