Fazenda Cauaia (camera trapping)
Basic information
Sample name: Fazenda Cauaia (camera trapping)

Reference: M. Trolle, M. C. Bissaro, and H. M. Prado. 2007. Mammal survey at a ranch of the Brazilian Cerrado. Biodiversity and Conservation 16(4):1205-1211 [ER 1699]
Geography
Country: Brazil

State: Minas Gerais



Coordinate: 19° 28' 59" S, 44° 1' 1" W
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Geography comments: "approximately 50 km north of Belo Horizonte"

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical savanna

Altered habitat: pasture

Substrate: ground surface

Disturbance: hunting

MAT: 22.5

MAP: 1273.0

Habitat comments: "The ranch covers about 1,760 ha, out of which approximately half consists of cattle pasture and corn plantations and half of native (although not unaltered) habitats... The original Cerradäo vegetation has been almost entirely eradicated in the study area... All natural habitats were used extensively by the cattle... Recreational hunting by ranch hands has been normal practice in the region previously; however, the amount of hunting has diminished significantly within recent years"; there is "a warm rainy season (typically October–March) and a colder dry season (April–September)"
stated MAP is 1350
climate data are for somewhere within 27 km of Sumidouro State Park and are from Pontara et al. (2016, Plant Soil)

Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates,other large mammals,other small mammals

Site area: 1760

Sampling methods: baited,automatic cameras

Sample size: 108 captures or sightings

Nets or traps: 15

Camera type: unclear

Cameras paired: unclear

Sampling comments: "We used 15 camera traps with passive infrared sensors" namely "TrailMaster model TM550... Trappers' lure... was applied to attract carnivores. During the study period, 45 points were camera trapped, evenly distributed throughout the study area in all major habitats" and area of the ranch is 1760 ha
total trapping effort is entirely unclear

Metadata
Sample number: 1890

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2016-01-06 21:24:25

Modified: 2016-12-14 21:30:14

Abundance distribution
14 species
5 singletons
total count 108
geometric series index: 27.0
Fisher's α: 4.287
geometric series k: 0.7462
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7731
Shannon's H: 1.9263
Good's u: 0.9539
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Didelphis albiventris1833 g
Cabassous sp.1
Dasypus novemcinctus34.4 kg invertivore
Tamandua tetradactyla14.8 kg insectivore
Cerdocyon thous175.2 kg carnivore-frugivore
Chrysocyon brachyurus45 carnivore-frugivore
Procyon cancrivorus65.0 kg carnivore-frugivore
Eira barbara24.3 kg frugivore-carnivore
Galictis sp.1
Leopardus pardalis88.4 kg carnivore
Puma concolor949 kg carnivore
Mazama sp.1
Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris358 kg grazer-browser
"Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris"
Sylvilagus brasiliensis10