Nahal Alexander National Park (control)
Basic information
Sample name: Nahal Alexander National Park (control)
Reference: P. Kutiel, Y. Peled, and E. Geffen. 2000. The effect of removing shrub cover on annual plants and small mammals in a coastal sand dune ecosystem. Biological Conservation 94(2):235-242 [ER 873]
Geography
Country: Israel
Coordinate: 32° 24' N, 35° 52' E
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark
Geography comments: coordinate based on Nahal Alexander
Environment
Habitat: desert/xeric shrubland
Protection: national/state park
Substrate: ground surface
WMT: 26.5
CMT: 11.7
MAP: 550.0
Habitat comments: dunes covered with Artemisia and Retama
MAP 500 to 600; CMT and WMT are based on station 40180 (Ben Gurion Airport)
MAP 500 to 600; CMT and WMT are based on station 40180 (Ben Gurion Airport)
Methods
Life forms: rodents, other small mammals
Site area: 0.5
Sampling methods: quadrat, baited, Sherman traps
Sample size: 263 individuals
Years: 1995, 1996
Nets or traps: 72
Net or trap nights: 2880
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: 36 bread and peanut butter-baited Sherman traps placed in each of two nearly adjacent 50 x 50 m plots and sampled for four nights each during 10 months
counts are of individuals
counts are of individuals
Metadata
Sample no: 1251
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2015-02-17 12:54:12
Modified: 2015-10-04 22:17:05
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
5 species
0 singleton
total count 263
geometric series index: 5.6
Fisher's α: 0.876
geometric series k: 0.5578
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5989
Shannon's H: 1.0748
Good's u: 1
Register
| Gerbillus andersoni | 124 | |
| "Gerbillus allenbyi" | ||
| Meriones tristrami | 3 | |
| Mus musculus | 109 | |
| Rattus rattus | 12 | 121.0 g |
| Crocidura russula | 15 | |