Sample name: Ecological Station of Itirapina

Reference: A. A. Bueno and J. C. Motta-Junior. 2008. Small mammal prey selection by two owl species in southeastern Brazil. Journal of Raptor Research 42(4):248-255 [ER 1307]

Habitat: tropical/subtropical savanna

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 21.8

MAP: 1360.0

Habitat comments: "a 2300-ha reserve... dominated by cerrado (savannah-like vegetation)... humid subtropical, with a mild dry winter and hot summer (Köppen 1948), and distinct wet (October–March) and dry (April–September) seasons"
climate data are for the station and are from Christianini and Oliveira (2013, Arthropod-Plant Interactions)

Life forms: rodents, other small mammals

Sampling methods: line transect, pitfall traps

Sample size: 434 individuals

Years: 2001, 2002

Days: 36

Nets or traps: 72

Net or trap nights: 2592

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: "Nine arrays of pitfall traps were installed... An array consisted of two lines with four buckets (100 l) each, 15 m apart, and connected by a plastic drift-fence (45 m longand 0.5 m high). Pitfall lines were 100 m apart. The 18 lines with a total of 72 buckets were checked on 3 d/mo, resulting in 2592 trap-nights"

Sample no: 1797

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2015-10-30 15:08:01

Modified: 2015-12-02 10:13:49