Rocky River
Basic information
Sample name: Rocky 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: Chatham
Coordinate: 35.7° N, -79.27° W
Latlng basis: based on political unit
Geography comments: "16.2 ha of privately owned land"
coordinate is based on Chatham County
coordinate is based on Chatham County
Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 16.0
MAP: 1010.0
Habitat comments: "oak–hickory forest... mostly uninhabited with only scattered agriculture close by"
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: 12.9
Sampling methods: no design, automatic cameras
Sample size: 3354 captures or sightings
Years: 2011, 2012
Days: 210
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; the study "ran from September 2011 to the beginning of March 2012, with each camera simultaneously in operation for 210 trap-nights"
Metadata
Sample no: 1923
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2016-01-13 20:50:47
Modified: 2016-12-14 10:40:56
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
10 species
1 singleton
total count 3354
geometric series index: 12.8
Fisher's α: 1.269
geometric series k: 0.4819
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6895
Shannon's H: 1.302
Good's u: 0.9997
Register
| Canis latrans (coyote) | 9 | 12.0 kg |
| Castor canadensis | 3 | 11.0 kg |
| Didelphis virginiana | 251 | 1.0 kg |
| Lynx rufus (bobcat) | 1 | |
| Mephitis mephitis (striped skunk) | 2 | |
| Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer) | 971 | |
| Procyon lotor (raccoon) | 668 | 5.5 kg |
| Sciurus carolinensis | 1428 | 519.0 g |
| Sylvilagus floridanus | 16 | 1.1 kg |
| Urocyon cinereoargenteus (gray fox) | 5 | 4.1 kg |