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Small Mammal Trapping Surveys at FASET and Controls - Datafile

Variables
Variables (legacy): 

Date

  • Label: Date
  • Definition: The day on which the sample was taken.
  • Type: Date/time
  • Date format: MM/DD/YYYY
  • Missing values: None specified

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Site

  • Label: Site
  • Definition: Whether plot lies within FASET or AmeriFlux treatments.
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified

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Trap

  • Label: Trap Line ID
  • Definition: Indication of trap location. Letters correspond to plots used within the FASET study area. Numbers indicate further distance from the tower along the transect.
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified

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Species

  • Label: Small Mammal Species
  • Definition: Trapped small mammal species
  • Type: Code list
  • Codes:
    • PELE = Peromyscus leucopus
    • TAST = Tamias striatus
    • BLBR = Blarina brevicauda
    • SOCI = Sorex cinereus
  • Missing values: None specified

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Sex

  • Label: Sex
  • Definition: The gender of the sampled organism.
  • Type: Code list
  • Codes:
    • M = Male
    • F = Female
    • U = Unknown
  • Missing values: None specified

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Age

  • Label: Mammal Age
  • Definition: Mammal age characterization based upon pelage condition (fur color and molt status)
  • Type: Code list
  • Codes:
    • Adult =
    • Subadult =
    • Juvenile =
  • Missing values:
    • NA =

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Weight

  • Label: Weight
  • Definition: Weight of the object referenced.
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: gram
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: 0.01
  • Missing values: None specified

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Rep_Status

  • Label: Mammal Reproductive Status
  • Definition: Male and female mammal reproductive status
  • Type: Code list
  • Codes:
    • NT = Nipples tiny (non-reproductively active female)
    • NE = Nipples enlarged (reproductively active female)
    • Abdominal = Testes not descended (non-reproductively active male)
    • Scrotal = Testes descended (reproductively active male)
    • Pregnant = pregnant female
  • Missing values:
    • Na =

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Recapture

  • Label: Recapture Status
  • Definition: Logs whether a trapped mammal was already caught previously (recaptured)
  • Type: Code list
  • Codes:
    • Y = Yes recapture occurred
    • N = No not a recapture
  • Missing values:
    • NA =

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Parasites

  • Label: Presence of Parasites
  • Definition:
  • Type: Code list
  • Codes:
    • 0 = Absense of parasites
    • 1 = Presence of parasites
  • Missing values: None specified

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Notes

  • Label: Notes
  • Definition: Field notes taken during sampling and processing.
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified

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