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
Basis of coordinate: stated in text
Geography comments: "south-west of Jos" and "covers an area of approximately 8 km2"
Climate and habitat
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 ºC" (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"
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
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: 2911
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2018-04-23 16:23:36
Modified: 2018-04-23 16:23:36
Abundance distribution
27 species
10 singletons
total count 123
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
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