Arly National Park (2017)
Basic information
Sample name: Arly National Park (2017)

Reference: N. C. Harris, K. L. Mills, Y. Harrisou, E. M. Hema, I. T. Gnoumou, J. VanZoeren, Y. I. Abdel-Nasser, and B. Doamba. 2019. First camera survey in Burkina Faso and Niger reveals human pressures on mammal communities within the largest protected area complex in West Africa. Conservation Letters 12(e12667):1-8 [ER 3310]
Geography
Country: Burkina Faso

Coordinate: 12° 35' N, 1° 28' W
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark

Geography comments: coordinate based on Arli National Park

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical savanna

Protection: national/state park

Substrate: ground surface

Methods
Life forms: carnivores, primates, rodents, ungulates, other large mammals

Excluded forms: bats

Sampling methods: no design, automatic cameras

Sample size: 1717 captures or sightings

Years: 2017

Seasons: dry

Nets or traps: 21

Net or trap nights: 1577

Camera type: digital

Cameras paired: no

Trap spacing: 10.0

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: sampling was "during the dry season (January-May)" in 2017
a "10 x 10 km gridded survey design" was used
"We used a combination of infrared and white-flash cameras (Reconyx PC800, PC850, PC900) without bait"
"we captured several small mammals such as ground squirrel, hare, rats, and mice and aggregated into a generic small mammal group “ROD+”. Bats and galago (Galago senagelensis) were also detected but excluded from analysis because our study focused on terrestrial mammals"

Metadata
Sample no: 3684

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2020-10-21 12:18:43

Modified: 2020-10-21 01:25:52

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
31 species
2 singletons
total count 1717
geometric series index: 36.5
Fisher's α: 5.372
geometric series k: 0.826
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.9107
Shannon's H: 2.7356
Good's u: 0.9988
Register
Homo sapiens (human)10564.0 kg
Orycteropus afer (aardvark)3540.0 kg
Syncerus caffer brachyceros (African buffalo)29548.0 kg
Tragelaphus scriptus (harnessed bushbuck)20131.0 kg
Cephalophinae indet.204
Sylvicapra grimmia and Cephalophus rufilatus
Loxodonta africana (African bush elephant)682731.0 kg
Alcelaphus buselaphus (hartebeest)20
Hippopotamus amphibius (hippopotamus)51107.0 kg
Kobus kob kob (kob)31077.0 kg
Ourebia ourebi (oribi)8214.0 kg
Hystrix cristata 4712.0 kg
Redunca redunca (Bohor reedbuck)18444.0 kg
Hippotragus equinus koba (roan)88246.0 kg
Damaliscus lunatus korrigum (topi)3122.0 kg
Phacochoerus africanus (common warthog)9282.0 kg
Kobus ellipsiprymnus defassa (waterbuck)9210.0 kg
Papio anubis (olive baboon)5118.0 kg
Chlorocebus tantalus (vervet monkey)26
Erythrocebus patas (patas monkey)40
Caracal caracal (caracal)3
Acinonyx jubatus hecti (cheetah)1342.0 kg
Civettictis civetta 45
Canis sp. 16
aureus and adustus
Panthera pardus (leopard)11
Panthera leo (lion)6147.0 kg
Herpestidae indet.5
Atilax paludinosus and Mungos gambianus
Genetta sp. 7
Mellivora capensis (honey badger)17.7 kg
Leptailurus serval (serval)2
Felis lybica (African wildcat)14.5 kg
"Felis silvestris": species assignment based on geography
Ichneumia albicauda 83.4 kg