Mlele Forest Reserve
Basic information
Sample name: Mlele Forest Reserve

Reference: Y. Hausser, R. Tagand, E. Vimercati, S. Mermod, and C. Fischer. 2016. Comparing survey methods to assess the conservation value of a community-managed protected area in western Tanzania. African Journal of Ecology 1-10 [ER 2079]
Geography
Country: Tanzania


Coordinate: 6° 40' S, 31° 45' E
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Geography comments: "Located in Mpanda District, Inyonga Division"
altitude 900 to 1500 m

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical savanna

Protection: forest reserve

Substrate: ground surface

Disturbance: hunting,selective logging

WMT: 25.0

CMT: 15.0

MAP: 1050.0

Habitat comments: "miombo woodland"; sampling was within "a community-managed beekeeping zone... Selected logging, regulated hunting and beekeeping are allowed"
MAP 900 to 1200 mm

Methods
Life forms: carnivores,primates,rodents,ungulates,other large mammals,other small mammals

Sampling methods: automatic cameras

Sample size: 356 captures or sightings

Years: 2008 - 2010

Nets or traps: 8

Net or trap nights: 726

Camera type: digital

Cameras paired: no

Trap spacing: 0.75

Sampling comments: "we conducted three sessions of camera trapping during the dry seasons of 2008, 2009 and 2010... we only had six camera traps during the first two sessions... In 2010, we had enough camera traps (twelve) to use a transect strategy. For the third session, camera traps were set along transects of 4-5 km, at intervals of 0.5-1 km... camera traps were established in 36 locations" and "were not baited or lured... We used the 'capture' model (Cuddeback Digital; Non Typical, Inc., Green Bay, WI)" (recorded number of traps is the weighted average)

Metadata
Sample number: 2021

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2016-05-25 13:37:31

Modified: 2016-05-25 03:37:31

Abundance distribution
30 species
5 singletons
total count 356
geometric series index: 43.6
Fisher's α: 7.810
geometric series k: 0.8757
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.9306
Shannon's H: 2.9145
Good's u: 0.9860
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Phacochoerus africanus3582 kg grazer-browser
"Phacochoerus aethiopicus"
Crocuta crocuta4766 kg carnivore
Papio cynocephalus4116 kg browser-grazer
Sylvicapra grimmia2513 kg browser-grazer
Panthera pardus1933 kg carnivore
Giraffa camelopardalis24942 kg browser
Equus quagga boehmi21279 kg grazer
Potamochoerus larvatus1338 kg grazer-browser
Tragelaphus scriptus1231 kg browser-grazer
Genetta angolensis11
Lepus sp.23
Alcelaphus buselaphus lichtensteinii12143 kg grazer-browser
Syncerus caffer14548 kg grazer-browser
Pedetes capensis112.4 kg
Mellivora capensis87.7 kg carnivore-invertivore
Atilax paludinosus42.8 kg invertivore-carnivore
Bdeogale crassicauda3 invertivore-carnivore
Hippotragus niger9177 kg grazer
Hystrix cristata412 kg
Civettictis civetta314 kg frugivore-insectivore
Canis adustus29.8 kg carnivore
Loxodonta africana22731 kg browser-grazer
Hippotragus equinus2246 kg grazer
Chlorocebus pygerythrus33.5 kg
"Cercopithecus pygerythrus"
Damaliscus lunatus3122 kg grazer
Cercopithecus mitis1 frugivore-folivore
Ichneumia albicauda13.4 kg invertivore-carnivore
Orycteropus afer140 kg insectivore
Tragelaphus strepsiceros1189 kg browser-grazer
Aepyceros melampus151 kg browser-grazer