Sample name: Namib-Naukluft National Park

Sample aka: Swakop River

Reference: D. Williams, N. Pettorelli, J. Henschel, G. Cowlishaw, and C. M. S. Douglas. 2013. Impact of alien trees on mammal distributions along an ephemeral river in the Namib Desert. African Journal of Ecology 52(4):404-413 [ER 1740]

Habitat: tropical/subtropical savanna

Protection: national/state park

Substrate: ground surface

Disturbance: invasive plants

MAT: 21.0

MAP: 68.0

Habitat comments: "riparian woodland" with "low levels of grass cover" and vegetation invaded by Prosopis
climate dat are for "the eastern part of the central Namib" (apparently meaning Gobabeb or northeast of Gobabeb) and are from Günster (1994, Vegetatio)

Life forms: carnivores,primates,rodents,ungulates,other large mammals,other small mammals

Sampling methods: line transect,automatic cameras

Sample size: 605 captures or sightings

Years: 2010

Seasons: winter

Nets or traps: 13

Net or trap nights: 1269

Camera type: digital

Cameras paired: no

Trap spacing: 7

Sampling comments: "Thirteen Rapidfire RC55 camera traps (Reconyx Inc., Holmen, WI, U.S.A.) were placed in riparian woodlands at 7 km intervals along the dry riverbed... camera traps were operational during the dry austral winter of 2010 (from 23/07/10 until 8/11/10)"

Sample number: 1939

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2016-01-17 18:16:04

Modified: 2016-12-15 05:36:01