Golestan National Park
Basic information
Sample name: Golestan National Park
Reference: A. K. Hamidi, A. Ghoddousi, M. Soufi, T. Ghadiri-An, H. Jowkar, and S. Ashayeri. 2014. Camera trap study of Persian leopard in Golestan National Park, Iran. CATnews 60:12-14 [ER 3327]
Geography
Country: Iran
Coordinate: 37.55° N, 56.38° E
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark
Geography comments: a UNESCE Biosphere Reserve with "an area of 874 km2"
coordinate based on Golestan National Park
coordinate based on Golestan National Park
Environment
Habitat: temperate savanna
Protection: national/state park
Substrate: ground surface
Habitat comments: the park spans "eastwards from the humid deciduous forest to steppes and arid plains, with mean annual precipitation between 150 and 700 mm in the east and west" but all trapping was within the "forest and steppe zones", so the MAP figures cannot be averaged
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, rodents, ungulates
Focal species: Panthera pardus saxicolor
Sampling methods: no design, automatic cameras
Sample size: 718 captures or sightings
Years: 2011
Nets or traps: 40
Net or trap nights: 2777
Camera type: digital
Cameras paired: no
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: "30 camera trap stations" were "used in the first two blocks and 20 stations in the third... The team deployed 40 camera traps (DeercamTM, Park Falls, WI) throughout all three blocks" and there was "one camera/station"
the survey was "between January and December 2011"
list is of large mammals and may exclude small carnivores
the survey was "between January and December 2011"
list is of large mammals and may exclude small carnivores
Metadata
Sample no: 3697
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2020-10-29 16:00:26
Modified: 2020-10-29 06:02:30
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
9 species
0 singleton
total count 718
geometric series index: 9.6
Fisher's α: 1.45
geometric series k: 0.6328
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6105
Shannon's H: 1.3811
Good's u: 1
Register
| Panthera pardus saxicolor (leopard) | 78 | |
| Ursus arctos (brown bear) | 39 | |
| Canis lupus (gray wolf) | 5 | 43.0 kg |
| wolf | ||
| Sus scrofa (pig) | 428 | |
| wild boar | ||
| Ovis vignei (urial) | 47 | |
| Capra aegagrus (wild goat) | 13 | |
| Bezoar goat | ||
| Cervus elaphus (red deer) | 13 | |
| Capreolus capreolus (roe deer) | 11 | |
| Hystrix indica | 84 | 13.0 kg |