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Basic information
Sample name: Richlands

Reference: D. L. Chambers and J. A. Vance. 2013. Camera trap success among carnivores and prey animals in Tazewell County, Virginia. Virginia Journal of Science 63:129-135 [ER 1726]
Geography
Country: United States

State: Virginia


Coordinate: 37° 6' N, 81° 48' W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Geography comments: "near the town of Richlands" (basis of coordinate)

Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest

Substrate: ground surface

WMT: 24.0

CMT: 3.6

MAP: 946.0

Habitat comments: "a mostly deciduous forest"
climate data are for Glen Lyn and are from Thorne and Cooperrider (1960, Castanea)

Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates,other small mammals,birds

Sampling methods: no design,automatic cameras

Sample size: 332 captures or sightings

Days: 396

Nets or traps: 1

Net or trap nights: 396

Camera type: analog

Cameras paired: no

Sampling comments: there was one station and "Two types of cameras were used throughout the duration of this study: a StealthCam MC2-G and a DeerCam 200, both of which are passive infrared-triggered 35 mm film cameras... The StealthCam MC2-G, programmed with 1 min intervals between each image capture, was used from 1 October 2005 to 25 January 2006. The DeerCam 200, programmed with 15 sec intervals between each image capture, was used from 26 January 2006 until the end of the study... both... were active 24 hours a day"

Metadata
Sample number: 1924

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2016-01-14 09:25:34

Modified: 2016-12-14 10:54:17

Abundance distribution
9 species
0 singletons
total count 332
extrapolated richness: 9.9
Fisher's α: 1.706
geometric series k: 0.6274
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7811
Shannon's H: 1.7628
Good's u: 1.0000
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Meleagris gallopavo1257.8 kg omnivore
Procyon lotor625.5 kg carnivore-granivore
Sciurus carolinensis43519 g frugivore
Urocyon cinereoargenteus344.1 kg frugivore-carnivore
Odocoileus virginianus3275 kg herbivore
Didelphis virginiana222.2 kg insectivore-carnivore
Canis latrans612 kg carnivore-insectivore
Vulpes vulpes55.3 kg carnivore-insectivore
Lynx rufus39.0 kg carnivore
Current reference: Sainz-Borgo 2016 (ER 2762)