DATASET ID: RDD6B7501A

PROJECT TITLE:

Survey of island small mammals - Trapping data

CITATION:

Dueser, R.D., W.C. Brown, S.A. McCuskey, G.S. Hogue, and J.H. Porter. 1991. Survey of island small mammals - trapping data. Data Publication of the Virginia Coast Reserve LTER, Dataset ID: RDD6B7501A .

CONTACT:

R.D. Dueser

VCR CONTACT-ID:

rdueser

KEYWORDS:

mammal - Oryzomys - Cryptotis - Rattus - mouse - shrew - Mus - Microtus - Blarina - Peromyscus - rat - - - - -

Project Goals:

This study was designed to characterize the distribution of small mammal species on the Virginia Barrier Islands.

PROGRESS:

09/04/89: All trapping completed 6/11/77.

DATASET DESCRIPTION:

DATA FORMAT:

       COLUMNS  FORMAT  VARIABLE NAME  CODED  UNITS
       -------  ------  -------------  -----  -----
         1-2     I         SPECIES      C                
         3-3     I         SEX          C                
         4-7     I         TAG          N                
        20-21     I         MONTH        N      Mo        
        22-23     I         DAY          N      Day       
        24-25     I         YEAR         N      Yr        
        30-33     I         RELTIME      N      Hr        
        34-35     I         ISLAND       C                
        36-38     I         TRANSEC      N                
        39-41     I         STATION      N                
        42-43     I         HABITAT      C                
        45-47     I         MASS         N      g         
        49-49     I         REPCOND      N                
        64-67     I         ANIMNUM      N                
        68-69     I         CAPNUM       N                
        72-73     I         TRAPPER      N

VARIABLE DESCRIPTIONS:

        NAME          DESCRIPTION
       -------  ------------------------
       SPECIES: Species Number                                              
       SEX    : Sex number                                                  
       TAG    : Tag Number                                                  
       MONTH  : Month number                                                
       DAY    : Day of Month                                                
       YEAR   : Year                                                        
       RELTIME: Release time                                                
       ISLAND : Island Number                                               
       TRANSEC: Transect Number                                             
       STATION: Trap station number                                         
       HABITAT: Habitat code                                                
       MASS   : Body mass                                                   
       REPCOND: Reproductive condition                                      
       ANIMNUM: Animal Number (sequential)                                  
       CAPNUM : Sequential capture number                                   
       TRAPPER: Trapping Period

CODED VARIABLE INFORMATION: SPECIES

        NAME  CODE VALUE DEFINITION OF CODE VALUE
       ------- ---------- ------------------------
       SPECIES     1      Blarina brevicauda
                   5      Microtus pennsylvanicus
                   6      Oryzomys palustris
                   7      Peromyscus leucopus
                   10      Mus musculus
                   11      Rattus norvegicus
                   4      Mus musculus

CODED VARIABLE INFORMATION: SEX

        NAME  CODE VALUE DEFINITION OF CODE VALUE
       ------- ---------- ------------------------
       SEX         1      Male
                   2      Female

CODED VARIABLE INFORMATION: ISLAND

        NAME  CODE VALUE DEFINITION OF CODE VALUE
       ------- ---------- ------------------------
       ISLAND      1      Mainland
                   2      Parramore Island
                   3      Hog Island
                   4      Smith Island
                   7      Cobb Island
                   8      Revel Island
                   9      Wreck Island
                   10      Ship Shoal Island
                   11      Myrtle Island
                   12      Mink Island

METHODS:

SPECIES:

SEX :

TAG : Numbered fingerling tag affixed to ear.

MONTH :

DAY :

YEAR :

RELTIME:

ISLAND :

TRANSEC:

STATION:

HABITAT: It is not entirely clear which codes were used in the field. They were probably based on McCaffrey's classification of Virginia Barrier Island Vegetation (Dueser et al. 1976).

MASS : Weighed using a spring scale.

REPCOND:

ANIMNUM:

CAPNUM :

TRAPPER: