Dana Nature Reserve
Basic information
Sample name: Dana Nature Reserve
Reference: S. Edwards, M. Al Awaji, E. Eid, and O. Attum. 2017. Mammalian activity at artificial water sources in Dana Biosphere Reserve, southern Jordan. Journal of Arid Environments 141:52-55 [ER 3014]
Geography
Country: Jordan
Coordinate: 30.69° N, 35.58° E
Coordinate basis: stated in text as range
Geography comments: "southern Jordan" and specifically "Site B (30.6887º N, 35.58327º E) built in June 2003 on a flat plateau, and Site C (30.6873º N, 35.5787º E) built in 2010 at a plateau edge" (coordinate is the midpoint)
Environment
Habitat: desert/xeric shrubland
Protection: biosphere reserve
Substrate: ground surface
MAP: 61.0
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates,other small mammals
Sites: 2
Sampling methods: no design,automatic cameras
Sample size: 703 captures or sightings
Years: 2011, 2012
Seasons: winter,spring,summer,autumn
Net or trap nights: 605
Camera type: digital
Cameras paired: no
Sampling comments: "Data collection at Site B ran from June to November 2011, representing hot summer months (April to October). At Site C, two data collection periods were used, the first being from January to September 2011, containing both winter and summer months, and from April to November 2012 at Site C, rep- resenting summer months only. A single Scoutguard SG560 (HCO Outdoors, Norcross, GA, USA) was installed at each water point, at a distance of 6-7 m from the water... Mammal records" were "classified into independent events using a criterion of 30 min or more between consecutive records of the same species... Additionally, unidentified snakes, lizards and bats were recorded"
Metadata
Sample number: 3245
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-03-07 20:22:33
Modified: 2019-03-07 09:25:36
Abundance distribution
7 species
0 singletons
total count 703
geometric series index: 7.4
Fisher's α: 1.080
geometric series k: 0.5261
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6727
Shannon's H: 1.3293
Good's u: 1.0000
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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