Black Mountain Road (narrow road-clearing sites)
Basic information
Sample name: Black Mountain Road (narrow road-clearing sites)
Sample aka: Kuranda State Forest
Reference: M. Goosem. 2000. Effects of tropical rainforest roads on small mammals: edge changes in community composition. Wildlife Research 27:151-163 [ER 851]
Geography
Country: Australia
State: Queensland
Coordinate: 16° 46' 30" S, 145° 36' 30" E
Coordinate basis: stated in text
Geography comments: coordinate is midpoint of two stated in text
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest
Substrate: ground surface
Disturbance: selective logging
WMT: 27.8
CMT: 21.5
MAP: 1886.0
Habitat comments: "Wet Tropics"
climate data are for station 94287 (Cairns airport)
climate data are for station 94287 (Cairns airport)
Methods
Life forms: rodents,other small mammals
Sites: 2
Sampling methods: quadrat,baited,cage traps,Elliott traps
Sample size: 163 individuals
Years: 1990
Nets or traps: 96
Net or trap nights: 1694
Sampling comments: "four trapping sessions of four nights conducted at four-weekly intervals in August, September, October and November 1990" using a "trapping grid (220 m × 100 m) incorporating 48 trap positions" at each of two sites; there were 40 Elliott traps and 8 wire cage traps on each grid, and traps were baited with "rolled oats and vanilla essence"
counts are definitely of individuals
counts are definitely of individuals
Metadata
Sample number: 1204
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2015-02-14 20:54:56
Modified: 2015-10-04 10:09:13
Abundance distribution
7 species
3 singletons
total count 163
geometric series index: 12.9
Fisher's α: 1.488
geometric series k: 0.4828
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6261
Shannon's H: 1.1865
Good's u: 0.9816
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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