Ben Boyd National Park and Nadgee Nature Reserve
Basic information
Sample name: Ben Boyd National Park and Nadgee Nature Reserve
Reference: D. J. Paull, A. W. Claridge, and R. B. Cunningham. 2012. Effective detection methods for medium-sized ground-dwelling mammals: a comparison between infrared digital cameras and hair tunnels. Wildlife Research 39(6):546-553 [ER 1732]
Geography
Country: Australia
State: New South Wales
Coordinate: 37° 15' S, 150° 3' E
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark
Geography comments: "south of the coastal township of Eden" and apparently roughly centered on Green Cape (basis of coordinate)
Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest
Protection: nature reserve
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 15.3
MAP: 750.0
Habitat comments: climate data are for Greencape Lighthouse and are from Claridge et al. (2010, Forest Ecology and Management)
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, rodents, ungulates, other large mammals, other small mammals
Sampling methods: no design, baited, automatic cameras
Sample size: 435 captures or sightings
Days: 30
Nets or traps: 110
Net or trap nights: 3300
Camera type: digital
Cameras paired: no
Trap spacing: 0.18
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: "The camera system used was the [digital] Reconyx RapidFire PC90... A bait mixture of peanut butter, rolled oats and pistachio essence" was used; "Cameras... were set at each of 59 widely spaced sites... Sites were separated from each other by a minimum distance of 162 m (350.4 +/- 24.3). At each site, two separate ‘stations’, each 39–154 m (79.2 +/- 2.4 m) apart, were established... cameras... were left in situ for a minimum period of 30 days" (effective spacing was 350.4/2 m, and counts are based on 30 days per camera and 110 cameras)
Metadata
Sample no: 1931
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2016-01-14 14:21:47
Modified: 2016-12-15 04:22:42
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
18 species
2 singletons
total count 435
geometric series index: 23.9
Fisher's α: 3.788
geometric series k: 0.7717
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8875
Shannon's H: 2.3632
Good's u: 0.9954
Register
| Antechinus spp. | 46 | |
| Canis lupus (gray wolf) | 3 | 43.0 kg |
| Cercartetus nanus (eastern pygmy possum) | 9 | 18.9 g |
| Cervus unicolor (sambar deer) | 1 | |
| Dasyurus maculatus (tiger quoll) | 2 | |
| Felis catus (domestic cat) | 1 | |
| Isoodon obesulus (southern brown bandicoot) | 28 | |
| Oryctolagus cuniculus | 3 | 2.5 kg |
| Perameles nasuta (long-nosed bandicoot) | 52 | 992.0 g |
| Potorous tridactylus (long-nosed potoroo) | 28 | 731.0 g |
| Pseudocheirus peregrinus (common ringtail possum) | 10 | |
| Rattus spp. | 59 | |
| Sminthopsis spp. | 3 | |
| Tachyglossus aculeatus (short-beaked echidna) | 45 | 2.9 kg |
| Trichosurus spp. | 14 | |
| Vombatus ursinus (common wombat) | 47 | 29.0 kg |
| Vulpes vulpes (red fox) | 2 | |
| Wallabia bicolor (swamp wallaby) | 82 | |