Kloof/Hillcrest
Basic information
Sample name: Kloof/Hillcrest
Sample aka: Durban
Reference: C. D. Widdows, T. Ramesh, and C. T. Downs. 2015. Factors affecting the distribution of large spotted genets (Genetta tigrina) in an urban environment in South Africa. Urban Ecosystems 18(4):1401-1413 [ER 3013]
Geography
Country: South Africa
State: KwaZulu-Natal
Coordinate: -29.785982° S, 30.829842° E
Latlng basis: stated in text
Geography comments: "urban suburbs of Kloof/ Hillcrest... The altitude of the study site is≥560 m ASL"
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical savanna
Altered habitat: combined
Protection: unprotected
Substrate: ground surface
MAP: 974.0
Habitat comments: "Most rainfall occurs in the summer... The vegetation in the study area is dominated by KwaZulu-Natal sandstone sourveld scattered with low shrubs and patches of riverine forests... 68 % of this grassland biome has been transformed due to plantations, cultivations and urban development... This landscape has numerous urban nature reserves"
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, primates, rodents, ungulates, other large mammals
Sampling methods: no design, automatic cameras
Sample size: 1354 captures or sightings
Years: 2012, 2013
Nets or traps: 5
Net or trap nights: 582
Camera type: digital
Cameras paired: no
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: "We used five digital camera traps (LtI Acorn ® 6210MC, China) triggered by passive infrared sensors, set up at 28 sites during June 2012 – October 2013... We set camera height between 30 and 40 cm above the ground... The event of photographing an individual from the camera traps operating at a single camera station was considered to be an independent record/detection... the first capture of the individual within one minute time frame was considered as an independent record/detection"
Metadata
Sample no: 3244
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-03-06 20:04:46
Modified: 2020-01-14 05:40:31
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
20 species
1 singleton
total count 1354
geometric series index: 22.2
Fisher's α: 3.327
geometric series k: 0.7986
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8926
Shannon's H: 2.489
Good's u: 0.9993
Register
| Mungos mungo | 7 | 1.5 kg |
| Philantomba monticola (blue duiker) | 104 | |
| Equus quagga burchellii (plains zebra) | 24 | |
| "Equus burchelli" | ||
| Tragelaphus scriptus (harnessed bushbuck) | 205 | 31.0 kg |
| Potamochoerus larvatus (bushpig) | 24 | 38.0 kg |
| Caracal caracal (caracal) | 15 | |
| "Felis caracal" | ||
| Sylvicapra grimmia (common duiker) | 125 | 13.0 kg |
| Canis lupus familiaris (gray wolf) | 287 | 43.0 kg |
| "Canis domesticus" | ||
| Felis catus (domestic cat) | 52 | |
| Thryonomys swinderianus | 5 | 5.2 kg |
| Procavia capensis (rock hyrax) | 47 | 2.8 kg |
| Genetta tigrina | 118 | 1.7 kg |
| Herpestes ichneumon (Egyptian mongoose) | 4 | 2.9 kg |
| Hystrix africaeaustralis | 71 | 15.0 kg |
| Cephalophus natalensis (red forest duiker) | 1 | |
| Herpestes sanguineus | 20 | |
| "Galerella sanguinea" | ||
| Otolemur crassicaudatus (brown greater galago) | 11 | 1.1 kg |
| Chlorocebus pygerythrus (tantalus monkey) | 97 | |
| Atilax paludinosus | 94 | 2.8 kg |
| Ichneumia albicauda | 43 | 3.4 kg |