Mount Hunkolo (Erica scrub)
Basic information
Sample name: Mount Hunkolo (Erica scrub)
Reference: Z. Girma, A. Bekele, and G. Hemson. 2012. Small mammals of Kaka and Hunkolo, southeast Ethiopia. Tropical Ecology 53(1):33-41 [ER 867]
Geography
Country: Ethiopia
State: Oromia
Coordinate: 7° 22' 30" N, 39° 22' 30" E
Coordinate basis: stated in text as range
Geography comments: coordinate is midpoint of ranges stated in text
Environment
Habitat: montane grassland
Substrate: ground surface
Habitat comments: "dominated by Erica trimera shrub at higher elevations and Erica arborea at lower elevations"
Methods
Life forms: rodents,other small mammals
Site length: 70
Site width: 70
Sampling methods: quadrat,baited,Sherman traps
Sample size: 164 captures or sightings
Years: 2008, 2009
Seasons: dry,wet or monsoon
Nets or traps: 49
Sampling comments: a "7 x 7 trapping grid" with 10 m spacing using peanut butter-baited Sherman traps sampled in two seasons
counts do include recaptures
counts do include recaptures
Metadata
Sample number: 1240
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2015-02-17 09:37:20
Modified: 2015-02-16 22:37:20
Abundance distribution
8 species
0 singletons
total count 164
geometric series index: 8.6
Fisher's α: 1.760
geometric series k: 0.7595
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8254
Shannon's H: 1.8982
Good's u: 1.0000
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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