Daniel Boone Field Station (riparian)
Basic information
Sample name: Daniel Boone Field Station (riparian)

Reference: C. S. Cloyed, L. R. Cappelli, D. A. Tilson, J. A. Crawford, and A. I. Dell. 2018. Using camera traps to assess mammal and bird assemblages in a midwestern forest. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 9(2):496-506 [ER 3030]
Geography
Country: United States

State: Missouri


County: St. Charles


Coordinate: 38° 49' 10" N, 90° 51' 16" W
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest

Protection: unprotected

Substrate: ground surface

Habitat comments: "This 400-ha field station maintains an annually harvested, 6.5-ha hay field embedded within a 280-ha mixed deciduous forest dominated by black oak"

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

Sampling methods: no design,automatic cameras

Sample size: 214 captures or sightings

Years: 2015

Days: 32

Seasons: summer

Nets or traps: 3

Cameras paired: yes

Sampling comments: "camera traps were used... along two 300-m transects... The first transect (termed agricultural) ran from the edge of the 6.5-ha hay field north into the surrounding upland forest, whereas the second transect (termed riparian) ran from a small wetland (~125 m2) east into the surrounding forest... We monitored each transect over a 32-d period (from 8 June to 10 July 2015). In total, we monitored 42 randomly determined locations (plots) along each transect, each for 48 or 72 h (depending on access to field site), with a total of 3 plots monitored simulta- neously on each transect... we positioned three infrared (IR) motion-sensor game cameras (Browning model BTC-5...)... We attached two of the cameras to the same tree, one 20 cm and the other 50 cm above the substrate, with both cameras pointing in the same direction; the third camera was placed 1–5 m away on a tree at 50 cm above the ground... We aimed all cameras parallel to the ground... In total, 18 cameras were deployed simultaneously, with 9 each on the agricultural and riparian transects... We considered images of the same species (or genus for Sciurus and Peromyscus) taken within 10 min of each other at the same plot as representing the same individual, unless this was obviously untrue"
18 "birds" are also reported

Metadata
Sample number: 3275

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2019-03-12 22:17:57

Modified: 2019-03-12 11:17:57

Abundance distribution
7 species
0 singletons
total count 214
geometric series index: 7.8
Fisher's α: 1.388
geometric series k: 0.5400
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6302
Shannon's H: 1.3529
Good's u: 1.0000
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Sciurus spp.121
Odocoileus virginianus3875 kg herbivore
Didelphis virginiana191.1 kg insectivore-carnivore
Peromyscus spp.13
Procyon lotor145.5 kg carnivore-granivore
Dasypus novemcinctus64.4 kg invertivore
Canis latrans312 kg carnivore-insectivore