Tonopah Junction
Basic information
Sample name: Tonopah Junction
Reference: B. P. Kotler. 1985. Microhabitat utilization in desert rodents: a comparison of two methods of measurement. Journal of Mammalogy 66(2):374-378 [ER 984]
Geography
Country: United States
State: Nevada
Coordinate: 38° 23' N, 118° 7' W
Basis of coordinate: based on nearby landmark
Geography comments: "12 km south of Mina" (coordinate based on Mina)
Climate and habitat
Habitat: desert/xeric shrubland
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 12.1
MAP: 93.0
Habitat comments: none given
climate data are for Mina and are from Comstock and Ehleringer (1992, PNAS)
climate data are for Mina and are from Comstock and Ehleringer (1992, PNAS)
Methods
Life forms: rodents
Sampling methods: line transect, Sherman traps
Sample size: 103
Years: 1983
Days: 6
Nets or traps: 6
Net or trap nights: 240
Sampling comments: "40 Sherman live traps... arrayed in a large horseshoe configuration containing 20 trap stations with stations 20 m apart" (baiting not discussed)
Metadata
Sample: 1473
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2015-03-03 15:23:20
Modified: 2015-12-02 20:31:00
Abundance distribution
4 species
0 singletons
total count 103
Fisher's α: 0.828
geometric series k: 0.5061
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6336
Shannon's H: 1.1693
Good's u: 1.0000
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