Creamer’s Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge (fall)
Basic information
Sample name: Creamer’s Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge (fall)

Reference: J. M. Wright. 1998. Monitoring Neotropical and migratory birds in Alaska, April 1997 - April 1998. Alaska Department of Fish and Game Final Research Report SE-3-5:1-12 [ER 793]
Geography
Country: United States

State: Alaska


Coordinate: 64° 51' N, 147° 43' W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Geography comments: coordinate based on Fairbanks

Environment
Habitat: boreal forest/taiga

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: -2.8

WMT: 17.9

CMT: -25.1

MAP: 286.0

Habitat comments: "boreal forest, shrub, and wetland habitats"
MAT based on Sparrow et al. (2003, AFES Bulletin); CMT, WMT, and MAP based on climate station 70261

Methods
Life forms: birds

Sampling methods: mist nets

Sample size: 4890 individuals

Years: 1997

Days: 66

Nets or traps: 30

Net or trap nights: 1980

Sampling comments: "Nets were opened about 7 hours a day"; 30 nets were used for 66 days and 14,617 net hours

Metadata
Sample number: 1140

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-08-31 13:16:44

Modified: 2014-08-31 03:16:44

Abundance distribution
35 species
6 singletons
total count 4890
geometric series index: 46.5
Fisher's α: 5.097
geometric series k: 0.8111
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8743
Shannon's H: 2.4754
Good's u: 0.9988
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Accipiter striatus49.7 g carnivore
Falco sparverius12.7 g carnivore
Picoides pubescens12.8 g insectivore
Picoides villosus12.7 g insectivore
Colaptes auratus211.3 g insectivore-frugivore
Contopus sordidulus313.1 g insectivore
Empidonax flaviventris211.8 g insectivore
Empidonax alnorum12612.7 g insectivore
Empidonax hammondii7410.6 g insectivore
Tachycineta 'bicolor'1
Hirundo pyrrhonota1 insectivore
Poecile atricapillus3510.8 g
Poecile hudsonicus6
Regulus calendula1976.5 g insectivore
Phylloscopus sibilatrix59.2 g insectivore
Catharus minimus4132.6 g insectivore-frugivore
Catharus ustulatus18830.3 g insectivore-frugivore
Catharus guttatus1830.1 g insectivore-frugivore
Turdus migratorius3978.5 g insectivore-frugivore
Ixoreus naevius68.5 g
Leiothlypis celata646
"Vermivora celata"
Setophaga petechia189
"Dendroica petechia"
Setophaga coronata1234
"Dendroica coronata"
Setophaga townsendi10 insectivore
"Dendroica townsendi"
Setophaga striata102
"Dendroica striata"
Parkesia noveboracensis49 insectivore
"Seiurus noveboracensis"
Wilsonia pussilla186
Spizella arborea76318.6 g
Passerculus sandwichensis1061.7 g insectivore
Passerella iliaca662.0 g insectivore-granivore
Melospiza lincolnii24616.6 g insectivore-granivore
Zonotrichia leucophrys702.0 g insectivore-granivore
Junco hyemalis4661.6 g insectivore-granivore
Euphagus carolinus164.3 g insectivore
Carduelis flammea513.0 g