Zonal Agricultural Research Station
Basic information
Sample name: Zonal Agricultural Research Station

Sample aka: Mudigere

Reference: A. K. Chakravarthy, N. E. Thyagaraj, L. V. Vijay Kumar, and A. C. Girish. 2008. Crop raiding and management of Funambulus palmarum in cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum) plantations of Western Ghats of Karnataka, south India. Current Science 95(7):907-911 [ER 902]
Geography
Country: India

State: Karnataka



Coordinate: 13° 8' N, 75° 39' E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Geography comments: in or near Mudigere (basis of coordinate)

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest

Altered habitat: plantation

Substrate: ground surface

Habitat comments: "cardamom plantation" (original vegetation unclear)

Methods
Life forms: rodents,other small mammals

Sampling methods: no design,Sherman traps,snap traps

Sample size: 40 individuals

Years: 2000 - 2003

Nets or traps: 210

Sampling comments: 200 Sherman traps and 10 wooden snap traps; no other indication of sampling effort

Metadata
Sample number: 1350

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2015-02-23 16:56:05

Modified: 2015-02-23 05:56:05

Abundance distribution
5 species
2 singletons
total count 40
geometric series index: 10.5
Fisher's α: 1.508
geometric series k: 0.4566
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5487
Shannon's H: 1.0177
Good's u: 0.9513
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Suncus murinus1
"Suncus merione": almost certainly a lapsus
Millardia meltada1
"Rattus meltada"
Funambulus palmarum13
Mus booduga23
Bandicota bengalensis2