Lamai Goempa Research Preserve
Basic information
Sample name: Lamai Goempa Research Preserve

Reference: T. Dhendup, K. Thinley, and U. Tenzin. 2019. Mammal diversity in a montane forest in central Bhutan. Journal of Threatened Taxa 11(13):14757-14763 [ER 3349]
Geography
Country: Bhutan


Coordinate: 27° 33' N, 90° 48' E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Geography comments: "in the Bumthang District"
close to Tang Gewog (basis of coordinate) based on Fig. 1

Environment
Habitat: temperate coniferous forest

Altered habitat: fragment

Protection: other protected area

Substrate: ground surface

Disturbance: grazing,selective logging

Habitat comments: "The preserve spans an area of 1,098ha and is also used by local communities as grazing ground for cattle, extraction of timber, collection of non-wood forest products, and hiking. The area receives an average annual rainfall of 1,404mm... The vegetation comprises mixed conifer forest and alpine rhododendrons"

Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates

Sampling methods: no design,automatic cameras

Sample size: 717 captures or sightings

Nets or traps: 25

Net or trap nights: 4501

Camera type: digital

Cameras paired: no

Trap spacing: 0.5

Sampling comments: "We carried out the camera trapping survey from May 2016 to July 2017 using 25 camera stations established along footpaths, and game trails and the camera trapping array covered elevations from 2,892 to 4,120 m. We placed on passive infra-red Reconyx HC500 Hyperfire camera... at each station... Cameras were at least 500m away from each other and were placed at the height of 45-50 cm above the ground. No bait/lure was used... we classified the captures as a notionally independent event only if they were taken at one-hour intervals"

Metadata
Sample number: 3718

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2020-11-05 17:10:19

Modified: 2020-11-05 06:10:19

Abundance distribution
15 species
0 singletons
total count 717
geometric series index: 16.1
Fisher's α: 2.682
geometric series k: 0.7555
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8919
Shannon's H: 2.4046
Good's u: 1.0000
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Panthera tigris3168 kg carnivore
Catopuma temminckii5410 kg carnivore
Pardofelis marmorata483.7 kg carnivore
Prionailurus bengalensis193.4 kg carnivore
Cuon alpinus4414 kg carnivore
Vulpes vulpes535.3 kg carnivore-insectivore
Martes flavigula142.8 kg carnivore
Ursus thibetanus3263 kg browser-frugivore
Mustela sp.3
Capricornis sumatraensis70
"Capricornis thar"
Muntiacus vaginalis85
"Muntiacus muntjak": reassignment is based on geography
Cervus unicolor44100 kg grazer-browser
"Rusa unicolor"
Sus scrofa15254 kg herbivore
Hystrix brachyura81
Dremomys lokriah15