Chott Boul (wire-mesh BTS traps)
Basic information
Sample name: Chott Boul (wire-mesh BTS traps)
Reference: L. Granjon, C. Bruderer, J. F. Cosson, A. T. Dia, and F. Colas. 2002. The small mammal community of a coastal site of south-west Mauritania. African Journal of Ecology 40(1):10-17 [ER 2892]
Geography
Country: Mauritania
Coordinate: 17° 37' 40" N, 16° 26' 40" W
Latlng basis: estimated from map
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical savanna
Protection: unprotected
Substrate: ground surface
Habitat comments: trapping was in "Four main habitats... The coastal dune system" with "bushy vegetation" and "'fossil' coastal system" with "steppe vegetation" and "Lagoon and prelagoon zones" and "Sebkhas and settling basins"
Methods
Life forms: rodents
Sampling methods: line transect, baited, other traps
Sample size: 95 individuals
Years: 1994, 1995
Net or trap nights: 1421
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: "Trapping was performed on seven occasions, January, March, July, September, October and November 1994, and March 1995" using "folding wire mesh 'BTS' traps" that were "baited with dates, sometimes coered with peanut butter"
Metadata
Sample no: 3097
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2018-09-14 19:56:44
Modified: 2018-09-14 10:00:42
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
9 species
2 singletons
total count 95
geometric series index: 13.7
Fisher's α: 2.441
geometric series k: 0.6326
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.752
Shannon's H: 1.6814
Good's u: 0.9789
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