Taunton National Park
Basic information
Sample name: Taunton National Park
Reference: Y. Wang and D. O. Fisher. 2012. Dingoes affect activity of feral cats, but do not exclude them from the habitat of an endangered macropod. Wildlife Research 39(7):611-620 [ER 1733]
Geography
Country: Australia
State: Queensland
Coordinate: 23° 34' S, 149° 11' E
Latlng basis: stated in text
Geography comments: a park of 11, 626 ha "in central Queensland"
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical savanna
Protection: national/state park
Substrate: ground surface
WMT: 22.0
CMT: 19.0
MAP: 650.0
Habitat comments: "The park comprises two former cattle properties... Vegetation includes a mosaic of cleared grassy patches dominated by introduced buffel grass, Acacia forests and Eucalyptus woodlands"
climate data are for the Fitzroy Catchment and are from Murphy et al. (2015, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews)
climate data are for the Fitzroy Catchment and are from Murphy et al. (2015, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews)
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, ungulates, other large mammals, other small mammals, birds
Site area: 11626.0
Sampling methods: no design, automatic cameras
Sample size: 1396 captures or sightings
Years: 2009, 2010
Nets or traps: 41
Net or trap nights: 4045
Camera type: digital
Cameras paired: no
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: sampling was with "41 camera traps... We used several different models of digital-camera traps, including 16 Moultrie Game Spy D-50s... 16 Cuddeback Excites... 7 Reconyx Rapidfire... 2 Bushnell Trailscout Pro" that were placed in "42 random locations spaced at least 500m apart throughout the park"; sampling was "From August 2009 to August 2010... One camera was moved to a second location after 4 weeks"
Metadata
Sample no: 1932
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2016-01-14 14:46:14
Modified: 2016-12-15 04:33:08
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
13 species
0 singleton
total count 1396
geometric series index: 13.8
Fisher's α: 1.982
geometric series k: 0.7939
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8366
Shannon's H: 2.0613
Good's u: 1
Register
| Felis catus (domestic cat) | 126 | |
| Canis lupus dingo (gray wolf) | 286 | 43.0 kg |
| Notamacropus dorsalis (black-striped wallaby) | 383 | |
| "Macropus dorsalis" | ||
| Macropodinae indet. | 212 | |
| "kangaroo" | ||
| Dromaius novaehollandiae | 94 | 32.0 kg |
| Oryctolagus cuniculus | 25 | 2.5 kg |
| Bos taurus (cow) | 123 | |
| Wallabia bicolor (swamp wallaby) | 27 | |
| Sus scrofa (pig) | 37 | |
| Aepyprymnus rufescens (rufous rat kangaroo) | 30 | 2.9 kg |
| Trichosurus vulpecula (common brushtail possum) | 24 | 2.1 kg |
| Tachyglossus aculeatus (short-beaked echidna) | 2 | 2.9 kg |
| Onychogalea fraenata (bridled nail-tail wallaby) | 27 | 4.0 kg |