Rockefeller State Wildlife Refuge and Game Preserve
Basic information
Sample name: Rockefeller State Wildlife Refuge and Game Preserve

Reference: R. P. Martin, R. B. Hamilton, P. M. McKenzie, R. H. Chabreck, and D. A. Dell. 1991. Habitat use by small mammals in coastal marshes of southwestern Louisiana. Estuaries 14(1):107-110 [ER 975]
Geography
Country: United States

State: Louisiana


Coordinate: 29° 39' N, 92° 41' W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Geography comments: "Rockefeller State Wildlife Refuge and Game Preserve and adjacent lands owned by the Miami Corporation. Both properties are located in Cameron Parish" (coordinate based on the refuge)

Environment
Habitat: temperate wetland

Protection: wildlife protected area

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 20.0

MAP: 1450.0

Habitat comments: "trap stations were placed across the levee profile at randomly selected distances from the marsh edge"
climate data are for the Chenier Plain, which includes the refuge, and are from Bryant and Chabreck (1998, Estuaries)

Methods
Life forms: rodents,other small mammals

Sites: 8

Sampling methods: line transect,baited,snap traps

Sample size: 388 individuals

Nets or traps: 960

Net or trap nights: 4320

Sampling comments: eight sets with "two trap lines" per set consisting of "one line on a levee and the other line within the adjacent marsh" each with "20 stations, placed 15 m apart" each having three "rolled oats and peanut butter" baited "Museum Special traps"

Metadata
Sample number: 1462

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2015-03-03 11:19:14

Modified: 2015-10-09 09:20:45

Abundance distribution
4 species
0 singletons
total count 388
extrapolated richness: 4.2
Fisher's α: 0.621
geometric series k: 0.3127
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5287
Shannon's H: 0.8933
Good's u: 1.0000
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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