La Reserva Natural Sierra Nanchititla
Basic information
Sample name: La Reserva Natural Sierra Nanchititla

Reference: O. Monroy-Vilchis, M. M. Zarco-Gonzâlez, C. Rodríguez-Soto, L. Soria-Díaz, and V. Urios. 2011. Fototrampeo de mamíferos en la Sierra Nanchititla, México: abundancia relativa y patrón de actividad. Revista de Biologia Tropical 59(1):373-383 [ER 1712]
Geography
Country: Mexico

State: México


Coordinate: 18° 54' 48" N, 100° 26' 26" W
Coordinate basis: stated in text as range

Geography comments: "en el suroeste del Estado de México"
elevation 410 to 2080 m

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest

Protection: nature reserve

Substrate: ground surface

Disturbance: agriculture,grazing

MAT: 15.5

MAP: 1050.0

Habitat comments: "la selva baja caducifolia ocupa la mayor extensión (209.98km2, 31.5%), seguida por el bosque de latifoliadas, que incluye el bosque de encino, mesófilo de montaña y de galería (91.13km2, 13.7%) y el bosque de pino-encino (68.53km2, 10.3%). Sin embargo, un ârea considerable de la Sierra ha sido transformada en mocultivos de maíz (259.66km2, 39.1%) y zonas de pastizal (35.3km2, 5.3%)"
climate data are midpoints of ranges given for the Toluca Valley and are from del Campo et al. (2014, Environ Monit Assess)

Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates,other large mammals,other small mammals

Site area: 663.38

Sampling methods: no design,automatic cameras

Sample size: 607 captures or sightings

Years: 2003 - 2006

Nets or traps: 17

Net or trap nights: 4305

Camera type: analog

Cameras paired: no

Sampling comments: the study was conducted between December 2003 and May 2006 with 17 trap stations including passive infrared CamTrakker cameras using 400 ASA film that were operated one month out of every four; cameras were placed with no spacing design across the entire 66,338 ha area of the reserve

Metadata
Sample number: 1909

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2016-01-10 20:26:38

Modified: 2016-12-14 08:46:28

Abundance distribution
19 species
2 singletons
total count 607
extrapolated richness: 24.1
Fisher's α: 3.726
geometric series k: 0.7508
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8572
Shannon's H: 2.2787
Good's u: 0.9967
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Didelphis virginiana202.2 kg insectivore-carnivore
Dasypus novemcinctus14.4 kg invertivore
Sylvilagus cunicularius36
Sylvilagus floridanus911.1 kg herbivore
Canis latrans512 kg carnivore-insectivore
Urocyon cinereoargenteus664.1 kg frugivore-carnivore
Leopardus pardalis18.4 kg carnivore
Leopardus wiedii42.6 kg carnivore
Panthera onca1165 kg carnivore
Puma concolor4749 kg carnivore
Conepatus leuconotus3
Mephitis macroura61.0 kg
Spilogale putorius2633 g carnivore-invertivore
Bassariscus astutus5949 g insectivore-frugivore
Nasua narica1744.6 kg frugivore-invertivore
Procyon lotor195.5 kg carnivore-granivore
Odocoileus virginianus5375 kg herbivore
Dicotyles tajacu4421 kg
"Pecari tajacu"
Sciurus aureogaster19440 g