Nugget Canyon
Basic information
Sample name: Nugget Canyon

Reference: H. Sawyer, C. Lebeau, and T. Hart. 2012. Mitigating roadway impacts to migratory mule deer - A case study with underpasses and continuous fencing. Wildlife Society Bulletin 36(3):492-498 [ER 3427]
Geography
Country: United States

State: Wyoming


County: Lincoln


Coordinate: 41.82° N, -110.86° W
Coordinate basis: estimated from map

Geography comments: "a 21-km section of U.S. Highway 30 situated in Southwest Wyoming, in an area locally known as Nugget Canyon... Elevations along the 2-lane roadway ranged from 1,890 m to 1,950 m"

Environment
Habitat: desert/xeric shrubland

Protection: unprotected

Substrate: ground surface

Habitat comments: "The canyon was characterized by steep sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) canyons and open hillsides"

Methods
Life forms: carnivores,ungulates

Sampling methods: line transect,automatic cameras

Sample size: 51416 captures or sightings

Years: 2008 - 2011

Days: 729

Seasons: winter,spring,autumn

Nets or traps: 7

Camera type: digital

Cameras paired: yes

Trap spacing: 3.5

Sampling comments: "We installed 3 digital infrared Reconyx® (Holmen, WI) cameras in each of the 7 underpasses, including one at the entrance, one in the middle, and one at the exit... Underpasses were equipped with cameras from 1 October through 31 May for 3 years. The study period encompassed autumn migration (2008, 2009, and 2010), winter use, and spring migration (2009, 2010, and 2011)"
the study therefore spanned 243 days/season times 3 years = 729 days
spacing was 21 km/6 traps from the start = 3.5 km

Metadata
Sample number: 3811

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2021-06-12 21:10:01

Modified: 2021-06-12 11:10:01

Abundance distribution
9 species
1 singleton
total count 51416
geometric series index: 11.0
Fisher's α: 0.814
geometric series k: 0.2592
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.0849
Shannon's H: 0.2053
Good's u: 1.0000
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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