Rangifer tarandusVulpes sp.Alces alcesUrsus arctosCanis lupus The Ecological Register: Dalton Highway
Dalton Highway
Basic information
Sample name: Dalton Highway

Reference: K. D. Tape and D. D. Gustine. 2014. Capturing migration phenology of terrestrial wildlife using camera traps. BioScience 64(2):117-124 [ER 1792]
Geography
Country: United States

State: Alaska


Coordinate: 68.8° N, -148.8° W
Coordinate basis: estimated from map

Geography comments: along the Dalton Highway in the foothills of the Brooks Range

Environment
Habitat: tundra

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: -9.0

WMT: 12.4

CMT: -31.7

MAP: 309.0

Habitat comments: climate data are for Toolik Lake, west of the highway, and are from Kling et al. (1992, in O'Brien)

Methods
Life forms: carnivores,ungulates

Focal species: Rangifer tarandus

Sampling methods: no design,automatic cameras

Sample size: 2720 captures or sightings

Years: 2012

Nets or traps: 14

Net or trap nights: 414

Camera type: digital

Cameras paired: no

Sampling comments: "On 24 and 25 April 2012, we deployed 14 [digital Moultrie Plot Stalker] camera traps that recorded color images every 15 minutes until 21 May 2012; 4 of those cameras remained and recorded images until 6 June 2012"
camera days = 14 x 25 + 4 x 16
counts are minimum numbers of individuals

Metadata
Sample number: 2000

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2016-02-07 16:53:13

Modified: 2016-12-12 11:13:42

Abundance distribution
5 species
2 singletons
total count 2720
geometric series index: 11.1
Fisher's α: 0.593
geometric series k: 0.1386
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.0055
Shannon's H: 0.0236
Good's u: 0.9993
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Rangifer tarandus271269 kg browser
Vulpes sp.4
"fox" (could be a red fox or an Arctic fox)
Alces alces2421 kg herbivore
Ursus arctos1156 kg frugivore-carnivore
"bear"
Canis lupus143 kg carnivore