Querocoto (dry season)
Basic information
Sample name: Querocoto (dry season)
Reference: C. F. Jiménez, H. Quintana, V. Pacheco, D. Melton, J. Torrealva, and G. Tello. 2010. Camera trap survey of medium and large mammals in a montane rainforest of northern Peru. Revista Peruana de Biología 17(2):191-196 [ER 1760]
Geography
Country: Peru
State: Chota
Coordinate: 6° 22' S, 79° 2' W
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark
Geography comments: "near the Querocoto village... Cajamarca Department... on the headwaters of the Río Paltic, which flows into the Río Marañón" and specifically "in two localities: The Pagaibamba Protection Forest and San Lorenzo Forest" (coordinate based on Querocoto)
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest
Substrate: ground surface
Disturbance: agriculture, grazing
Habitat comments: "The main habitat types are the cloud forest and paramo; however, some areas are currently used for agriculture or to raising livestock, especially along the lower margins" (photos indicate that sampling was in forests)
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, rodents, ungulates
Sampling methods: no design, automatic cameras
Sample size: 66 captures or sightings
Years: 2008
Seasons: dry
Nets or traps: 25
Net or trap nights: 2002
Camera type: digital
Cameras paired: no
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: "This study was performed during the... dry season (July to September 2008)... A set of 25 camera traps (15 Reconyx RC55 and 10 Cuddeback Digital Cam, Expert 3.0 camera traps) were placed on animal trails or where mammals' traces were found... Cameras operated 24h per day"
Metadata
Sample no: 1964
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2016-01-24 11:35:04
Modified: 2016-01-24 00:35:04
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
8 species
1 singleton
total count 66
geometric series index: 11.4
Fisher's α: 2.383
geometric series k: 0.7069
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6853
Shannon's H: 1.5593
Good's u: 0.9848
Register
| Cuniculus taczanowskii | 34 | |
| Leopardus pardalis (ocelot) | 6 | 8.4 kg |
| Lycalopex culpaeus (culpeo) | 4 | |
| Tremarctos ornatus (spectacled bear) | 3 | |
| Eira barbara (tayra) | 4 | 4.3 kg |
| Conepatus chinga (Molina's hog-nosed skunk) | 4 | 1.9 kg |
| Neogale frenata (long-tailed weasel) | 1 | |
| "Mustela frenata" | ||
| Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer) | 10 | |