Park Ranger Station No. 1
Basic information
Sample name: Park Ranger Station No. 1
Sample aka: Everglades National Park
Reference: C. B. Worth. 1950. Observations on ectoparasites of some small mammals in Everglades National Park and Hillsborough County, Florida. Journal of Parasitology 36(4):326-335 [ER 963]
Geography
Country: United States
State: Florida
County: Miami-Dade
Coordinate: 25° 28' N, 80° 28' W
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark
Geography comments: "within a few miles' radius of Park Ranger Station No. 1, about 12 miles southwest of Homestead, Florida" (coordinate based on Homestead)
elevation is for Homestead and is from Pool et al. (1977)
elevation is for Homestead and is from Pool et al. (1977)
Environment
Habitat: temperate savanna
Protection: national/state park
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 23.5
MAP: 1643.0
Habitat comments: trapping was along a "two-mile stretch of road" with "moist grasslands that were once cultivated" as well as in "hammocks" that "are densely wooded and slightly elevated above the surrounding plains"
climate data are for Homestead and are from Pool et al. (1977, Biotropica)
climate data are for Homestead and are from Pool et al. (1977, Biotropica)
Methods
Life forms: rodents, other small mammals
Sampling methods: no design, Havahart traps, Sherman traps
Sample size: 146 individuals
Days: 15
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: trapping was "for 15 consecutive nights" using "small metal Sherman traps; wooden box traps... and small and large wire-mesh 'Hav-a-hart'" traps. Stations were set at 0.2-mile intervals" along the road or "at the edge of, or within, hardwood hammocks"
Metadata
Sample no: 1450
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2015-03-02 13:33:12
Modified: 2015-12-01 08:20:10
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
5 species
1 singleton
total count 146
geometric series index: 7.0
Fisher's α: 1.002
geometric series k: 0.4429
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6094
Shannon's H: 1.1004
Good's u: 0.9932
Register
| Sigmodon hispidus spadicipygus | 78 | 89.4 g |
| Oryzomys palustris coloratus | 40 | 42.4 g |
| Peromyscus gossypinus palmarius | 24 | 29.2 g |
| Rattus rattus | 3 | 121.0 g |
| Didelphis virginiana pigra (Virginia opossum) | 1 | 1.0 kg |