Sample name: Mendoza (undisturbed thicket)

Reference: J. M. Gonnet and R. A. Ojeda. 1998. Habitat use by small mammals in the arid Andean foothills of the Monte Desert of Mendoza, Argentina. Journal of Arid Environments 38:349-357 [ER 2585]

Habitat: desert/xeric shrubland

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 17.8

MAP: 198.0

Habitat comments: in "the Monte Desert... The vegetation is dominated by shrubs, mainly represented by the genera Larrea, Atriplex and Lycium"
MAP stated in text
MAT is for Telteca and is from Carbajal-de-la-Fuente et al. (2017, Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz)

Life forms: rodents

Sites: 1

Site area: 5

Sampling methods: line transect,Sherman traps

Sample size: 52 individuals

Years: 1993, 1994

Days: 4

Nets or traps: 100

Net or trap nights: 400

Sampling comments: "Surveys... were conducted in September-October 1993 and June 1994... 100 Sherman live traps... were distributed along three transects distanced 40 m from each other and covering 5 ha. Trap stations were placed at 15-m intervals. Traps were baited withrolled oats and left open for 2 consecutive nights in each of the two sampling occasions"
counts exclude recaptures

Sample number: 2852

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2017-12-12 13:59:50

Modified: 2017-12-12 02:59:50