Taunton National Park
Basic information
Sample name: Taunton National Park
Reference: Y. Wang and D. O. Fisher. 2012. Dingoes affect activity of feral cats, but do not exclude them from the habitat of an endangered macropod. Wildlife Research 39(7):611-620 [ER 1733]
Geography
Country: Australia
State: Queensland
Coordinate: 22° 34' S, 149° 11' E
Coordinate basis: stated in text
Geography comments: a park of 11,626 ha "in central Queensland"
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical savanna
Protection: national/state park
Substrate: ground surface
WMT: 22.0
CMT: 19.0
MAP: 650.0
Habitat comments: "The park comprises two former cattle properties... Vegetation includes a mosaic of cleared grassy patches dominated by introduced buffel grass, Acacia forests and Eucalyptus woodlands"
climate data are for the Fitzroy Catchment and are from Murphy et al. (2015, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews)
climate data are for the Fitzroy Catchment and are from Murphy et al. (2015, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews)
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,ungulates,other large mammals,other small mammals,birds
Site area: 11626
Sampling methods: no design,automatic cameras
Sample size: 1396 captures or sightings
Years: 2009, 2010
Nets or traps: 41
Net or trap nights: 4045
Camera type: digital
Cameras paired: no
Sampling comments: sampling was with "41 camera traps... We used several different models of digital-camera traps, including 16 Moultrie Game Spy D-50s... 16 Cuddeback Excites... 7 Reconyx Rapidfire... 2 Bushnell Trailscout Pro" that were placed in "42 random locations spaced at least 500m apart throughout the park"; sampling was "From August 2009 to August 2010... One camera was moved to a second location after 4 weeks"
Metadata
Sample number: 1932
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2016-01-14 14:46:14
Modified: 2016-12-15 04:33:08
Abundance distribution
13 species
0 singletons
total count 1396
geometric series index: 13.8
Fisher's α: 1.982
geometric series k: 0.6454
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8366
Shannon's H: 2.0613
Good's u: 1.0000
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Felis catus | 126 | |
Canis lupus dingo | 286 | 43 kg carnivore |
Notamacropus dorsalis | 383 | |
"Macropus dorsalis" | ||
Macropodinae indet. | 212 | |
"kangaroo" | ||
Dromaius novaehollandiae | 94 | 32 kg insectivore-omnivore |
Oryctolagus cuniculus | 25 | 2.5 kg browser-grazer |
Bos taurus | 123 | 337 kg |
Wallabia 'bicolor' | 27 | |
Sus scrofa | 37 | 54 kg herbivore |
Aepyprymnus rufescens | 30 | 2.9 kg |
Trichosurus vulpecula | 24 | 2.1 kg folivore |
Tachyglossus aculeatus | 2 | 2.9 kg insectivore |
Onychogalea fraenata | 27 | 4.0 kg |