Gyemira Forest Reserve
Basic information
Sample name: Gyemira Forest Reserve
Sample aka: Amansie West District
Reference: B. Y. Ofori, D. K. Attuquayefio, and F. Gbogbo. 2013. Terrestrial small mammal community structure in an anthropogenically-altered moist semi-deciduous forest zone of Ghana. International Journal of Development and Sustainability 2(2):1156-1168 [ER 845]
Geography
Country: Ghana
Coordinate: 6° 36' N, 1° 55' W
Coordinate basis: stated in text
Geography comments: altitude 200 to 500 m
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest
Protection: forest reserve
Substrate: ground surface
WMT: 36.0
CMT: 22.0
MAP: 1600.0
Habitat comments: "Moist Semi-Deciduous forest" and specifically "Old growth forest- Celtis sp., Triplochiton sp, farm grassland/shrubland, Chromolaena odorata, Panicum maximum, Bambusa sp."
MAP 1500 to 1700 with a "major dry season" from December through March
MAP 1500 to 1700 with a "major dry season" from December through March
Methods
Life forms: rodents,other small mammals
Sampling methods: line transect,pitfall traps,Sherman traps
Sample size: 63 individuals
Years: 2011
Days: 6
Seasons: dry,wet or monsoon
Nets or traps: 90
Net or trap nights: 540
Sampling comments: three line transects of "corn meal and peanut butter" baited Sherman traps, each with "20 trap-stations placed at 10 m intervals" plus two pitfall lines "each comprising 15 pitfall buckets spaced at about 5 m intervals"
Metadata
Sample number: 1197
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2015-02-13 20:39:00
Modified: 2015-02-13 09:40:10
Abundance distribution
9 species
4 singletons
total count 63
extrapolated richness: 18.8
Fisher's α: 2.873
geometric series k: 0.6623
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7340
Shannon's H: 1.6209
Good's u: 0.9365
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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