Garden Route National Park (Site 1)
Basic information
Sample name: Garden Route National Park (Site 1)

Reference: N. Hanekom and R. M. Randall. 2015. Assessments of occurrence and distribution of mammals in forests of the Garden Route National Park based on camera trapping. Koedoe 57(1):1-7 [ER 1754]
Geography
Country: South Africa

State: Southern Cape



Coordinate: 33° 59' S, 22° 35' E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Geography comments: shown on a map as very near the coastal town of Wilderness

Environment
Habitat: desert/xeric shrubland

Protection: national/state park

Substrate: ground surface

WMT: 19.3

CMT: 14.4

MAP: 728.0

Habitat comments: "Southern Cape Afrotemperate Forest" and specifically very dry scrub
MAP is "approximately 650 mm along the coast"
climate data are for Outeniqua Research Farm and is from Swanepoel et al. (2016, Grass and Forage Science)

Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates

Sampling methods: no design,automatic cameras

Sample size: 160 captures or sightings

Years: 2010, 2011

Nets or traps: 8

Net or trap nights: 224

Camera type: digital

Cameras paired: no

Trap spacing: 0.3

Sampling comments: "an array of eight cameras, consisting of four Bushnell Trophy Cams (with infrared flash) and four Cuddeback Capture cameras (with incandescent flash), was deployed for between 28 and 45 days... each camera was positioned at least 100 m apart, but where possible between 200 m and 300 m apart... No bait or lures were used... Trapping was conducted between March 2010 and January 2011"

Metadata
Sample number: 1957

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2016-01-20 17:03:56

Modified: 2016-12-15 09:47:50

Abundance distribution
7 species
0 singletons
total count 160
geometric series index: 7.8
Fisher's α: 1.495
geometric series k: 0.6481
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7626
Shannon's H: 1.6160
Good's u: 1.0000
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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Tragelaphus scriptus4531 kg browser-grazer
Genetta tigrina541.7 kg invertivore-carnivore
Caracal caracal1312 kg carnivore
Philantomba monticola134.3 kg frugivore-folivore
Hystrix africaeaustralis2715 kg browser
Mellivora capensis47.7 kg carnivore-invertivore
Panthera pardus433 kg carnivore