Canadian National Railway (winter)
Basic information
Sample name: Canadian National Railway (winter)

Sample aka: Greater Sudbury

Reference: J. N. Popp and J. Hamr. 2018. Seasonal use of railways by wildlife. Diversity 10(104):1-10 [ER 3036]
Geography
Country: Canada

State: Ontario



Coordinate: 46° 15' 30" N, 80° 50' 15" W
Coordinate basis: stated in text as range

Geography comments: "approximately 20 km of the transcontinental Canadian National Railway (CNR) located 20–40 km south of the City of Greater Sudbury... from 46º20'30", 80º50'30" to 46º11'30", 80º50'00"... The studied section of the railway ranged in elevation from 200 to 230 m above sea level"

Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest

Protection: unprotected

Substrate: ground surface

Habitat comments: the train line "traversed 5 major wetlands, Great Lakes-St. Lawrence conifer-hardwood mixed forest [26], and approximately 3 km of open grasslands"

Methods
Life forms: carnivores,ungulates,other small mammals

Sampling methods: line transect,automatic cameras

Sample size: 87 captures or sightings

Years: 2015, 2016

Days: 91

Seasons: winter

Nets or traps: 10

Camera type: digital

Cameras paired: no

Trap spacing: 2

Sampling comments: "From the beginning of July 2015 to the end of June 2016, 10 trail cameras (brands: Bushnell, Stealth Cam, Tasco) were placed along the 20 km stretch of studied railway, one every 2 km, attached to rail-side trees and directly facing the railway... regardless of the number of animals in an image, one photo was considered a single capture event... all capture events recorded within one hour from the initial capture were omitted from the data set"
trap days are not reported, but the study lasted almost exactly one year and the data were divided into four seasons, so there were about 91 days of sampling per season
birds are listed but usable counts are not provided

Metadata
Sample number: 3284

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2019-03-16 14:38:31

Modified: 2019-03-16 03:39:25

Abundance distribution
5 species
1 singleton
total count 87
geometric series index: 7.0
Fisher's α: 1.153
geometric series k: 0.3564
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.4596
Shannon's H: 0.9466
Good's u: 0.9885
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Lepus americanus11.4 kg browser
Alces alces9421 kg herbivore
Procyon lotor65.5 kg carnivore-granivore
Vulpes vulpes95.3 kg carnivore-insectivore
Canis lupus6243 kg carnivore
"Canis lupus" and "Canis lycon" combined, including supposed hybrids