Ñacuñân Biosphere Reserve
Basic information
Sample name: Ñacuñân Biosphere Reserve

Reference: M. Lareschi, R. Ojeda, and P. M. Linardi. 2004. Flea parasites of small mammals in the Monte Desert biome in Argentina with new host and locality records. Acta Parasitologica 49(1):63-66 [ER 2589]
Geography
Country: Argentina

State: Mendoza



Coordinate: 34° 2' S, 67° 58' W
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Geography comments: "200 km southeast of Mendoza city"
elevation is an average for the reserve

Environment
Habitat: desert/xeric shrubland

Protection: biosphere reserve

Substrate: ground surface

WMT: 24.4

CMT: 6.9

MAP: 326.0

Habitat comments: in the "Monte Desert Province" and specifically "in the Mesquite forest... dominated by open woodlands of Prosopis sp."
CMT and WMT are for Ñacuñân and are from Allegretti et al. (1997, J Arid Environ)

Methods
Life forms: rodents,other small mammals

Sampling methods: quadrat,baited,other traps

Sample size: 79 captures or sightings

Years: 2000

Days: 9

Nets or traps: 70

Net or trap nights: 630

Sampling comments: "captured during nine consecutive days in May of 2000 using a rectangular grid of 70 trap stations (7 x 10) 10 m apart. A live trap... was placed at each station. Traps were baited with an oiled apple... After recovering" individuals "were released" where captured

Metadata
Sample number: 2853

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2017-12-14 13:47:18

Modified: 2017-12-14 05:22:00

Abundance distribution
5 species
1 singleton
total count 79
geometric series index: 6.8
Fisher's α: 1.187
geometric series k: 0.3883
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6178
Shannon's H: 1.1977
Good's u: 0.9873
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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