Abra-Tanchipa Biosphere Reserve (survey 1)
Basic information
Sample name: Abra-Tanchipa Biosphere Reserve (survey 1)

Reference: A. D. Hernández-Saintmartín, O. C. Rosas-Rosas, J. Palacio-Núñez, L. A. Tarango-Arámbula, F. Clemente-Sánchez, and A. L. Hoogesteijn. 2013. Activity patterns of jaguar, puma and their potential prey in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Acta Zoológica Mexicana 29(3):520-533 [ER 1730]
Geography
Country: Mexico

State: San Luis Potosi

Coordinate: 22° 14' N, 99° 57' W
Latlng basis: stated in text as range

Geography comments: "in northeastern San Luis Potosi... about 30 km north of Ciudad Valles"
elevation 400 to 700 m

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest

Protection: biosphere reserve

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 25.5

MAP: 1100.0

Habitat comments: the reserve "covers approximately 220 km2 of well-preserved tropical dry forest surrounded by fragmented areas"; there is "marked seasonality: torrential rains may be present during July through October (wet season) and the dry season extends from November to May"

Methods
Life forms: carnivores, rodents, ungulates, other large mammals, other small mammals, birds

Sampling methods: no design, automatic cameras

Sample size: 343 captures or sightings

Years: 2010

Nets or traps: 51

Net or trap nights: 3264

Camera type: digital

Cameras paired: no

Trap spacing: 2.5

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: the surveys was from October 16th to December 17th 2010; "Each camera station consisted of one (single stations) or two (double stations) camera traps... We programed all cameras to operate continually for 24 hrs... We placed camera stations at a distance of two to three km. No attractants were used... In the first survey we deployed 51 camera stations, 45 single and six double composed of the following brands and models: a) thirty three Capture Cuddeback® Digital; b) eight StealthCam® Digital; c) five Xtreme-5 Wildview® Digital; d) three Moultrie® DGS-200 Digital and e) eight DeerCam® DC200 35 mm"

Metadata
Sample no: 1929

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2016-01-14 10:59:29

Modified: 2016-01-13 23:59:29

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
18 species
1 singleton
total count 343
geometric series index: 22.5
Fisher's α: 4.043
geometric series k: 0.8122
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8271
Shannon's H: 2.1451
Good's u: 0.9971
Register
Mazama temama (Central American red brocket)9
Dicotyles tajacu (collared peccary)4
"Pecari tajacu"
Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer)103
Urocyon cinereoargenteus (gray fox)54.1 kg
Panthera onca (jaguar)19
Leopardus wiedii (margay)42.6 kg
Leopardus pardalis (ocelot)98.4 kg
Puma concolor (cougar)25
Nasua narica (white-nosed coati)584.6 kg
Dasypus novemcinctus 14.4 kg
Didelphis sp. 3
Cuniculus paca 5
Sciurus sp. 8
Sylvilagus sp. 3
Penelope purpurescens 7
Crax rubra 704.1 kg
Ortalis vetula 6584.0 g
Crypturellus cinnamomeus 4422.0 g