Carey Island
Basic information
Sample name: Carey Island

Reference: M. T. Nursyazana, S. N. Mohdzain, and J. Jeffery. 2013. Biodiversity and macroparasitic distribution of the wild rat population of Carey Island, Klang. Tropical Biomedicine 30(2):199-210 [ER 950]
Geography
Country: Malaysia

State: Selangor


Coordinate: 2° 52' N, 101° 22' E
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Geography comments: "on the south of Port Klang and north to Klang River in Kuala Langat District"

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest

Altered habitat: plantation

Protection: unprotected

Substrate: ground surface

WMT: 28.6

CMT: 25.5

MAP: 2145.0

Habitat comments: "more than three quarters (11, 700 hectare) of the area is cultivated with oil palm"
CMT and WMT stated in the text; MAP is for the Langat River Basin and is from Haque et al. (2014, American-Eurasian J. Agric. & Environ. Sci)

Methods
Life forms: rodents

Sampling methods: no design,baited,cage traps

Sample size: 81 individuals

Years: 2010

Days: 6

Seasons: dry,wet or monsoon

Nets or traps: 50

Net or trap nights: 300

Sampling comments: "Wire traps (16.5" X 6" X 6") and oil palm fruits (as baits) were used for trapping the rats. A total of 50 traps were laid out overnight over a span of 4 days 3 nights on the island" (apparently three nights during each of two trapping sessions)

Metadata
Sample number: 1433

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2015-03-01 12:29:43

Modified: 2020-01-14 09:32:45

Abundance distribution
4 species
0 singletons
total count 81
geometric series index: 4.3
Fisher's α: 0.883
geometric series k: 0.6465
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6792
Shannon's H: 1.2598
Good's u: 1.0000
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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