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Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (camera traps)
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Basic information
Sample name: Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (camera traps)

Reference: K. J.-C. Pei, Y.-C. Lai, R. T. Corlett, and K.-Y. Suen. 2010. The larger mammal fauna of Hong Kong: species survival in a highly degraded landscape. Zoological Studies 49(2):253-264 [ER 1708]
Geography
Country: China

State: Hong Kong


Coordinate: 22.3° N, 114.2° E
Coordinate basis: based on political unit

Geography comments: almost the entire non-urban area of the region was sampled
coordinate is based on the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest

Altered habitat: cropland

Substrate: ground surface

WMT: 28.8

CMT: 15.8

MAP: 2120.0

Habitat comments: most of the survey area includes "agriculture and waste land" but a large fraction consists of "forest and plantation"
"a subtropical monsoon climate, with hot, wet summers and cool, dry winter"
MAP is based on station 45004 (Hong Kong)

Methods
Life forms: carnivores,primates,rodents,ungulates,other large mammals

Site area: 59370

Sampling methods: no design,automatic cameras

Sample size: 9193 captures or sightings

Years: 2000 - 2003

Nets or traps: 373

Net or trap nights: 60108

Camera type: analog

Cameras paired: no

Sampling comments: "The total coverage of the TWH [sampled] patches was 593.7 km2... Wildlife-Two camera traps... are a 1 piece system with a passive infrared sensor... cameras were used... from Sept. 2000 to Dec. 2003... 373 camera sites were set up... Film collection and battery replacement was conducted every 2-4 wk... 1,442,581... camera working hours were completed" (cameras were in continuous operation, so this is equivalent to 60108 camera trap days)
Callosciurus erythraeus was also identified, but no count is given

Metadata
Sample number: 1902

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2016-01-10 10:22:45

Modified: 2016-01-12 06:31:00

Abundance distribution
15 species
0 singletons
total count 9193
extrapolated richness: 15.2
Fisher's α: 1.751
geometric series k: 0.7114
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8689
Shannon's H: 2.2315
Good's u: 1.0000
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Hystrix brachyura2116
Macaca mulatta3438.0 kg folivore-frugivore
Manis pentadactyla313.4 kg
Mustela kathiah18
Melogale moschata8321.0 kg invertivore-carnivore
Paguma larvata5994.0 kg frugivore-carnivore
Viverricula indica11603.0 kg invertivore-carnivore
Urva urva63
"Herpestes urva"
Urva javanica20534 g
"Herpestes javanicus"
Prionailurus bengalensis2883.4 kg carnivore
Felis catus231
Canis lupus familiaris73243 kg carnivore
"Canis familiaris"
Muntiacus vaginalis1563
"Muntiacus muntjak": reassignment is based on geography
Sus scrofa95254 kg herbivore
Bos taurus245337 kg
Current reference: Kowalski 1956 (ER 2370)