Golestan National Park
Basic information
Sample name: Golestan National Park

Reference: A. K. Hamidi, A. Ghoddousi, M. Soufi, T. Ghadiri-An, H. Jowkar, and S. Ashayeri. 2014. Camera trap study of Persian leopard in Golestan National Park, Iran. CATnews 60:12-14 [ER 3327]
Geography
Country: Iran



Coordinate: 37.55° N, 56.38° E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Geography comments: a UNESCE Biosphere Reserve with "an area of 874 km2"
coordinate based on Golestan National Park

Environment
Habitat: temperate savanna

Protection: national/state park

Substrate: ground surface

Habitat comments: the park spans "eastwards from the humid deciduous forest to steppes and arid plains, with mean annual precipitation between 150 and 700 mm in the east and west" but all trapping was within the "forest and steppe zones", so the MAP figures cannot be averaged

Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates

Focal species: Panthera pardus saxicolor

Sampling methods: no design,automatic cameras

Sample size: 718 captures or sightings

Years: 2011

Nets or traps: 40

Net or trap nights: 2777

Camera type: digital

Cameras paired: no

Sampling comments: "30 camera trap stations" were "used in the first two blocks and 20 stations in the third... The team deployed 40 camera traps (DeercamTM, Park Falls, WI) throughout all three blocks" and there was "one camera/station"
the survey was "between January and December 2011"
list is of large mammals and may exclude small carnivores

Metadata
Sample number: 3697

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2020-10-29 16:00:26

Modified: 2020-10-29 06:02:30

Abundance distribution
9 species
0 singletons
total count 718
geometric series index: 9.6
Fisher's α: 1.450
geometric series k: 0.5734
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6105
Shannon's H: 1.3811
Good's u: 1.0000
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Panthera pardus saxicolor7833 kg carnivore
Ursus arctos39156 kg frugivore-carnivore
Canis lupus543 kg carnivore
wolf
Sus scrofa42854 kg herbivore
wild boar
Ovis vignei47
Capra aegagrus1322 kg browser-grazer
Bezoar goat
Cervus elaphus13142 kg browser-grazer
Capreolus capreolus1122 kg browser
Hystrix indica8413 kg browser