West of US 287
Basic information
Sample name: West of US 287

Reference: C. M. Farr, L. Pejchar, and S. E. Reed. 2017. Subdivision design and stewardship affect bird and mammal use of conservation developments. Ecological Applications 27(4):1236-1252 [ER 3428]
Geography
Country: United States

State: Colorado



Coordinate: 40.2° N, -105.2° W
Coordinate basis: estimated from map

Geography comments: "within 14 CD subdivision study areas and 4 undeveloped study areas within Boulder and Larimer counties" between Boulder and Loveland, all of which are west of US 287

Environment
Habitat: desert/xeric shrubland

Protection: unprotected

Substrate: ground surface

Habitat comments: none given

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

Sampling methods: no design,automatic cameras

Sample size: 8636 captures or sightings

Years: 2013, 2014

Days: 84

Nets or traps: 71

Camera type: digital

Cameras paired: no

Sampling comments: "We placed remotely triggered cameras (“camera traps”) at four of the sampling points within all study areas except one CD... where we placed three cameras"
total is 17 x 4 + 3 = 71
"We used four different camera models: Cuddeback Capture, Wild Game Innovation Micro 8, Bushnell TrophyCam, and Primos TruthCam35... Cameras were not baited... Cameras were deployed for four weeks (28 trap-days) per season during two summer sampling seasons (June–August 2013 and 2014), and one winter sampling season (December 2013–January 2014) for a total of 84 trap-days per sampling site"

Metadata
Sample number: 3812

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2021-06-12 22:02:59

Modified: 2021-06-12 12:05:21

Abundance distribution
18 species
1 singleton
total count 8636
geometric series index: 20.6
Fisher's α: 2.172
geometric series k: 0.6186
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7562
Shannon's H: 1.7082
Good's u: 0.9999
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Canis latrans41212 kg carnivore-insectivore
Cervus canadensis554170 kg browser-grazer
Lynx rufus79.0 kg carnivore
Ursus americanus6115 kg browser-insectivore
Puma concolor149 kg carnivore
Sylvilagus sp.1366
Odocoileus hemionus77365 kg browser
Cynomys ludovicianus1689
Procyon lotor1235.5 kg carnivore-granivore
Mephitis mephitis101.5 kg carnivore-insectivore
Odocoileus virginianus3375 kg herbivore
Vulpes vulpes135.3 kg carnivore-insectivore
Sciurus niger10750 g
Homo sapiens6464 kg
Canis lupus familiaris4443 kg carnivore
"Canis familiaris"
Bos taurus3516337 kg
"Bos primigenius"
Equus ferus caballus13422 kg
Felis catus2