Erdensant
Basic information
Sample name: Erdensant

Reference: J. L. Isaac, J. Jamsranjav, L. Simpson, and S. R. B. King. 2005. Small mammals of the Mongolian mountain steppe region near Erdensant:\ninsights from live-trapping and bird pellet remains. Mongolian Journal of Biological Sciences 3(2):63-68 [ER 2221]
Geography
Country: Mongolia


Coordinate: 47° 7' N, 104° 20' E
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Geography comments: "near Erdensant, Töv aimag... in a valley adjacent to the Batchan Protected Area... approximately 8 hours drive south-west of Ulaanbaatar"

Environment
Habitat: montane grassland

Substrate: ground surface

Disturbance: grazing

Habitat comments: "mountain steppe... Vegetation included mixed birch (Betula platyphylla) forest patches on north facing slopes, with rocky outcrops and steppe vegetation on other slopes... Livestock present in the valley and nearby included horses, cattle and sheep"

Methods
Life forms: rodents,other small mammals

Sampling methods: quadrat,baited,Elliott traps,Sherman traps

Sample size: 40 captures or sightings

Years: 2005

Days: 3

Seasons: summer

Nets or traps: 50

Net or trap nights: 150

Trap spacing: 0.005

Sampling comments: "The trapping study ran from 28th June – 1st July. A trapping grid was set up with a total of 50 traps in rows of 10, spaced at 5 m intervals... Traps were standard small mammal traps made by Elliott© and Sherman© and were baited with peanut butter and millet"

Metadata
Sample number: 2262

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2016-10-12 19:00:28

Modified: 2023-08-03 11:26:04

Abundance distribution
3 species
0 singletons
total count 40
geometric series index: 3.3
Fisher's α: 0.751
geometric series k: 0.6882
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6244
Shannon's H: 1.0504
Good's u: 1.0000
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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