Sokoine University of Agriculture
Basic information
Sample name: Sokoine University of Agriculture
Sample aka: Morogoro
Reference: S. Vibe-Petersen, H. Leirs, and L. de Bruyn. 2006. Effects of predation and dispersal on Mastomys natalensis population dynamics in Tanzanian maize fields. Journal of Animal Ecology 75(1):213-220 [ER 899]
Geography
Country: Tanzania
Coordinate: 6° 51' S, 37° 38' E
Coordinate basis: stated in text
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical savanna
Altered habitat: cropland
Substrate: ground surface
Habitat comments: sites were in "a 60 ha farm area consisting of a mosaic of cultivated and fallow land"; clearly a savanna based on the description of fallow land plants
there is "a short wet season approximately from October to December and a long wet season from March to June"
there is "a short wet season approximately from October to December and a long wet season from March to June"
Methods
Life forms: rodents,other small mammals
Sampling methods: no design,owl pellets
Sample size: 384 individuals
Years: 1998 - 2000
Sampling comments: "avian predator pellets"
Metadata
Sample number: 1347
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2015-02-22 21:33:36
Modified: 2015-02-22 10:33:36
Abundance distribution
4 species
0 singletons
total count 384
geometric series index: 4.3
Fisher's α: 0.622
geometric series k: 0.2648
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.2799
Shannon's H: 0.5869
Good's u: 1.0000
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