Fort Necessity National Battlefield
Basic information
Sample name: Fort Necessity National Battlefield

Reference: J. A. Edalgo and J. T. Anderson. 2007. Effects of prebaiting on small mammal trapping success in a Morrow's honeysuckle-dominated area. Journal of Wildlife Management 71(1):246-250 [ER 981]
Geography
Country: United States

State: Pennsylvania


Coordinate: 39° 49' N, 79° 35' W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Geography comments: coordinate based on Fort Necessity National Battlefield
elevation 535 to 710 m

Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest

Protection: other protected area

Substrate: ground surface

Disturbance: invasive plants

MAT: 9.0

MAP: 1190.0

Habitat comments: none given, but covered with invasive Morrow's honeysuckle

Methods
Life forms: rodents,other small mammals

Sites: 4

Site area: 3.84

Sampling methods: line transect,baited,Sherman traps

Sample size: 486 individuals

Years: 2004

Nets or traps: 600

Net or trap nights: 13200

Sampling comments: "a grid pattern of 10 transects with 15 traps on each line spaced at 8-m intervals (80 x 120-m grids) at each" of four sites, i.e., "600 total trapping stations" each including a "peanut butter and rolled oats" baited Sherman trap

Metadata
Sample number: 1470

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2015-03-03 14:37:56

Modified: 2021-01-24 03:12:13

Abundance distribution
10 species
2 singletons
total count 486
geometric series index: 13.9
Fisher's α: 1.782
geometric series k: 0.5818
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7968
Shannon's H: 1.7291
Good's u: 0.9959
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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