Nahal Alexander National Park (control)
Basic information
Sample name: Nahal Alexander National Park (control)
Reference: P. Kutiel, Y. Peled, and E. Geffen. 2000. The effect of removing shrub cover on annual plants and small mammals in a coastal sand dune ecosystem. Biological Conservation 94(2):235-242 [ER 873]
Geography
Country: Israel
Coordinate: 32° 24' N, 34° 52' E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Geography comments: coordinate based on Nahal Alexander
Environment
Habitat: desert/xeric shrubland
Protection: national/state park
Substrate: ground surface
WMT: 26.5
CMT: 11.7
MAP: 550.0
Habitat comments: dunes covered with Artemisia and Retama
MAP 500 to 600; CMT and WMT are based on station 40180 (Ben Gurion Airport)
MAP 500 to 600; CMT and WMT are based on station 40180 (Ben Gurion Airport)
Methods
Life forms: rodents,other small mammals
Site area: 0.5
Sampling methods: quadrat,baited,Sherman traps
Sample size: 263 individuals
Years: 1995, 1996
Nets or traps: 72
Net or trap nights: 2880
Sampling comments: 36 bread and peanut butter-baited Sherman traps placed in each of two nearly adjacent 50 x 50 m plots and sampled for four nights each during 10 months
counts are of individuals
counts are of individuals
Metadata
Sample number: 1251
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2015-02-17 12:54:12
Modified: 2015-10-04 22:17:05
Abundance distribution
5 species
0 singletons
total count 263
geometric series index: 5.6
Fisher's α: 0.876
geometric series k: 0.3944
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5989
Shannon's H: 1.0748
Good's u: 1.0000
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