Pacuare Nature Reserve
Basic information
Sample name: Pacuare Nature Reserve

Reference: S. Arroyo-Arce, I. Thomson, C. Fernândez, and R. Salom-Pérez. 2017. Relative abundance and activity patterns of terrestrial mammals in Pacuare Nature Reserve, Costa Rica. Cuadernos de Investigación UNED 9(1):15-21 [ER 3018]
Geography
Country: Costa Rica



Coordinate: 10° 10' N, 83° 14' W
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Geography comments: "a private reserve located on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica... Established in 1989, it covers an area of 1050 ha"

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest

Protection: nature reserve

Substrate: ground surface

Habitat comments: "the predominant ecosystem is the Lowland Rainforest"

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

Sampling methods: no design,baited,automatic cameras

Sample size: 237 captures or sightings

Years: 2015, 2016

Nets or traps: 7

Net or trap nights: 1643

Camera type: digital

Cameras paired: both

Sampling comments: "Seven camera trap stations were set in the study area, between April 2015 and March 2016. All stations were located along a human-made trail... Each station consisted of one or two digital camera trap (Bushnell Trophy Cam SD or Bushnell Trophy Cam HD) installed at a height of 60cm... Each station had a scent lure (Chanel N°5) placed 2-5m in front of the camera... only one individual per species was counted at each camera trap station within a 24h period (independent record); with the exception of gregarious species and felids. For gregarious species... the number of independent records was considered equal to the number of individuals observed in the same frame"

Metadata
Sample number: 3251

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2019-03-09 18:56:54

Modified: 2019-03-09 07:56:54

Abundance distribution
11 species
2 singletons
total count 237
geometric series index: 15.4
Fisher's α: 2.387
geometric series k: 0.6369
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7766
Shannon's H: 1.7776
Good's u: 0.9916
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Panthera onca3365 kg carnivore
Puma concolor149 kg carnivore
Leopardus pardalis408.4 kg carnivore
Eira barbara34.3 kg frugivore-carnivore
Procyon lotor105.5 kg carnivore-granivore
Mazama temama33
Dicotyles tajacu521 kg browser
"Pecari tajacu"
Dasypus novemcinctus34.4 kg invertivore
Cuniculus paca177.4 kg frugivore
Didelphis marsupialis911.1 kg insectivore-carnivore
Tamandua mexicana14.5 kg