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Northern Velebit National Park
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Basic information
Sample name: Northern Velebit National Park

Reference: N. Sprem, D. Zanella, D. Ugarkovic, I. Prebanic, P. Gancevic, and L. Corlatti. 2015. Unimodal activity pattern in forest-dwelling chamois: typical behaviour or interspecific avoidance?. European Journal of Wildlife Research 61:789-794 [ER 1767]
Geography
Country: Croatia


Coordinate: 44° 57' 55" N, 15° 0' 4" E
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Geography comments: elevation 518 and 1678 m

Environment
Habitat: temperate coniferous forest

Protection: national/state park

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 3.5

MAP: 1898.0

Habitat comments: "Forests cover about 78 % of the study area... and are composed mainly of fir Abies alba and spruce Picea abies; the remaining 22 % of the study area is unforested... The climate is humid-boreal with a Mediterranean influence"

Methods
Life forms: carnivores,ungulates

Focal species: Rupicapra rupicapra balcanica

Sampling methods: no design,automatic cameras

Sample size: 2425 captures or sightings

Years: 2012

Days: 184

Nets or traps: 15

Net or trap nights: 2760

Camera type: digital

Cameras paired: no

Sampling comments: "Camera trapping was conducted over a 6-month period, 24 h/day, from May to October 2012... using 15 PrimosĀ® TruthCam 35 trail cameras, randomly placed over the study area, with 11 cameras positioned in forested habitats and 4 cameras positioned in open habitats"

Metadata
Sample number: 1971

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2016-01-26 10:38:31

Modified: 2018-01-28 01:28:24

Abundance distribution
7 species
1 singleton
total count 2425
extrapolated richness: 8.9
Fisher's α: 0.884
geometric series k: 0.2741
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.0555
Shannon's H: 0.1723
Good's u: 0.9996
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Rupicapra rupicapra balcanica235627 kg browser-grazer
Ursus arctos25156 kg frugivore-carnivore
Sus scrofa1954 kg herbivore
Canis lupus1243 kg carnivore
Cervus elaphus7104 kg
Capreolus capreolus522 kg browser
Lynx lynx116 kg carnivore
Current reference: Herzog et al. 2003 (ER 1261)