Sample name: Croatan National Forest (open canopy pine plantation)

Reference: M. S. Mitchell, K. S. Karriker, E. J. Jones, and R. A. Lancia. 1995. Small mammal communities associated with pine plantation management of pocosins. Journal of Wildlife Management 59(4):875-881 [ER 974]

Habitat: temperate wetland

Altered habitat: plantation

Protection: national/state forest

Substrate: ground surface

WMT: 27.7

CMT: 8.3

MAP: 1553.0

Habitat comments: "freshwater wetlands" with "overstories of pond pine... and loblolly bay" and "dense understories of shrubs and vines growing on raised bogs of acidic, nutrient-poor, peat soils"
climate data are based on station ILM (Wilmington International Airport)

Life forms: rodents,other small mammals

Sites: 3

Site length: 3000

Sampling methods: line transect,baited,snap traps

Sample size: 348 individuals

Years: 1991, 1992

Nets or traps: 338

Net or trap nights: 5172

Sampling comments: one "1,000-m transect" in each of three stands, each with "reference points" spaced 200 m apart and with 100 "peanut butter, rolled oats, and raisins" baited snap traps in total ("1 museum special and 1 rat trap" per point) plus 10 pitfall traps at first but in the third of three sampling periods 12; snap traps were set for five consecutive days and pitfall traps for 7 during each period, so total traps = 3 x 100 x 5 x 3 + 3 x 10 x 7 x 2 + 3 x 12 x 7 = 5172

Sample number: 1461

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2015-03-03 11:04:50

Modified: 2015-10-09 06:43:17