Owabi Wildlife Sanctuary (Cassia-Triplochiton forest)
Basic information
Sample name: Owabi Wildlife Sanctuary (Cassia-Triplochiton forest)

Reference: R. A. Garshong, D. K. Attuquayefio, L. H. Holbech, and J. K. Adomako. 2013. Distribution and abundance of small mammals in different habitat types in the Owabi Wildlife Sanctuary, Ghana. Journal of Ecology and the Natural Environment 5(5):83-87 [ER 844]
Geography
Country: Ghana


Coordinate: 6° 45' N, 1° 43' W
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Geography comments: "about 10 km north-west of Kumasi"

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest

Protection: wildlife protected area

Substrate: ground surface

WMT: 27.8

CMT: 24.6

MAP: 1402.0

Habitat comments: "moist semi-deciduous Forest"

Methods
Life forms: rodents,other small mammals

Sampling methods: baited,Sherman traps

Sample size: 74 individuals

Years: 2009, 2010

Days: 30

Net or trap nights: 525

Sampling comments: "five consecutive nights" of sampling per month over six months using three 20 x 20 m grids including five groundnut and cassava-baited Sherman traps during the first three months and four grids during the last three months

Metadata
Sample number: 1196

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2015-02-13 20:16:22

Modified: 2015-02-13 09:16:22

Abundance distribution
5 species
1 singleton
total count 74
extrapolated richness: 7.1
Fisher's α: 1.211
geometric series k: 0.3780
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5139
Shannon's H: 1.0244
Good's u: 0.9865
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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