Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve (partially surrounded, rainforest)
Basic information
Sample name: Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve (partially surrounded, rainforest)
Reference: I. Vleut, S. I. Levy-Tacher, J. Galindo-González, and W. F. de Boer. 2015. Positive effects of surrounding rainforest on composition, diversity and late-successional seed dispersal by bats. Basic and Applied Ecology 16(4):308-315 [ER 1167]
Geography
Country: Mexico
State: Chiapas
Coordinate: 17° 46' 8" N, 91° 8' 12" W
Latlng basis: stated in text
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest
Protection: biosphere reserve
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 24.7
MAP: 2000.0
Habitat comments: "evergreen rainforest with dominant species such as Dialium guianense, Brosimum alicastrum, Swietenia macrophylla, Ficus spp. and Spondias mombin"
MAP is a minimum estimate
MAP is a minimum estimate
Methods
Life forms: bats
Sites: 4
Sampling methods: no design, mist nets
Sample size: 692 individuals
Years: 2010, 2011
Days: 48
Nets or traps: 3
Net or trap nights: 144
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: "Bats were sampled each month, from April 2010 to March 2011 using 3 (12 × 2.4 m, 36mm mesh) mist nets inside the sites, set at ground level, from 0.5 h before sunset until 4h after, 1 night per site"
Metadata
Sample no: 1696
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2015-07-08 17:24:25
Modified: 2015-07-08 09:56:24
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
17 species
1 singleton
total count 692
geometric series index: 19.7
Fisher's α: 3.15
geometric series k: 0.7991
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.851
Shannon's H: 2.2061
Good's u: 0.9986
Register
| Artibeus jamaicensis (Jamaican fruit-eating bat) | 138 | 48.0 g |
| Artibeus lituratus (great fruit-eating bat) | 181 | 68.5 g |
| Artibeus phaeotis (pygmy fruit-eating bat) | 27 | |
| Artibeus toltecus (Toltec fruit-eating bat) | 5 | 14.6 g |
| Artibeus watsoni (Thomas's fruit-eating bat) | 24 | |
| Carollia perspicillata (Seba's short-tailed bat) | 80 | 19.6 g |
| Carollia sowelli (Sowell's short-tailed bat) | 87 | 16.9 g |
| Centurio senex | 5 | 19.0 g |
| Glossophaga commissarisi (Commissaris's long-tongued bat) | 35 | 9.3 g |
| Glossophaga soricina (Pallas's long-tongued bat) | 23 | 10.5 g |
| Lichonycteris obscura | 1 | 7.0 g |
| Phyllostomus discolor (pale spear-nosed bat) | 17 | 40.3 g |
| Platyrrhinus helleri (Heller's broad-nosed bat) | 6 | 19.4 g |
| Sturnira parvidens (northern yellow-shouldered bat) | 44 | 16.5 g |
| Uroderma bilobatum (tent-making bat) | 8 | 18.1 g |
| Vampyressa pusilla | 6 | 9.0 g |
| Vampyrodes caraccioli | 5 | 36.0 g |