Goudveld State Forest (survey cycle 2)
Basic information
Sample name: Goudveld State Forest (survey cycle 2)
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: 117 captures or sightings
Years: 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: 3815
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2021-06-14 15:27:26
Modified: 2021-06-14 05:27:26
Abundance distribution
9 species
1 singleton
total count 117
extrapolated richness: 11.8
Fisher's α: 2.272
geometric series k: 0.6368
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7833
Shannon's H: 1.7741
Good's u: 0.9915
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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