Chucul
Basic information
Sample name: Chucul

Reference: I. Simone, F. Cagnacci, C. Provensal, and J. Polop. 2009. Environmental determinants of the small mammal assemblage in an agroecosystem of central Argentina: The role of Calomys musculinus. Mammalian Biology 75:496-509 [ER 1656]
Geography
Country: Argentina

State: Córdoba


Coordinate: 32° 55' 6" S, 64° 10' 9" W
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Geography comments: "the rural area of Chucul" in "Río Cuarto Department"

Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest

Altered habitat: cropland

Substrate: ground surface

Disturbance: grazing

WMT: 23.0

CMT: 9.0

MAP: 850.0

Habitat comments: "a soft undulate and well drained plain... Natural vegetation was dominated by Prosopis alba and P. nigra accompanied by Aspidosperma quebracho blanco. However, as a result of agriculture and cattle farming, vegetation has undergone marked alterations. At present, the transitional landscape of woodland and pampean native grassland (Stipa spp.) persists in small remnants (patches) among crop-fields"
MAP 800 to 900 mm

Methods
Life forms: rodents

Sampling methods: line transect,baited,Sherman traps

Sample size: 1041 individuals

Years: 2005, 2006

Days: 24

Seasons: spring,summer,autumn

Nets or traps: 480

Net or trap nights: 11520

Sampling comments: "24 crop-field borders were selected from satellite images... Small mammal trapping in borders was conducted in November 2005 (spring), March 2006 (summer) and May 2006 (autumn)... A total of 20 traps were placed in each border. Sherman live-traps and snap- traps were alternated, located at 4-m intervals. All traps were baited with a mixture of peanut butter and cow fat and were checked every morning during two consecutive weeks (eight nights)"

Metadata
Sample number: 1852

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2015-12-21 21:00:45

Modified: 2015-12-21 10:00:45

Abundance distribution
8 species
0 singletons
total count 1041
geometric series index: 8.8
Fisher's α: 1.179
geometric series k: 0.5019
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7168
Shannon's H: 1.4210
Good's u: 1.0000
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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