Vellore
Basic information
Sample name: Vellore
Reference: S. Chandy, R. G. Ulrich, M. Schlegel, R. Petraityte, K. Sasnauskas, D. J. Prakash, V. Balraj, P. Abraham, and G. Sridharan. 2013. Hantavirus infection among wild small mammals in Vellore, south India. Zoonoses and Public Health 60(5):336-340 [ER 860]
Geography
Country: India
State: Tamil Nadu
Coordinate: 12.93° N, 79.13° E
Basis of coordinate: stated in text
Geography comments: "in a 6–7 km radius" around Vellore town
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Climate and habitat
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest
Altered habitat: cropland
Substrate: ground surface
Habitat comments: "around domestic areas, farmlands and rice granaries"
"a large fraction" of rainfall is received in the monsoon "from October to December"
"a large fraction" of rainfall is received in the monsoon "from October to December"
Methods
Life forms: rodents, other small mammals
Sampling methods: no design, baited
Sample size: 84
Sampling comments: live traps of an unspecified design baited with "Coconut bits, paddy grain and dry fish"
Metadata
Sample: 1226
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2015-02-16 12:37:25
Modified: 2015-02-16 12:37:25
Abundance distribution
4 species
1 singleton
total count 84
Fisher's α: 0.874
geometric series k: 0.2630
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.4684
Shannon's H: 0.7820
Good's u: 0.9884
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