Ecoparque Panama
Basic information
Sample name: Ecoparque Panama
Reference: M. T. Springer, A. D. Carver, C. K. Nielsen, N. J. Correa, J. R. Ashmore, J. R. Ashmore, and J. G. Lee. 2012. Relative abundance of mammalian species in a central Panamanian rainforest. Latin American Journal of Conservation 2(2):19-26 [ER 1728]
Geography
Country: Panama
Coordinate: 8.97° N, -79.67° W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Geography comments: "at the 404-ha Ecoparque Panama protected area, located in central Panama, 16 km west of Panama City" (shown on map as somewhere near Burunga, basis of coordinate)
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 26.0
MAP: 2600.0
Habitat comments: "The study area receives 260 cm of rainfall annually with 90% occurring during the wet season (May-December; Robinson et al. 2000). Average temperatures range between 25º C and 27º C. The area consists of 77% tropical forest and 23% is a mixture of nonnative grasses, shrubland, marsh, and Department of Defense facilities... Forested portions consist primarily of semideciduous seasonal forest"
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates,other large mammals,other small mammals
Site area: 404
Sampling methods: no design,automatic cameras
Sample size: 306 captures or sightings
Years: 2005, 2006
Days: 150
Nets or traps: 20
Net or trap nights: 3000
Camera type: digital
Cameras paired: no
Sampling comments: the study was conducted from "1 December 2005 – 30 April 2006. Two types of digital remote cameras (n = 20) were used, the Cuddeback 3 mega pixel NF4300 no-flash and the Moultrie 1.3 mega pixel NFH-DGS-100 infrared trail camera. Cameras were set to operate 24 hours a day" and "were unbaited"
Metadata
Sample number: 1926
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2016-01-14 10:09:20
Modified: 2018-01-28 10:25:47
Abundance distribution
16 species
5 singletons
total count 306
geometric series index: 27.7
Fisher's α: 3.590
geometric series k: 0.7248
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7508
Shannon's H: 1.7540
Good's u: 0.9837
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Didelphis marsupialis | 9 | 1.0 kg |
Leopardus pardalis | 3 | 8.4 kg carnivore |
Procyon lotor | 1 | 5.5 kg carnivore-granivore |
Dasyprocta punctata | 125 | 2.7 kg frugivore |
Tamandua mexicana | 3 | 4.5 kg |
Odocoileus virginianus | 65 | 75 kg herbivore |
Mazama americana | 3 | 26 kg frugivore-browser |
Dicotyles tajacu | 24 | 21 kg |
"Tayassu tajacu" | ||
Cuniculus paca | 9 | 7.4 kg frugivore |
"Agouti paca" | ||
Sciurus granatensis | 1 | |
Dasypus novemcinctus | 1 | 4.4 kg invertivore |
Proechimys semispinosus | 4 | 374 g |
Canis latrans | 5 | 12 kg carnivore-insectivore |
Sylvilagus brasiliensis | 1 | |
Herpailurus yagouaroundi | 1 | 5.4 kg carnivore |
"Puma yagouaroundi" |