Sample name: Araguaia National Park (grasslands)

Reference: A. N. R. Bezerra, A. P. Carmignotto, and F. H. G. Rodrigues. 2009. Small non-volant mammals of an ecotone region between the cerrado hotspot and the Amazonian rainforest, with comments on their taxonomy and distribution. Zoological Studies 48(6):861-874 [ER 956]

Habitat: tropical/subtropical savanna

Protection: national/state park

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 26.0

MAP: 1670.0

Habitat comments: sites are in "grasslands"
"The climate is classified as Köppen’s Aw: Tropical chuvoso... with a moist summer and dry winter... with < 50 mm of monthly precipitation in June-Aug"
MAP 1750 to 2000 mm according to the text; climate data are for the Araguaia National Park and are from Miura et al. (2006, Remote Sensing of Environment)

Life forms: rodents,other small mammals

Sites: 4

Sampling methods: line transect,baited,pitfall traps,Sherman traps

Sample size: 142 individuals

Years: 1999

Seasons: wet or monsoon

Net or trap nights: 2315

Sampling comments: Each capture station was composed of 1 live-capture [Sherman] trap... placed in the soil or in the understory. The capture stations were established at 13 m intervals along linear transects that varied in length according to the size of the vegetation patch (with 30-50 capture stations). The bait was a mixture of peanut butter, sardines, banana, and maize flour... We also placed 25 capture stations with pitfall traps in 2 points surveyed: an open dry grassland formation and a semideciduous forest patch... with no drift fences between the buckets"
total of 715 Sherman trap-nights and 1600 pitfall trap-nights

Sample number: 1442

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2015-03-02 10:53:58

Modified: 2015-10-05 09:14:52