Between George and Karatara
Basic information
Sample name: Between George and Karatara
Reference: A. Braczkowski, L. Watson, D. Coulson, and R. Randall. 2012. Diet of leopards in the southern Cape, South Africa. African Journal of Ecology 50(3):377-380 [ER 1785]
Geography
Country: South Africa
State: Western Cape
Coordinate: 33° 56' 0" S, 22° 38' 30" E
Coordinate basis: stated in text
Geography comments: "in a 320-km2 area between George (S 33°58′, E 22°27′) and Karatara (S 33°54′, E 22°50′), on the narrow coastal plateau of the southern Cape"
coordinate is the average of the two stated values
elevation 150 to 260 m
coordinate is the average of the two stated values
elevation 150 to 260 m
Environment
Habitat: Mediterranean woodland
Substrate: ground surface
Disturbance: grazing
MAT: 16.2
MAP: 965.0
Habitat comments: "The climate is Mediterranean with a mean annual rainfall of 700–1230 mm... Mountain fynbos dominates the slopes of the Outeniqua mountains... Afrotemperate forest is found on the coastal plateau... and forms part of the largest forest complex in southern Africa but is interspersed with pine plantations and pastureland, mainly for cattle Bos taurus. The plateau contains a number of towns and rural settlements"
MAP is stated in the text; MAT is for the Knysna Forest and is from Seydack and Bigalke (1992, Oecologia)
MAP is stated in the text; MAT is for the Knysna Forest and is from Seydack and Bigalke (1992, Oecologia)
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,primates,rodents,ungulates
Focal species: Panthera pardus
Sampling methods: no design,automatic cameras
Sample size: 711 captures or sightings
Years: 2008 - 2010
Nets or traps: 21
Net or trap nights: 1026
Camera type: unclear
Cameras paired: unclear
Trap spacing: 2.9
Sampling comments: the study used "fourteen digital camera-traps rotated across 21 locations (2008–2010). Cameras were positioned at least 1 km apart (mean = 2.9, range = 1.1–12.27) alongside animal trails (38%) and dirt roads (62%), in three of the four major habitat types (i.e. forest = 65%, plantation = 21% and pastureland = 14%)"
Metadata
Sample number: 1992
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2016-01-31 18:01:51
Modified: 2016-12-17 00:07:30
Abundance distribution
16 species
1 singleton
total count 711
extrapolated richness: 19.3
Fisher's α: 2.907
geometric series k: 0.7138
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8611
Shannon's H: 2.2133
Good's u: 0.9986
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