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
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
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
extrapolated richness: 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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Current reference:
Herzog et al. 2003 (ER 1261)