Canadian National Railway (spring)
Basic information
Sample name: Canadian National Railway (spring)
Sample aka: Greater Sudbury
Reference: J. N. Popp and J. Hamr. 2018. Seasonal use of railways by wildlife. Diversity 10(104):1-10 [ER 3036]
Geography
Country: Canada
State: Ontario
Coordinate: 46° 15' 30" N, 80° 50' 15" W
Coordinate basis: stated in text as range
Geography comments: "approximately 20 km of the transcontinental Canadian National Railway (CNR) located 20–40 km south of the City of Greater Sudbury... from 46º20'30", 80º50'30" to 46º11'30", 80º50'00"... The studied section of the railway ranged in elevation from 200 to 230 m above sea level"
Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest
Protection: unprotected
Substrate: ground surface
Habitat comments: the train line "traversed 5 major wetlands, Great Lakes-St. Lawrence conifer-hardwood mixed forest [26], and approximately 3 km of open grasslands"
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates,other small mammals
Sampling methods: line transect,automatic cameras
Sample size: 107 captures or sightings
Years: 2016
Days: 91
Seasons: spring
Nets or traps: 10
Camera type: digital
Cameras paired: no
Trap spacing: 2
Sampling comments: "From the beginning of July 2015 to the end of June 2016, 10 trail cameras (brands: Bushnell, Stealth Cam, Tasco) were placed along the 20 km stretch of studied railway, one every 2 km, attached to rail-side trees and directly facing the railway... regardless of the number of animals in an image, one photo was considered a single capture event... all capture events recorded within one hour from the initial capture were omitted from the data set"
trap days are not reported, but the study lasted almost exactly one year and the data were divided into four seasons, so there were about 91 days of sampling per season
birds are listed but usable counts are not provided
trap days are not reported, but the study lasted almost exactly one year and the data were divided into four seasons, so there were about 91 days of sampling per season
birds are listed but usable counts are not provided
Metadata
Sample number: 3281
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2019-03-16 14:03:03
Modified: 2019-03-16 03:04:04
Abundance distribution
10 species
1 singleton
total count 107
geometric series index: 13.4
Fisher's α: 2.699
geometric series k: 0.6804
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8236
Shannon's H: 1.9484
Good's u: 0.9908
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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