Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (2000 m)
Basic information
Sample name: Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (2000 m)
Reference: W. T. Stanley, P. M. Kihaule, K. M. Howell, and R. Hutterer. 1998. Small mammals of the Eastern Arc Mountains, Tanzania. Journal of East African Natural History 87(1):91-100 [ER 925]
Geography
Country: Tanzania
Coordinate: 8° 22' S, 35° 59' E
Coordinate basis: stated in text
Geography comments: coordinate based on Sorensen 2004
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest
Protection: forest reserve
Substrate: ground surface
WMT: 27.0
CMT: 19.0
MAP: 1900.0
Habitat comments: no description of environment at all: probably "evergreen moist montane forest" based on Araldi et al. 2014
CMT, MWT, and MAP based on Hegerl et al. (2015)
CMT, MWT, and MAP based on Hegerl et al. (2015)
Methods
Life forms: rodents
Sampling methods: drift fences,pitfall traps,Sherman traps,snap traps
Sample size: 86 individuals
Sampling comments: pitfall traps plus drift fences, Museum Specials, Victor Rat Traps, and Sherman Traps were all used; "Traps were baited daily with a mixture of freshly fried coconut and peanut butter"; no clear indication of sampling effort
a few shrews may be excluded from the counts (see Fig. 2)
a few shrews may be excluded from the counts (see Fig. 2)
Metadata
Sample number: 1398
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2015-02-25 21:29:43
Modified: 2016-01-20 05:47:48
Abundance distribution
9 species
3 singletons
total count 86
geometric series index: 16.6
Fisher's α: 2.532
geometric series k: 0.6214
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6632
Shannon's H: 1.4605
Good's u: 0.9654
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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| Otomys anchietae | 1 | |
| Dendromus mesomelas | 2 | |
| Hylomyscus denniae | 5 | |
| Grammomys ibeanus | 4 | |
| Grammomys macmillani | 1 | |
| Lophuromys flavopunctatus | 45 | |
| Mus triton | 17 | |
| Montemys delectorum | 10 | |
| "Praomys delectorum" | ||
| Rattus rattus | 1 | 121 g |