Richlands
Basic information
Sample name: Richlands
Reference: D. L. Chambers and J. A. Vance. 2013. Camera trap success among carnivores and prey animals in Tazewell County, Virginia. Virginia Journal of Science 63:129-135 [ER 1726]
Geography
Country: United States
State: Virginia
County: Tazewell
Coordinate: 37° 6' N, 82° 48' W
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark
Geography comments: "near the town of Richlands" (basis of coordinate)
Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest
Substrate: ground surface
WMT: 24.0
CMT: 3.6
MAP: 946.0
Habitat comments: "a mostly deciduous forest"
climate data are for Glen Lyn and are from Thorne and Cooperrider (1960, Castanea)
climate data are for Glen Lyn and are from Thorne and Cooperrider (1960, Castanea)
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, rodents, ungulates, other small mammals, birds
Sampling methods: no design, automatic cameras
Sample size: 332 captures or sightings
Days: 396
Nets or traps: 1
Net or trap nights: 396
Camera type: analog
Cameras paired: no
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: there was one station and "Two types of cameras were used throughout the duration of this study: a StealthCam MC2-G and a DeerCam 200, both of which are passive infrared-triggered 35 mm film cameras... The StealthCam MC2-G, programmed with 1 min intervals between each image capture, was used from 1 October 2005 to 25 January 2006. The DeerCam 200, programmed with 15 sec intervals between each image capture, was used from 26 January 2006 until the end of the study... both... were active 24 hours a day"
Metadata
Sample no: 1924
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2016-01-14 09:25:34
Modified: 2016-12-14 10:54:17
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
9 species
0 singleton
total count 332
geometric series index: 9.9
Fisher's α: 1.706
geometric series k: 0.6687
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7811
Shannon's H: 1.7628
Good's u: 1
Register
| Meleagris gallopavo | 125 | 7.8 kg |
| Procyon lotor (raccoon) | 62 | 5.5 kg |
| Sciurus carolinensis | 43 | 519.0 g |
| Urocyon cinereoargenteus (gray fox) | 34 | 4.1 kg |
| Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer) | 32 | |
| Didelphis virginiana | 22 | 1.0 kg |
| Canis latrans (coyote) | 6 | 12.0 kg |
| Vulpes vulpes (red fox) | 5 | |
| Lynx rufus (bobcat) | 3 | |