Memphis
Basic information
Sample name: Memphis
Reference: T. M. Kollars Jr and W. E. Wilhelm. 1996. The occurrence of antibodies to Naegleria species in wild mammals. Journal of Parasitology 82(1):73-77 [ER 1620]
Geography
Country: United States
State: Tennessee
Coordinate: 35° 7' N, 89° 58' W
Basis of coordinate: based on nearby landmark
Geography comments: six numbered zones "within the Memphis city limits and 15 outside of the city limits" but in the same county
coordinate based on Memphis
coordinate based on Memphis
Climate and habitat
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest
Altered habitat: suburban
Substrate: ground surface
WMT: 27.9
CMT: 5.3
MAP: 1430.0
Habitat comments: climate data are based on site 72334 (Memphis airport)
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, rodents, other small mammals
Sampling methods: line transect, quadrat, Sherman traps, Tomahawk traps
Sample size: 880
Years: 1990, 1991
Seasons: winter, spring, summer, autumn
Nets or traps: 2592
Sampling comments: "One to 6 six sites within each of the 12 zones was trapped, for a total of 48 sites.... Sampling was conducted from 15 July 1990 through 1 September 1991... using Sherman live traps and Tomahawk... traps... Each trapping site consisted of 40 Sherman traps placed 10 m apart in a grid or line, depending on topography. Within a grid or line, 10 squirrel and 4 raccoon-size [Tomahawk] live traps were placed" (total sampling effort is unclear)
Metadata
Sample: 1830
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2015-12-16 10:59:33
Modified: 2015-12-16 11:04:44
Abundance distribution
18 species
4 singletons
total count 880
Fisher's α: 3.203
geometric series k: 0.7108
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7595
Shannon's H: 1.7950
Good's u: 0.9955
Register
| Procyon lotor | 53 | 5.5 kg carnivore-granivore |
| Sylvilagus floridanus | 3 | 1.1 kg herbivore |
| Rattus norvegicus | 26 | 300 g |
| Sigmodon hispidus | 48 | 89.4 g |
| Microtus pinetorum | 44 | 24.0 g |
| Vulpes vulpes | 1 | 5.3 kg carnivore-insectivore |
| Oryzomys palustris | 9 | 42.4 g |
| Tamias striatus | 3 | 113 g frugivore-insectivore |
| Mus musculus | 249 | 17.6 g |
| Blarina sp. | 8 | |
| Didelphis virginiana | 79 | 2.2 kg insectivore-carnivore |
| Peromyscus leucopus | 331 | 21.0 g |
| Reithrodontomys humulis | 3 | 7.7 g |
| Ochrotomys nuttalli | 18 | 18.7 g |
| Sciurus carolinensis | 2 | 519 g frugivore |
| Rattus rattus | 1 | 121 g |
| Glaucomys volans | 1 | 67.4 g |
| Peromyscus gossypinus | 1 | 29.2 g |