Hopland Research and Extension Center (chaparral)
Basic information
Sample name: Hopland Research and Extension Center (chaparral)

Reference: L. Casher, R. Lane, R. Barrett, and L. Eisen. 2002. Relative importance of lizards and mammals as hosts for ixodid ticks in northern California. Experimental and Applied Acarology 26:127-143 [ER 2944]
Geography
Country: United States

State: California


County: Mendocino


Coordinate: 38° 58' N, 123° 7' W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Geography comments: coordinate is based on Hopland
elevation 720 to 830 m

Environment
Habitat: temperate savanna

Protection: other protected area

Substrate: ground surface

MAP: 937.0

Habitat comments: "The climate in this area is Mediterranean... Primary vegetational types include oak (Quercus spp.) and Pacific madrone (Arbutus menziesii) woodlands... open grasslands, and chaparral"

Methods
Life forms: rodents,other small mammals,lizards

Sampling methods: quadrat,baited,pitfall traps,Sherman traps

Sample size: 913 individuals

Years: 1992, 1993

Days: 44

Nets or traps: 450

Sampling comments: "225 trap stations (15 by 15 stations, spaced 10 m apart), each with a Sherman live trap... and a pit-fall trap" both "baiteed with a mixture of rolled corn, oats, barley, and cane molasses... In addition, southern alligator lizards were caught by hand in the woodland-grass area" but these are excluded from the register

Metadata
Sample number: 3126

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2018-12-27 15:42:54

Modified: 2018-12-27 04:42:54

Abundance distribution
15 species
1 singleton
total count 913
geometric series index: 17.3
Fisher's α: 2.549
geometric series k: 0.6632
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8277
Shannon's H: 2.1141
Good's u: 0.9989
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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