Table Mountain National Park
Basic information
Sample name: Table Mountain National Park

Reference: R. B. Colyn, F. G. T. Radloff, and M. J. O'Riain. 2018. Camera trapping mammals in the scrubland's of the Cape Floristic Kingdom - the importance of effort, spacing and trap placement. Biodiversity Conservation 27:503-520 [ER 3346]
Geography
Country: South Africa

State: Western Cape

Coordinate: 34° 17' S, 18° 26' E
Latlng basis: estimated from map

Geography comments: "in the most southern part of the Table Mountain National Park" in an area that "is fenced and 80 km2 in size... we selected an area of 2 9 2 km (4 km2) within CoGH"
elevation 70 to 110 m

Environment
Habitat: Mediterranean woodland

Protection: national/state park

Substrate: ground surface

Habitat comments: "within the Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos vegetation type... The area experiences a temperate Mediterranean climate"

Methods
Life forms: carnivores, primates, rodents, ungulates, birds, turtles

Sampling methods: no design, automatic cameras

Sample size: 407 captures or sightings

Days: 69

Nets or traps: 25

Net or trap nights: 3312

Camera type: digital

Cameras paired: no

Trap spacing: 0.5

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: the area "was populated with 25 Bushnell HD camera traps which were evenly spaced with an oblique distance of 500 m between them"
half the cameras were located "20 m from each grid point" and half "to a maximum of 120 m from each designated grid point" and separate counts of large mammals are given for each category, but not for the other taxa
"Consecutive photographs of the same species at a given camera station were deemed independent if photographs were taken > 1 h apart"

Metadata
Sample no: 3715

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2020-11-02 08:30:42

Modified: 2020-11-01 21:30:42

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
26 species
6 singletons
total count 407
geometric series index: 42.7
Fisher's α: 6.189
geometric series k: 0.8271
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8577
Shannon's H: 2.3769
Good's u: 0.9853
Register
Caracal caracal (caracal)10
Vulpes chama (Cape fox)202.7 kg
Genetta tigrina 11.7 kg
Herpestes pulverulentus (Cape grey mongoose)13
"Galerella pulverulenta"
Atilax paludinosus 52.8 kg
Raphicerus melanotis (Cape grysbok)69.1 kg
Pelea capreolus (grey rhebok)2616.0 kg
Damaliscus pygargus pygargus (bontebok)115
Alcelaphus buselaphus (hartebeest)42
Taurotragus oryx (common eland)2
"Tragelaphus oryx"
Equus zebra (mountain zebra)24287.0 kg
Papio ursinus (chacma baboon)3120.0 kg
Hystrix africaeaustralis 115.0 kg
Otomys irroratus 1
Rhabdomys pumilio 142.0 g
Buteo rufofuscus 21.5 kg
Bubo africanus 2
Scleroptila levaillantoides 12
Turnix hottentottus 242.7 g
Burhinus capensis 5423.0 g
Struthio camelus 73111.0 kg
Ardea melanocephala 21.1 kg
Corvus albicollis 2
Cercomela familiaris 14.1 g
Macronyx capensis 752.5 g
Chersina angulata 1