Namib-Naukluft National Park
Basic information
Sample name: Namib-Naukluft National Park
Sample aka: Swakop River
Reference: D. Williams, N. Pettorelli, J. Henschel, G. Cowlishaw, and C. M. S. Douglas. 2013. Impact of alien trees on mammal distributions along an ephemeral river in the Namib Desert. African Journal of Ecology 52(4):404-413 [ER 1740]
Geography
Country: Namibia
Coordinate: 23° 40' 30" S, 15° 3' 30" E
Latlng basis: stated in text as range
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical savanna
Protection: national/state park
Substrate: ground surface
Disturbance: invasive plants
MAT: 21.0
MAP: 68.0
Habitat comments: "riparian woodland" with "low levels of grass cover" and vegetation invaded by Prosopis
climate dat are for "the eastern part of the central Namib" (apparently meaning Gobabeb or northeast of Gobabeb) and are from Günster (1994, Vegetatio)
climate dat are for "the eastern part of the central Namib" (apparently meaning Gobabeb or northeast of Gobabeb) and are from Günster (1994, Vegetatio)
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, primates, rodents, ungulates, other large mammals, other small mammals
Sampling methods: line transect, automatic cameras
Sample size: 605 captures or sightings
Years: 2010
Seasons: winter
Nets or traps: 13
Net or trap nights: 1269
Camera type: digital
Cameras paired: no
Trap spacing: 7.0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: "Thirteen Rapidfire RC55 camera traps (Reconyx Inc., Holmen, WI, U.S.A.) were placed in riparian woodlands at 7 km intervals along the dry riverbed... camera traps were operational during the dry austral winter of 2010 (from 23/07/10 until 8/11/10)"
Metadata
Sample no: 1939
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2016-01-17 18:16:04
Modified: 2016-12-15 05:36:01
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
22 species
6 singletons
total count 605
geometric series index: 34.8
Fisher's α: 4.477
geometric series k: 0.7783
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8179
Shannon's H: 2.1123
Good's u: 0.9901
Register
| Raphicerus campestris (steenbok) | 193 | 9.7 kg |
| Papio ursinus (chacma baboon) | 141 | 20.0 kg |
| Oryx gazella (gemsbok) | 68 | 195.0 kg |
| Tragelaphus strepsiceros (greater kudu) | 38 | 189.0 kg |
| Canis mesomelas (black-backed jackal) | 32 | 7.9 kg |
| Sylvicapra grimmia (common duiker) | 27 | 13.0 kg |
| Lepus capensis | 25 | |
| Felis lybica (African wildcat) | 21 | 4.5 kg |
| Oreotragus oreotragus (klipspringer) | 16 | |
| Antidorcas marsupialis (springbok) | 10 | 40.0 kg |
| Hystrix africaeaustralis | 9 | 15.0 kg |
| Equus zebra (mountain zebra) | 6 | 287.0 kg |
| Mellivora capensis (honey badger) | 5 | 7.7 kg |
| Ictonyx striatus (striped polecat) | 4 | 753.0 g |
| Caracal caracal (caracal) | 2 | |
| Civettictis civetta | 2 | |
| Cynictis penicillata | 1 | 910.0 g |
| Procavia capensis (rock hyrax) | 1 | 2.8 kg |
| "most likely" this species | ||
| Orycteropus afer (aardvark) | 1 | 40.0 kg |
| Panthera pardus (leopard) | 1 | |
| Phacochoerus africanus (common warthog) | 1 | 82.0 kg |
| Xerus inauris | 1 | |