Goudveld State Forest (survey cycle 1)
Basic information
Sample name: Goudveld State Forest (survey cycle 1)

Reference: A. H. W. Seydack. 1984. Application of a photo-recording device in the census of larger rain-forest mammals. South African Journal of Wildlife Research 14:10-14 [ER 3445]
Geography
Country: South Africa

State: Cape



Coordinate: 33° 55' S, 22° 58' E
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Geography comments: "20 km north-west of Knysna"
altitude 270 to 640 m

Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest

Protection: national/state forest

Substrate: ground surface

MAP: 850.0

Habitat comments: "The climate is temperate... The entire study area is covered with evergreen, closed, high forest"

Methods
Life forms: carnivores,primates,rodents,ungulates,birds

Sampling methods: automatic cameras

Sample size: 111 captures or sightings

Years: 1978, 1979

Days: 182

Nets or traps: 6

Camera type: analog

Cameras paired: no

Trap spacing: 1

Sampling comments: "Six photographic data-recording units were used and all were shifted monthly"
35-mm Asahi Pentax MX cameras were used
cameras were rotated within "100 ha census blocks" and were therefore 1 km apart on average
"After six months, the total study area of 600 ha had been covered (one survey cycle). The project was carried out between December 1978 and November 1981 and involved six survey cycles"
cycle duration assumed to be 182 days

Metadata
Sample number: 3814

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2021-06-14 15:24:03

Modified: 2021-06-14 05:27:04

Abundance distribution
11 species
0 singletons
total count 111
geometric series index: 15.0
Fisher's α: 3.033
geometric series k: 0.7393
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7699
Shannon's H: 1.8145
Good's u: 1.0000
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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