Web Valley (exclosure 1)
Basic information
Sample name: Web Valley (exclosure 1)
Sample aka: Bale Mountains National Park
Reference: A. Fekdu, A. Bekele, and D. Datiko. 2015. Comparative study of species composition, relative abundance and distribution of rodents between exclosure and control sites in the Web Valley of the Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia. Punjab University Journal of Zoology 30(2):57-64 [ER 2223]
Geography
Country: Ethiopia
Coordinate: 7° 0' N, 39° 40' E
Coordinate basis: stated in text as range
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical savanna
Altered habitat: pasture
Protection: national/state park
Substrate: ground surface
Habitat comments: generally "an area of extensive marshes and swamps" and specifically "pastures dominated by grasses and Alchemilla herbs" with "high human and livestock density"
Methods
Life forms: rodents
Site length: 50
Site width: 50
Sampling methods: quadrat,Sherman traps
Sample size: 118 individuals
Years: 2013, 2014
Seasons: dry,wet or monsoon
Net or trap nights: 225
Sampling comments: a "50x50m" livestock enclosure; "Rodents were trapped using Capture-Mark-Recapture (CMR) technique by Sherman-live traps during the dry and wet seasons between 2013 and 2014" (counts are of individuals)
number of traps and of survey nights is unclear but trap night total is stated
number of traps and of survey nights is unclear but trap night total is stated
Metadata
Sample number: 2263
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2016-10-12 19:51:01
Modified: 2016-10-12 08:51:01
Abundance distribution
4 species
0 singletons
total count 118
geometric series index: 4.5
Fisher's α: 0.800
geometric series k: 0.3684
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6229
Shannon's H: 1.1030
Good's u: 1.0000
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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