Matancillas
Basic information
Sample name: Matancillas

Reference: M. E. Riojas-López. 2006. Rodent communities in two natural and one cultivated nopaleras (Opuntia spp.) in north-eastern Jalisco, Mexico. Journal of Arid Environments 67(3):428-435 [ER 898]
Geography
Country: Mexico

State: Jalisco


Coordinate: 21° 55' 19" N, 101° 38' 13" W
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Environment
Habitat: desert/xeric shrubland

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 15.7

MAP: 590.0

Habitat comments: "an arboreal nopalera [= Opuntia field]... surrounded by cultivated maize and bean fields"
MAT 16 to 18 according to the text
climate data are for Ojuelos and are from Romo–Campos et al. (2010)

Methods
Life forms: rodents

Sampling methods: quadrat,baited,Sherman traps

Sample size: 359 individuals

Years: 1997

Days: 8

Nets or traps: 100

Net or trap nights: 800

Sampling comments: "Sherman traps baited with oatmeal and vainilla extract in a 10 x 10 grid with lines and stations 8m apart, for two consecutive nights" once each month over four months

Metadata
Sample number: 1344

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2015-02-22 20:13:00

Modified: 2015-10-05 05:02:36

Abundance distribution
10 species
0 singletons
total count 359
extrapolated richness: 11.6
Fisher's α: 1.907
geometric series k: 0.6326
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6601
Shannon's H: 1.4528
Good's u: 1.0000
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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