Churchill (1952)
Basic information
Sample name: Churchill (1952)
Reference: D. A. Smith and J. B. Foster. 1957. Notes on the small mammals of Churchill, Manitoba. Journal of Mammalogy 38(1):98-115 [ER 1593]
Geography
Country: Canada
State: Manitoba
Coordinate: 58° 46' N, 94° 10' W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Geography comments: coordinate based on Churchill
Environment
Habitat: boreal forest/taiga
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: -6.9
WMT: 12.0
CMT: -26.7
MAP: 432.0
Habitat comments: in the "transition between the boreal forest... and the tundra" but most trapping was "in forested areas and on the rock ridge"
climate data are based on Tardif et al. (2008, Chemical Geology) and are for Churchill
climate data are based on Tardif et al. (2008, Chemical Geology) and are for Churchill
Methods
Life forms: rodents,other small mammals
Site area: 0.405
Sampling methods: quadrat,Sherman traps,snap traps
Sample size: 81 individuals
Years: 1952
Seasons: summer
Net or trap nights: 2427
Sampling comments: "lines or plots of Museum Special break-back traps and Sherman live-traps" with all trapping this year "carried out in a one-acre plot"
Metadata
Sample number: 1820
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2015-12-11 17:10:03
Modified: 2015-12-11 06:10:03
Abundance distribution
6 species
1 singleton
total count 81
geometric series index: 9.4
Fisher's α: 1.496
geometric series k: 0.4409
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.4230
Shannon's H: 0.9202
Good's u: 0.9880
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Register
| Sorex cinereus | 1 | 4.1 g |
| Myodes gapperi | 10 | 24.1 g |
| "Clethrionomys gapperi" | ||
| Phenacomys intermedius | 2 | 23.5 g |
| Microtus pennsylvanicus | 60 | 35.7 g |
| Synaptomys borealis | 3 | 21.3 g |
| Zapus hudsonius | 5 | 15.6 g |