Borsuka Cave (Level VII)
Basic information
Sample name: Borsuka Cave (Level VII)
Reference: J. Wilczynski, B. Miekina, G. Lipecki, L. Lougas, A. Marciszak, B. Rzebik-Kowalska, E. Stworzewicz, Z. Szyndlar, and K. Wertz. 2012. Faunal remains from Borsuka Cave - an example of local climate variability during Late Pleistocene in southern Poland. Acta zoologica cracoviensia 55(2):131-155 [ER 3087]
Geography
Country: Poland
Coordinate: 50° 9' 54" N, 19° 42' 12" E
Basis of coordinate: stated in text
Geography comments: "about 20 km west of Kraków, in the Kraków Valleys Landscape Park"
Climate and habitat
Lithology: claystone
Taphonomic context: cave
Habitat comments: "a layer of dark brown clay in which the numerous remains of small fauna were discovered (including amphibians). There was no archaeological material"
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, rodents, other small mammals, birds, frogs, snails
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 308
Years: 2008 - 2010
Metadata
Sample: 3364
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-08-26 21:55:44
Modified: 2019-08-26 21:55:44
Abundance distribution

13 species
5 singletons
total count 308
standardised richness: not computable
Fisher's α: 2.750
geometric series k: 0.6879
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7906
Shannon's H: 1.7663
Good's u: 0.9838
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Register
Aegopinella pura | 1 | |
Rana temporaria | 54 | |
Tetrao tetrix | 1 | 1.3 kg |
Sorex araneus | 9 | |
Talpa europaea | 1 | |
Meles meles | 1 | 11 kg invertivore-herbivore |
Spermophilus superciliosus | 1 | |
Lemmus lemmus | 6 | |
Myodes glareolus | 47 | |
"Clethrionomys glareolus" | ||
Arvicola terrestris | 3 | |
Microtus sp. | 89 | |
arvalis or agrestis | ||
Microtus gregalis | 15 | |
Microtus oeconomus | 80 | 36.5 g |