Jos Wildlife Park
Basic information
Sample name: Jos Wildlife Park

Reference: A. A. Chaskda, G. S. Mwansat, D. Sani, and L. Turshak. 2018. Assessment of potential sources of protozoan contamination between two avian feeding guilds in a conservation area. Ostrich 89(1):25-32 [ER 2741]
Geography
Country: Nigeria


Coordinate: 9° 53' N, 8° 50' E
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Geography comments: "south-west of Jos" and "covers an area of approximately 8 km2"

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical savanna

Protection: wildlife protected area

Substrate: ground surface

WMT: 30.5

CMT: 15.5

MAP: 1411.0

Habitat comments: "Average temperatures on the Plateau range from 15.5 to 30.5 ÂșC" (presumed to mean monthly means)
the park has "seasonal streams, good savanna woodland and riparian forests... The buffer zone of the reserve has been encroached by residential buildings"

Methods
Life forms: birds

Sampling methods: no design,mist nets

Sample size: 123 individuals

Years: 2012

Nets or traps: 4

Sampling comments: "Mist nets were used... between April to May 2012... Four mist nets, two each of 9 and 12 m length, were randomly positioned across the Park. Trapped birds... were marked with black indelible ink... to avoid double sampling" (number of sampling days is unclear)

Metadata
Sample number: 2911

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2018-04-23 16:23:36

Modified: 2018-04-23 06:23:36

Abundance distribution
27 species
10 singletons
total count 123
geometric series index: 60.0
Fisher's α: 10.687
geometric series k: 0.8849
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8997
Shannon's H: 2.7177
Good's u: 0.9195
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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