Barhal Stream
Basic information
Sample name: Barhal Stream

Sample aka: Yusufeli

Reference: H. Ambarli and C. C. Bilgin. 2012. First record of a melanistic golden jackal (Canis aureus, Canidae) from Turkey. Mammalia 77(2):219-222 [ER 1784]
Geography
Country: Turkey

State: Artvin



Coordinate: 40.83° N, 41.54° E
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Geography comments: "in the Yusufeli district of Artvin province... camera traps were opportunistically placed near Barhal Stream and up to 200 m above the stream"
traps were placed between 650 and 1650 m

Environment
Habitat: temperate coniferous forest

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 15.4

MAP: 350.0

Habitat comments: "a humid temperate region" but "lower elevations of Yusufeli enjoy a drier and warmer climate... Below 1000 m, the land is covered by Mediterranean scrubland and bare rocks... Higher elevations between 1000 and 1500 m are mostly covered by mixed dense forest that is dominated by fir Abies nordmanniana and spruce Picea orientalis... Agricultural plots are small and scattered"
climate data are for Yusufeli and are from Yuksek and Yuksek (2011, Catena)

Methods
Life forms: carnivores,ungulates,other small mammals

Sampling methods: no design,automatic cameras

Sample size: 112 captures or sightings

Years: 2009, 2010

Nets or traps: 8

Net or trap nights: 620

Camera type: digital

Cameras paired: no

Sampling comments: "We used eight Stealhcam digital cameras... from February 2009 to April 2010... The camera traps were on all the time"

Metadata
Sample number: 1991

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2016-01-31 16:34:24

Modified: 2016-12-16 23:43:25

Abundance distribution
10 species
2 singletons
total count 112
geometric series index: 15.2
Fisher's α: 2.656
geometric series k: 0.6461
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7301
Shannon's H: 1.6792
Good's u: 0.9823
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Canis aureus519.9 kg carnivore-frugivore
Capra aegagrus2122 kg browser-grazer
Sus scrofa1254 kg herbivore
Lutra lutra96.1 kg piscivore-carnivore
Lepus europaeus73.4 kg herbivore
Canis lupus543 kg carnivore
Lynx lynx316 kg carnivore
Ursus arctos2156 kg frugivore-carnivore
Vulpes vulpes15.3 kg carnivore-insectivore
Martes sp.1