Haw River
Basic information
Sample name: Haw River
Reference: D. Muñoz, J. Kapfer, and C. Olfenbuttel. 2014. Do available products to mask human scent influence camera trap survey results?. Wildlife Biology 20(4):246-252 [ER 1725]
Geography
Country: United States
State: North Carolina
County: Alamance
Coordinate: 36.04° N, -79.4° W
Latlng basis: based on political unit
Geography comments: "16.2 ha of privately owned land"
coordinate is based on Alamance County
coordinate is based on Alamance County
Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 16.0
MAP: 1010.0
Habitat comments: "mainly exurban with minor components of agriculture nearby"
climate data are for the Duke Forest and are from Caldwell (1969, Am Midl Nat)
climate data are for the Duke Forest and are from Caldwell (1969, Am Midl Nat)
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, rodents, ungulates, other small mammals
Site area: 16.2
Sampling methods: no design, automatic cameras
Sample size: 2051 captures or sightings
Years: 2011
Days: 158
Nets or traps: 8
Net or trap nights: 0
Camera type: unclear
Cameras paired: no
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: "We randomly applied one of two treatments, ‘scent unmasked’ or ‘scent masked’ , to each of the eight cameras... Camera traps were placed semi-randomly" within the site; "Camera traps were active at the Haw River site from early February to mid-July 2011, with each camera simultaneously in operation for 158 trap-nights"
Metadata
Sample no: 1922
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2016-01-13 20:46:41
Modified: 2016-12-14 10:40:58
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
9 species
0 singleton
total count 2051
geometric series index: 10.4
Fisher's α: 1.21
geometric series k: 0.5123
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7803
Shannon's H: 1.6257
Good's u: 1
Register
| Canis latrans (coyote) | 59 | 12.0 kg |
| Didelphis virginiana | 134 | 1.0 kg |
| Lontra canadensis (North American river otter) | 2 | |
| Lynx rufus (bobcat) | 3 | |
| Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer) | 632 | |
| Procyon lotor (raccoon) | 425 | 5.5 kg |
| Sciurus carolinensis | 459 | 519.0 g |
| Sylvilagus floridanus | 334 | 1.1 kg |
| Urocyon cinereoargenteus (gray fox) | 3 | 4.1 kg |