Sample name: Bunduki Forest Reserve (hot season)

Reference: C. Werema and K. M. Howell. 2016. Seasonal variation in diversity and abundance of understorey birds in Bunduki Forest Reserve, Tanzania: evaluating the conservation value of a plantation forest. Ostrich 87(1):89-93 [ER 2742]

Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest

Altered habitat: plantation

Protection: forest reserve

Substrate: ground surface

Habitat comments: "mainly a plantation of several exotic species, such as Pinus sp., Eucalyptus sp., Cupressus spp., and Grevillea robusta. The latter is the dominant species"

Life forms: birds

Sampling methods: no design,mist nets

Sample size: 165 captures or sightings

Years: 2011

Days: 3

Seasons: wet or monsoon

Nets or traps: 15

Net or trap nights: 45

Sampling comments: the study used "mist nets (12 m, 16 mm mesh, four tier)... during the hot season (February 2011) and cold season (July 2011). During each season 15 mist nets were erected forming a T-shaped net line for 36 daylight hours and were operated from dawn (6:00) to dusk (18:00) for three consecutive days. The nets were located more than 100 m from the forest edge"

Sample number: 2913

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2018-04-23 17:01:07

Modified: 2018-04-23 07:01:07