Ecoparque Panama
Basic information
Sample name: Ecoparque Panama

Reference: M. T. Springer, A. D. Carver, C. K. Nielsen, N. J. Correa, J. R. Ashmore, J. R. Ashmore, and J. G. Lee. 2012. Relative abundance of mammalian species in a central Panamanian rainforest. Latin American Journal of Conservation 2(2):19-26 [ER 1728]
Geography
Country: Panama



Coordinate: 8.97° N, -79.67° W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Geography comments: "at the 404-ha Ecoparque Panama protected area, located in central Panama, 16 km west of Panama City" (shown on map as somewhere near Burunga, basis of coordinate)

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 26.0

MAP: 2600.0

Habitat comments: "The study area receives 260 cm of rainfall annually with 90% occurring during the wet season (May-December; Robinson et al. 2000). Average temperatures range between 25º C and 27º C. The area consists of 77% tropical forest and 23% is a mixture of nonnative grasses, shrubland, marsh, and Department of Defense facilities... Forested portions consist primarily of semideciduous seasonal forest"

Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates,other large mammals,other small mammals

Site area: 404

Sampling methods: no design,automatic cameras

Sample size: 306 captures or sightings

Years: 2005, 2006

Days: 150

Nets or traps: 20

Net or trap nights: 3000

Camera type: digital

Cameras paired: no

Sampling comments: the study was conducted from "1 December 2005 – 30 April 2006. Two types of digital remote cameras (n = 20) were used, the Cuddeback 3 mega pixel NF4300 no-flash and the Moultrie 1.3 mega pixel NFH-DGS-100 infrared trail camera. Cameras were set to operate 24 hours a day" and "were unbaited"

Metadata
Sample number: 1926

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2016-01-14 10:09:20

Modified: 2018-01-28 10:25:47

Abundance distribution
16 species
5 singletons
total count 306
geometric series index: 27.7
Fisher's α: 3.590
geometric series k: 0.7248
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7508
Shannon's H: 1.7540
Good's u: 0.9837
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Nasua narica514.6 kg frugivore-invertivore
Didelphis marsupialis91.1 kg insectivore-carnivore
Leopardus pardalis38.4 kg carnivore
Procyon lotor15.5 kg carnivore-granivore
Dasyprocta punctata1252.7 kg frugivore
Tamandua mexicana34.5 kg
Odocoileus virginianus6575 kg herbivore
Mazama americana326 kg frugivore-browser
Dicotyles tajacu2421 kg browser
"Tayassu tajacu"
Cuniculus paca97.4 kg frugivore
"Agouti paca"
Sciurus granatensis1205 g
Dasypus novemcinctus14.4 kg invertivore
Proechimys semispinosus4374 g
Canis latrans512 kg carnivore-insectivore
Sylvilagus brasiliensis1
Herpailurus yagouaroundi15.4 kg carnivore
"Puma yagouaroundi"