Savandurga State Forest (monsoon)
Basic information
Sample name: Savandurga State Forest (monsoon)

Reference: H. C. Chetana and T. Ganesh. 2007. Survey and activity patterns of nocturnal mammals in a fragmented dry deciduous forest of Karnataka. Zoos' Print Journal 22(4):2644-2647 [ER 1697]
Geography
Country: India

State: Karnataka


Coordinate: 12° 55' 8" N, 77° 18' 11" E
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Geography comments: "approximately 60 km from Bengaluru... near Magadi town"

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest

Protection: national/state forest

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 25.0

MAP: 800.0

Habitat comments: "The forest covers an area of about 27 km2. The natural vegetation of the forest is dry and moist deciduous type with scrub, grass and rocks covering a large extent of the south eastern and northern portions... There are a considerable number of pilgrims visiting a temple in the forest, almost on a daily basis"
climate data are for Magadi and are from Rao et al. (2011, Food Chemistry)

Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates

Site area: 2700

Sampling methods: no design,baited,automatic cameras

Sample size: 15 captures or sightings

Years: 2004

Seasons: wet or monsoon

Nets or traps: 2

Net or trap nights: 21

Camera type: analog

Cameras paired: no

Sampling comments: "We used two remote camera traps with built-in infrared sensor... We also used banana and dry fish as baits... The cameras were in operation from 1800 to 0600hr... The sampling was done for a total of 21 traps nights in August-September 2004 during the monsoons"
a map (Fig. 1) suggests that most of the reserve was sampled

Metadata
Sample number: 1887

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2016-01-06 20:56:29

Modified: 2016-12-14 02:24:02

Abundance distribution
5 species
2 singletons
total count 15
geometric series index: 12.2
Fisher's α: 2.626
geometric series k: 0.5946
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6238
Shannon's H: 1.2869
Good's u: 0.8756
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Paradoxurus hermaphroditus32.4 kg frugivore-insectivore
Sus scrofa254 kg herbivore
Tatera indica8284 g
Melursus ursinus167 kg insectivore-frugivore
Panthera pardus133 kg carnivore