Sundarbans East Wildlife Sanctuary
Basic information
Sample name: Sundarbans East Wildlife Sanctuary
Reference: M. M. H. Khan. 2012. Population and prey of the Bengal Tiger Panthera tigris tigris (Linnaeus, 1758) (Carnivora: Felidae) in the Sundarbans, Bangladesh. Journal of Threatened Taxa 4(2):2370-2380 [ER 3034]
Geography
Country: Bangladesh
Coordinate: 21° 22' 30" N, 89° 48' 0" E
Coordinate basis: stated in text as range
Geography comments: "approximately 0.9–2.1 m above the mean sea level... The camera-trap survey was conducted in the Sundarbans East Wildlife Sanctuary (total area of 312km, between 21º49"-21º56"N & 89º44"-89º52"E)"
Environment
Habitat: mangrove
Protection: wildlife protected area
Substrate: ground surface
Habitat comments: "a mangrove swamp comprising mainly holophytic tree"
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,primates,ungulates,birds,lizards
Focal species: Panthera tigris
Sampling methods: no design,automatic cameras
Sample size: 1431 captures or sightings
Years: 2006
Days: 90
Nets or traps: 10
Camera type: analog
Cameras paired: no
Trap spacing: 2
Sampling comments: "camera-trap survey was conducted for 90 days from 06 September to 04 December 2006... The location of camera-trap points were selected to maximize the chances of obtaining tiger photos... trap-points were set approximately 2km apart"
counts are of "individuals in photos... The total survey area... was approximately 105km2... 10 commercially made Wildlife Pro... camera-trap units were used... Inside the housing there is a Canon Super Shot fully-automatic 35mm autofocus camera... camera-traps were mounted... at a height of 45 cm... camera-traps were systematically shifted in three camera-trapping sub-plots"
counts are of "individuals in photos... The total survey area... was approximately 105km2... 10 commercially made Wildlife Pro... camera-trap units were used... Inside the housing there is a Canon Super Shot fully-automatic 35mm autofocus camera... camera-traps were mounted... at a height of 45 cm... camera-traps were systematically shifted in three camera-trapping sub-plots"
Metadata
Sample number: 3279
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-03-16 09:21:45
Modified: 2019-03-15 22:21:45
Abundance distribution
11 species
1 singleton
total count 1431
extrapolated richness: 13.3
Fisher's α: 1.621
geometric series k: 0.4981
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.4238
Shannon's H: 0.9121
Good's u: 0.9993
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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| Homo sapiens | 134 | 64 kg |
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| Sus scrofa | 175 | 54 kg herbivore |
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| Gallus gallus | 7 | 29.1 g frugivore-granivore |
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| Corvus splendens | 9 | omnivore |
| Acridotheres fuscus | 1 | 82.8 g omnivore |
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