Molas
Basic information
Sample name: Molas

Reference: J. A. Panti-May, S. Hernândez-Betancourt, H. Ruíz-Piña, and S. Medina-Peralta. 2012. Abundance and population parameters of commensal rodents present in rural households in Yucatan, Mexico. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation 66(12):77-81 [ER 897]
Geography
Country: Mexico

State: Yucatan


Coordinate: 20° 49' N, 89° 38' W
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Geography comments: "The study area is located within the 'Cuxtal' Ecological Reserve"

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest

Altered habitat: inhabited area

Protection: nature reserve

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 26.0

MAP: 1100.0

Habitat comments: "the vegetation is low deciduous tropical forest. The regional climate is warm sub-humid with a maximum temperature of 36 ºC in May and a minimum of 16 ºC in January" (unclear if these are means or maxima)

Methods
Life forms: rodents

Sites: 40

Sampling methods: no design,baited,Sherman traps

Sample size: 411 individuals

Years: 2009, 2010

Days: 18

Seasons: dry,wet or monsoon

Nets or traps: 480

Net or trap nights: 9640

Sampling comments: "The community was divided into 4 quadrants by drawing two imaginary axes which crossed in the center. In each quadrant, 10 households were randomly selected (total of 40) and sampled monthly over three consecutive nights in two seasonal periods" lasting a total of six months; "Twelve Sherman traps... were placed in each house... The capture effort in each period [of the two] was 4320 nights/ trap. The bait used was a mixture of oats and vanilla"

Metadata
Sample number: 1343

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2015-02-22 18:59:25

Modified: 2020-01-14 07:22:58

Abundance distribution
6 species
2 singletons
total count 411
geometric series index: 10.0
Fisher's α: 0.996
geometric series k: 0.3151
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.3610
Shannon's H: 0.7092
Good's u: 0.9951
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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