Sample name: Necoclí (urban)

Reference: A. F. Londoño, F. J. Díaz, P. Agudelo-Flórez, S. Levis, and J. D. Rodas. 2011. Genetic evidence of hantavirus infections in wild rodents from northwestern Colombia. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 11(6):701-708 [ER 1681]

Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest

Altered habitat: inhabited area

Protection: unprotected

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 28.0

MAP: 2106.0

Habitat comments: "the climate is hot and humid, with an average temperature of 28ºC... The economy of the region is mainly agricultural, with bananas as the main product, followed by plantain, cassava, corn, and rice"; trapping was "mainly grain and food storage structures"
MAP is for Turbo and is from Haffer (1975, Bonner Zoologische Monographien)

Life forms: rodents

Sampling methods: no design,baited,Sherman traps,Tomahawk traps

Sample size: 85 individuals

Years: 2007, 2008

Nets or traps: 66

Sampling comments: "Between August 2007 and August 2008, we performed monthly week-long live-trapping with an additional week of trapping in March 2009. We used 50 Sherman traps... and 16 Tomahawk traps... baited with a mixture of peanut butter, oat flakes, and vanilla essence" (trapping effort unclear because the paper discusses six different sites)

Sample number: 1867

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2015-12-30 13:23:08

Modified: 2020-01-14 07:29:03