Sample name: Domaine Experimental Paracou (station 5)

Reference: G. H. Adler, A. Carvajal, S. L. Davis-Foust, and J. W. Dittel. 2012. Habitat associations of opossums and rodents in a lowland forest in French Guiana. Mammalian Biology 77:84-89 [ER 1559]

Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 26.0

MAP: 3040.0

Habitat comments: "a large contiguous tract of forest" with "a mosaic of second-growth and old-growth swamp and upland forest dissected by numerous black-water streams"
climate data stated in text

Life forms: rodents,other small mammals

Sampling methods: line transect,baited,Sherman traps,Tomahawk traps

Sample size: 63 individuals

Years: 2001

Days: 10

Nets or traps: 300

Net or trap nights: 3000

Sampling comments: "a single transect" that "contained 75 sampling stations... approximately 20 m apart... Each station was occupied by four live-traps: one Sherman (22.9 cm × 8.9 cm × 7.6 cm) and one Tomahawk trap (40.6 cm × 12.7 cm × 12.7 cm) were placed on the ground within 1 m of each other, and one Sherman and one Tomahawk trap were tied with wire above ground to lianas, trees, or logs as nearly above the ground-based traps as possible... Traps were set for 10 consecutive nights... Each trap was baited with cut ripe plantain mixed with peanut butter and bird seed"

Sample number: 1809

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2015-12-03 14:55:38

Modified: 2015-12-03 03:55:38