Groenefontein Nature Reserve (fynbos)
Basic information
Sample name: Groenefontein Nature Reserve (fynbos)
Reference: G. K. H. Mann, M. J. O'Riain, and D. M. Parker. 2015. The road less travelled: assessing variation in mammal detection probabilities with camera traps in a semi-arid biodiversity hotspot. Biodiversity and Conservation 24(3):531-545 [ER 1747]
Geography
Country: South Africa
Coordinate: -33.646252° S, 21.650999° E
Coordinate basis: stated in text
Geography comments: "Our study site was Groenefontein Nature Reserve... and an adjoining, privately-owned property... Both properties form part of the Rooiberg Conservancy"
Environment
Habitat: desert/xeric shrubland
Protection: nature reserve
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 17.7
MAP: 244.0
Habitat comments: "We sampled biodiversity with camera traps in three vegetation types: fynbos, subtropical thicket, and riverine vegetation"
climate data are for Oudtshoorn and are from Schmiedel and Jürgens (2004, Plant Ecology)
climate data are for Oudtshoorn and are from Schmiedel and Jürgens (2004, Plant Ecology)
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,primates,rodents,ungulates
Sampling methods: line transect,automatic cameras
Sample size: 215 captures or sightings
Years: 2012
Nets or traps: 15
Net or trap nights: 1174
Camera type: digital
Cameras paired: no
Trap spacing: 0.025
Sampling comments: the reserve is 5200 ha and adjoining property 1100 ha; it is not clear whether the cameras cover the entire area
"three 100 m transects a minimum of 1 km apart... Camera traps were placed at 25 m intervals with the first camera on the road and the remaining four in a perpendicular straight line leading away from the edge of the road... Sampling was done with Cuddeback Capture cameras... All transects were run simultaneously for a period of approximately 90 days during the period from late August to early December 2012... Camera failure was low in fynbos vegetation (two cameras failed, 26 trap nights lost)"
"three 100 m transects a minimum of 1 km apart... Camera traps were placed at 25 m intervals with the first camera on the road and the remaining four in a perpendicular straight line leading away from the edge of the road... Sampling was done with Cuddeback Capture cameras... All transects were run simultaneously for a period of approximately 90 days during the period from late August to early December 2012... Camera failure was low in fynbos vegetation (two cameras failed, 26 trap nights lost)"
Metadata
Sample number: 1947
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2016-01-20 09:59:32
Modified: 2016-12-15 06:19:09
Abundance distribution
10 species
2 singletons
total count 215
extrapolated richness: 14.4
Fisher's α: 2.171
geometric series k: 0.5833
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6139
Shannon's H: 1.4232
Good's u: 0.9907
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