Sample name: Universidade Federal de Lavras (Cerrado Sensu Strictu)

Reference: D. G. da Rocha and M. Passamani. 2013. Influence of pitfall designs and use of baits on the capture of small mammals in Southern Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Acta Scientiarum. Biological Sciences 35(4):499-503 [ER 1623]

Habitat: tropical/subtropical savanna

Altered habitat: fragment

Protection: unprotected

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 19.5

MAP: 1529.0

Habitat comments: "a dense woodland savanna patch with 3.47 ha... Cwb (warm, not hot summers and cool and dry winters) according to Köppen"

Life forms: rodents,other small mammals

Sampling methods: baited,drift fences,pitfall traps

Sample size: 17 individuals

Years: 2008, 2009

Days: 112

Nets or traps: 16

Net or trap nights: 1664

Sampling comments: "Samplings were performed monthly, during 8 consecutive days between March 2008 and April 2009, totaling 112 sampling days and an effort of 1.664 trap-nights" with sampling "using pitfall traps. In each area were placed two Y-shaped pitfall with 4 buckets each... and two I-shaped of 30 m long with four buckets in each line, as well. All buckets belonging to the same pitfall set were 10 m apart from each other and connected by 50 cm-high plastic drift fence... Baits (banana slices) were used on alternate days"

Sample number: 1834

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2015-12-16 12:56:09

Modified: 2020-06-05 09:01:15