Prince Albert Model Forest
Basic information
Sample name: Prince Albert Model Forest

Reference: E. M. Bayne and K. A. Hobson. 1998. The effects of habitat fragmentation by forestry and agriculture on the abundance of small mammals in the southern boreal mixedwood forest. Canadian Journal of Zoology 76:62-69 [ER 1600]
Geography
Country: Canada

State: Saskatchewan

Coordinate: 54° 50' N, 106° 50' W
Latlng basis: stated in text

Environment
Habitat: boreal forest/taiga

Altered habitat: fragment

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 0.4

MAP: 467.0

Habitat comments: "in the southern boreal mixed-wood zone... mature to old (70-110 years) mixedwood forest stands of trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides) and white spruce (Picea glauca)" with sites specifically in "farm woodlots" that "ranged in size from 9 to 45 ha"; "leave blocks" that "covered approximately 40 ha" and "contiguous forest sites"
climate data are for Waskesiu Lake and are from Blanken and Black (2004, Hydrological Processes)

Methods
Life forms: carnivores, rodents, other small mammals

Sites: 19

Sampling methods: line transect, baited, Havahart traps, Tomahawk traps

Sample size: 1922 individuals

Years: 1994 - 1996

Seasons: summer

Net or trap nights: 8172

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: respectively 6, 15, and 19 sites were trapped in 1994, 1995, and 1996 during July and August
"At each edge transect" there were "30 small Tomahawk... and 6 large Havahart... live traps baited with rolled oats and peanut butter"

Metadata
Sample no: 1823

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2015-12-12 17:05:03

Modified: 2015-12-12 06:07:23

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
11 species
1 singleton
total count 1922
geometric series index: 14.4
Fisher's α: 1.543
geometric series k: 0.5674
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5879
Shannon's H: 1.0512
Good's u: 0.9995
Register
Peromyscus maniculatus 86819.1 g
Myodes gapperi 866
"Clethrionomys gapperi"
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus 131187.0 g
Glaucomys sabrinus 3193.4 g
Neotamias minimus 4
"Eutamias minimus"
Mustela nivalis (least weasel)561.7 g
"Mustela rixosa"
Zapus hudsonius 415.6 g
Blarina brevicauda 315.1 g
Lepus americanus 61.4 kg
Microtus pennsylvanicus 335.7 g
Sorex sp. 1