Cockscomb Basin Forest Reserve (old field)
Basic information
Sample name: Cockscomb Basin Forest Reserve (old field)
Reference: M. J. Konecny. 1989. Movement patterns and food habits of four sympatric carnivore species in Belize, Central America. In Advances in Neotropical Mammalogy (eds. K. H. Redford, J. F. Eisenberg), -264 [ER 3679]
Geography
Country: Belize
Coordinate: 16.72° N, -88.66° W
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark
Geography comments: the basin is "about 250 square kilometers"
coordinate based on Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary
elevation 0 to 600 m
coordinate based on Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary
elevation 0 to 600 m
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest
Altered habitat: secondary forest
Protection: forest reserve
Substrate: ground surface
Disturbance: agriculture, hunting, selective logging
MAP: 2500.0
Habitat comments: "subclimax moist, tropical forest, maintained by irregular hurricanes"
there was "Selective timbering throughout much of this century" and the Maya practiced "milpa agriculture and hunting" through 1985
there was "Selective timbering throughout much of this century" and the Maya practiced "milpa agriculture and hunting" through 1985
Methods
Life forms: rodents
Sampling methods: line transect, Sherman traps
Sample size: 181 individuals
Years: 1985, 1986
Days: 7
Nets or traps: 36
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: "line transects" of unspecified lengths included 36 Sherman traps "baited daily with oatmeal and peanut butter and checked twice daily for one week in each habitat"
Metadata
Sample no: 3841
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2021-12-31 12:39:34
Modified: 2021-12-31 01:39:34
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
5 species
1 singleton
total count 181
geometric series index: 6.5
Fisher's α: 0.952
geometric series k: 0.6196
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6315
Shannon's H: 1.1831
Good's u: 0.9945
Register
| Oryzomys palustris | 24 | 42.4 g |
| Nyctomys sumichrasti | 1 | 41.2 g |
| Reithrodontomys gracilis | 14 | |
| Sigmodon hispidus | 95 | 89.4 g |
| Peromyscus leucopus | 47 | 21.0 g |