Carlo, Cravens Peak, and Ethabuka
Basic information
Sample name: Carlo, Cravens Peak, and Ethabuka

Reference: M. Letnic. 2002. Long distance movements and the use of fire mosaics by small mammals in the Simpson Desert, central Australia. Australian Mammalogy 23:125-134 [ER 852]
Geography
Country: Australia

State: Queensland

Coordinate: 23° 29' S, 138° 28' E
Latlng basis: stated in text

Geography comments: three adjacent properties in the north-eastern Simpson Desert
coordinates are the medians

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Environment
Habitat: desert/xeric shrubland

Substrate: ground surface

Disturbance: recent fire

MAT: 22.0

MAP: 125.0

Habitat comments: MAT 21 to 23 and MAP 100 to 150 mm
sites were apparently all burnt within the last few decades

Methods
Life forms: rodents, other small mammals

Sites: 26

Sampling methods: quadrat, drift fences, pitfall traps

Sample size: 1996 individuals

Years: 1999 - 2001

Net or trap nights: 0

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: 26 sites each consisting of a 6 x 6 grid of drift fence/pitfall trap setups spaced 20 m apart
number of trap nights unclear
counts are captures minus recaptures

Metadata
Sample no: 1206

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2015-02-14 21:13:13

Modified: 2015-02-14 10:13:13

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
11 species
1 singleton
total count 1996
geometric series index: 13.7
Fisher's α: 1.534
geometric series k: 0.5572
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7711
Shannon's H: 1.6568
Good's u: 0.9995
Register
Pseudomys hermannsburgensis 504
Pseudomys desertor 305
Notomys alexis 693
Mus musculus domesticus3
"Mus domesticus"
Rattus villosissimus 1
Ningaui ridei (Wongai ningaui)57
Planigale tenurostris (narrow-nosed planigale)4
Sminthopsis youngsoni (lesser hairy-footed dunnart)225
Sminthopsis hirtipes (hairy-footed dunnart)30
Sminthopsis macroura (stripe-faced dunnart)2
Dasycercus cristicauda (crest-tailed mulgara)172