Telperion/Ezemvelo Nature Reserve
Basic information
Sample name: Telperion/Ezemvelo Nature Reserve
Reference: D. M. Fagir, E. A. Ueckermann, I. G. Horak, N. C. Bennett, and H. Lutermann. 2014. The Namaqua rock mouse (Micaelamys namaquensis) as a potential reservoir and host of arthropod vectors of diseases of medical and veterinary importance in South Africa. Parasites & Vectors 7(366):1-11 [ER 918]
Geography
Country: South Africa
State: Northern Cape
Coordinate: 26° 41' S, 29° 56' E
Latlng basis: stated in text
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical savanna
Protection: nature reserve
Substrate: ground surface
Methods
Life forms: rodents, other small mammals
Sites: 16
Sampling methods: no design, baited, Sherman traps
Sample size: 460 individuals
Years: 2010, 2011
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: "72 live-Sherman traps" baited with "a mixture of peanut butter and oates" were used in each of 16 plots, "8 rocky outcrops and 8 grasslands" (sampling effort unclear)
Metadata
Sample no: 1379
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2015-02-25 10:10:37
Modified: 2015-02-24 23:12:08
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
11 species
1 singleton
total count 460
geometric series index: 13.9
Fisher's α: 2.026
geometric series k: 0.6283
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5019
Shannon's H: 1.1367
Good's u: 0.9978
Register
| Micaelamys namaquensis | 313 | |
| Elephantulus myurus (eastern rock elephant shrew) | 81 | |
| Gerbilliscus leucogaster | 14 | |
| "Tatera leucogaster" | ||
| Crocidura spp. | 13 | |
| Acomys spinosissimus | 10 | |
| Dendromys spp. | 8 | |
| Rhabdomys dilectus | 7 | |
| Aethomys ineptus | 5 | |
| Lemniscomys rosalia | 5 | |
| Graphiurus spp. | 3 | |
| Mus minutoides (Southern African pygmy mouse) | 1 | |