Hawf
Basic information
Sample name: Hawf

Reference: I. Khorozyan, D. Stanton, M. Mohammed, W. Al-Ra'il, and M. Pittet. 2014. Patterns of co-existence between humans and mammals in Yemen: some species thrive while others are nearly extinct. Biodiversity and Conservation 23(8):1995-2013 [ER 1741]
Geography
Country: Yemen



Coordinate: 16° 35' 0" N, 52° 53' 30" E
Coordinate basis: stated in text as range

Geography comments: "the Hawf Protected Area and the lands lying to the north of it... in the Hawf District of Al Mahrah Governorate"
elevation is a mean across the sites

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest

Substrate: ground surface

MAP: 500.0

Habitat comments: "desert cloud broadleaf forest which fully depends on seasonal monsoon-driven moisture"
MAP is for the Al Hawf district (MAT not reported) and is from Schlecht et al. (2014, J Arid Environ)

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

Focal species: Panthera pardus

Site area: 22530

Sampling methods: no design,automatic cameras

Sample size: 1948 captures or sightings

Years: 2010 - 2012

Nets or traps: 12

Net or trap nights: 3351

Camera type: digital

Cameras paired: no

Sampling comments: "From seven to twelve motion-triggered camera-traps of the models 2011 Bushnell Trophy Cam, Reconyx RC60HO, MC65HO and PC90HO, Leaf River IR-7SS, Trailmaster 1550 and non-commercial products produced by the Centre for Electronics Design and Technology at the Indian Institute of Science in Balgalore... were set up from September 2010 to June 2012 in 35 trapping sites... The numbers of deployed devices varied as some units malfunc- tioned, were stolen or vandalized... Camera-traps were set to take pictures 24 h/ day... Only one camera-trap was placed in each site... the original target species was the leopard... Total density of camera-traps was one per 6.4 km2" and this squares with a reported total area of 225.3 km2

Metadata
Sample number: 1940

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2016-01-17 18:44:11

Modified: 2019-03-12 10:56:43

Abundance distribution
15 species
1 singleton
total count 1948
geometric series index: 17.2
Fisher's α: 2.212
geometric series k: 0.6112
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7029
Shannon's H: 1.7158
Good's u: 0.9995
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Panthera pardus233 kg carnivore
Caracal caracal14012 kg carnivore
Felis lybica184.5 kg carnivore
"Felis silvestris": species assignment based on geography
Hyaena hyaena30730 kg carnivore-insectivore
Canis lupus11943 kg carnivore
Vulpes vulpes495.3 kg carnivore-insectivore
Vulpes cana101.2 kg invertivore-frugivore
Mellivora capensis577.7 kg carnivore-invertivore
Ichneumia albicauda103.4 kg invertivore-carnivore
Genetta genetta641.7 kg insectivore-frugivore
Hystrix indica12813 kg browser
Procavia capensis362.8 kg browser
Lepus capensis22
Capra nubiana1
Homo sapiens98564 kg