Bearden
Basic information
Sample name: Bearden
Reference: J. C. Howell. 1954. Populations and home ranges of small mammals on an overgrown field. Journal of Mammalogy 35(2):177-186 [ER 2561]
Geography
Country: United States
State: Tennessee
Coordinate: 35.94° N, -83.99° W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Geography comments: "one mile west of Bearden, near Knoxville" (coordinate based on Bearden)
Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest
Altered habitat: secondary forest
Substrate: ground surface
Habitat comments: "an overgrown field" with "bare ground" and "saplings that were as much as ten years old" with no crops and no grazing
Methods
Life forms: rodents,other small mammals
Sites: 1
Site area: 5.908
Sampling methods: quadrat,other traps
Sample size: 166 individuals
Years: 1951
Days: 22
Seasons: summer
Nets or traps: 100
Sampling comments: "The circular study area had a radius of 450 feet and an area of 14.6 acres. Trapping stations were placed at 50-foot intervals around each of nine concentric circles which were spaced 50 feet apart. There was a total of 277 stations... One hundred live-traps were used... The traps were first put on the area on the afternoon of July 28, 1951, and were removed after running them on August 25, 1951"
Metadata
Sample number: 2848
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2017-12-06 19:04:29
Modified: 2017-12-06 08:04:29
Abundance distribution
6 species
0 singletons
total count 166
geometric series index: 6.8
Fisher's α: 1.219
geometric series k: 0.4911
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5628
Shannon's H: 1.1913
Good's u: 1.0000
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