Matancillas
Basic information
Sample name: Matancillas
Reference: M. E. Riojas-López. 2006. Rodent communities in two natural and one cultivated nopaleras (Opuntia spp.) in north-eastern Jalisco, Mexico. Journal of Arid Environments 67(3):428-435 [ER 898]
Geography
Country: Mexico
State: Jalisco
Coordinate: 22° 55' 19" N, 102° 38' 13" W
Latlng basis: stated in text
Environment
Habitat: desert/xeric shrubland
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 15.7
MAP: 590.0
Habitat comments: "an arboreal nopalera [= Opuntia field]... surrounded by cultivated maize and bean fields"
MAT 16 to 18 according to the text
climate data are for Ojuelos and are from Romo–Campos et al. (2010)
MAT 16 to 18 according to the text
climate data are for Ojuelos and are from Romo–Campos et al. (2010)
Methods
Life forms: rodents
Sampling methods: quadrat, baited, Sherman traps
Sample size: 359 individuals
Years: 1997
Days: 8
Nets or traps: 100
Net or trap nights: 800
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: "Sherman traps baited with oatmeal and vainilla extract in a 10 x 10 grid with lines and stations 8m apart, for two consecutive nights" once each month over four months
Metadata
Sample no: 1344
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2015-02-22 20:13:00
Modified: 2015-10-05 05:02:36
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
10 species
0 singleton
total count 359
geometric series index: 11.6
Fisher's α: 1.907
geometric series k: 0.6531
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6601
Shannon's H: 1.4528
Good's u: 1
Register
| Liomys irroratus | 90 | |
| Chaetodipus nelsoni | 18 | 15.7 g |
| Perognathus flavus | 3 | 7.1 g |
| Dipodomys ordii | 10 | 48.9 g |
| Chaetodipus hispidus | 4 | 30.4 g |
| Reithrodontomys megalotis | 16 | 10.3 g |
| Reithrodontomys fulvescens | 185 | 11.5 g |
| Peromyscus melanophrys | 4 | 52.0 g |
| Peromyscus difficilis | 25 | 28.6 g |
| Peromyscus gratus | 4 | 22.4 g |