Vargem Grande
Basic information
Sample name: Vargem Grande

Sample aka: Serra do Mar State Park

Reference: M. Galetti, R. Guevara, C. L. Neves, R. R. Rodarte, R. S. Bovendorp, M. Moreira, J. B. Hopkins III, and J. D. Yeakel. 2015. Defaunation affects the populations and diets of rodents in Neotropical rainforests. Biological Conservation 190:2-7 [ER 1140]
Geography
Country: Brazil

State: Säo Paulo


Coordinate: 23° 26' S, 45° 14' W
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 19.5

MAP: 2200.0

Habitat comments: MAP and MAT based on Joly et al. (2012): MAP ranges from 17 to 22 depending on altitude

Methods
Life forms: rodents

Sampling methods: quadrat,baited,pitfall traps,Sherman traps,Tomahawk traps

Sample size: 318 individuals

Years: 2008, 2009

Days: 110

Net or trap nights: 3420

Sampling comments: "three independent 0.6 ha grids (60 x 100 m each) of live-traps [Sherman and Tomahawk] and six transects of pitfall-traps... Trapping sessions were carried out bimonthly comprising five consecutive nights at each site during one year (November 2008 to September 2009). Overall our sampling effort at each site consisted of 3420 trap-nights, 2700 for live-traps and 720 for pitfall-traps site"
marsupials are intentionally omitted from the data table

Metadata
Sample number: 1661

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2015-07-01 19:17:34

Modified: 2015-07-01 09:17:34

Abundance distribution
9 species
2 singletons
total count 318
geometric series index: 13.2
Fisher's α: 1.723
geometric series k: 0.5583
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7552
Shannon's H: 1.5555
Good's u: 0.9937
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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