Kloof/Hillcrest
Basic information
Sample name: Kloof/Hillcrest

Sample aka: Durban

Reference: C. D. Widdows, T. Ramesh, and C. T. Downs. 2015. Factors affecting the distribution of large spotted genets (Genetta tigrina) in an urban environment in South Africa. Urban Ecosystems 18(4):1401-1413 [ER 3013]
Geography
Country: South Africa

State: KwaZulu-Natal



Coordinate: -29.785982° S, 30.829842° E
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Geography comments: "urban suburbs of Kloof/ Hillcrest... The altitude of the study site is≥560 m ASL"

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical savanna

Altered habitat: combined

Protection: unprotected

Substrate: ground surface

MAP: 974.0

Habitat comments: "Most rainfall occurs in the summer... The vegetation in the study area is dominated by KwaZulu-Natal sandstone sourveld scattered with low shrubs and patches of riverine forests... 68 % of this grassland biome has been transformed due to plantations, cultivations and urban development... This landscape has numerous urban nature reserves"

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

Sampling methods: no design,automatic cameras

Sample size: 1354 captures or sightings

Years: 2012, 2013

Nets or traps: 5

Net or trap nights: 582

Camera type: digital

Cameras paired: no

Sampling comments: "We used five digital camera traps (LtI Acorn ® 6210MC, China) triggered by passive infrared sensors, set up at 28 sites during June 2012 – October 2013... We set camera height between 30 and 40 cm above the ground... The event of photographing an individual from the camera traps operating at a single camera station was considered to be an independent record/detection... the first capture of the individual within one minute time frame was considered as an independent record/detection"

Metadata
Sample number: 3244

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2019-03-06 20:04:46

Modified: 2020-01-14 05:40:31

Abundance distribution
20 species
1 singleton
total count 1354
geometric series index: 22.2
Fisher's α: 3.327
geometric series k: 0.7424
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8926
Shannon's H: 2.4890
Good's u: 0.9993
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Mungos mungo71.5 kg insectivore-carnivore
Philantomba monticola1044.3 kg frugivore-folivore
Equus quagga burchellii24279 kg grazer
"Equus burchelli"
Tragelaphus scriptus20531 kg browser-grazer
Potamochoerus larvatus2438 kg grazer-browser
Caracal caracal1512 kg carnivore
"Felis caracal"
Sylvicapra grimmia12513 kg browser-grazer
Canis lupus familiaris28743 kg carnivore
"Canis domesticus"
Felis catus52
Thryonomys swinderianus55.2 kg
Procavia capensis472.8 kg browser
Genetta tigrina1181.7 kg invertivore-carnivore
Herpestes ichneumon42.9 kg carnivore-insectivore
Hystrix africaeaustralis7115 kg browser
Cephalophus natalensis1 browser
Herpestes sanguineus20465 g carnivore-insectivore
"Galerella sanguinea"
Otolemur crassicaudatus111.1 kg
Chlorocebus pygerythrus973.5 kg
Atilax paludinosus942.8 kg invertivore-carnivore
Ichneumia albicauda433.4 kg invertivore-carnivore