Massereau
Basic information
Sample name: Massereau

Reference: A. Ménard, M. L'Hostis, G. Leray, S. Marchandeau, M. Pascal, N. Roudot, V. Michel, and A. Chauvin. 2000. Inventory of wild rodents and lagomorphs as natural hosts of Fasciola hepatica on a farm located in a humid area in Loire Atlantique (France). Parasite 7(2):77-82 [ER 1006]
Geography
Country: France


Coordinate: 47° 15' N, 1° 56' W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Geography comments: apparently somewhere near Frossay (basis of coordinate) on the banks of the Loire

Environment
Habitat: temperate wetland

Substrate: ground surface

Habitat comments: "damp meadows (environment 1) surrounded below by slimy calcareaous borders (environment 2) one part of which is flooded during the floods of the river (la Loire) (environment 3)"; cows were grazed in area 1

Methods
Life forms: rodents

Sampling methods: no design,Sherman traps

Sample size: 651 individuals

Years: 1996 - 1999

Sampling comments: "250 traps of INRA and Sherman traps and rat-trap-Manufrance-for-capture-of-small-rodents types were set every three months" and 30 traps for larger rodents were also used; capture effort and baiting are not discussed; rabbits were also captured using rabbit traps and shot

Metadata
Sample number: 1496

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2015-03-07 21:54:21

Modified: 2015-03-07 10:58:49

Abundance distribution
8 species
1 singleton
total count 651
geometric series index: 9.7
Fisher's α: 1.284
geometric series k: 0.4312
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6411
Shannon's H: 1.3539
Good's u: 0.9985
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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