Zhang County
Basic information
Sample name: Zhang County

Reference: P. Giraudoux, J.-P. Quéré, P. Delattre, G. Bao, X. Wang, D. Shi, D. Vuitton, and P. S. Craig. 1998. Distribution of small mammals along a deforestation gradient in southern Gansu, central China. Acta Theriologica 43(4):349-362 [ER 881]
Geography
Country: China

State: Gansu


County: Zhang


Coordinate: 34° 33' N, 104° 30' E
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Geography comments: three communes "in the south of Zhang County" (coordinate is the midpoint of three stated values)
elevation 2300 to 2500 m

Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest

Altered habitat: cropland

Substrate: ground surface

WMT: 20.0

CMT: -6.7

MAP: 375.0

Habitat comments: climate data are for Zhang City
there are six habitat types in the study area and trapping was across a gradient ranging from "forest to ploughed fields"

Methods
Life forms: rodents,other small mammals

Sampling methods: line transect,cage traps,snap traps

Sample size: 196 individuals

Years: 1994, 1995, 1996

Sampling comments: most sampling was done in July 1996 using 77 lines of INRA live traps and "small break-back traps"; bait was "a mixture of flour, oil, and water"

Metadata
Sample number: 1259

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2015-02-17 17:27:07

Modified: 2015-02-17 06:27:07

Abundance distribution
11 species
3 singletons
total count 196
geometric series index: 17.1
Fisher's α: 2.519
geometric series k: 0.6577
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8017
Shannon's H: 1.8400
Good's u: 0.9847
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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