Cockscomb Basin Forest Reserve (old field)
Basic information
Sample name: Cockscomb Basin Forest Reserve (old field)

Reference: M. J. Konecny. 1989. Movement patterns and food habits of four sympatric carnivore species in Belize, Central America. In Advances in Neotropical Mammalogy (eds. K. H. Redford, J. F. Eisenberg), pp. 243-264 [ER 3679]
Geography
Country: Belize



Coordinate: 16.72° N, -88.66° W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Geography comments: the basin is "about 250 square kilometers"
coordinate based on Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary
elevation 0 to 600 m

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest

Altered habitat: secondary forest

Protection: forest reserve

Substrate: ground surface

Disturbance: agriculture,hunting,selective logging

MAP: 2500.0

Habitat comments: "subclimax moist, tropical forest, maintained by irregular hurricanes"
there was "Selective timbering throughout much of this century" and the Maya practiced "milpa agriculture and hunting" through 1985

Methods
Life forms: rodents

Sampling methods: line transect,Sherman traps

Sample size: 181 individuals

Years: 1985, 1986

Days: 7

Nets or traps: 36

Sampling comments: "line transects" of unspecified lengths included 36 Sherman traps "baited daily with oatmeal and peanut butter and checked twice daily for one week in each habitat"

Metadata
Sample number: 3841

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2021-12-31 12:39:34

Modified: 2021-12-31 01:39:34

Abundance distribution
5 species
1 singleton
total count 181
geometric series index: 6.5
Fisher's α: 0.952
geometric series k: 0.3203
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6315
Shannon's H: 1.1831
Good's u: 0.9945
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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