Cañas
Basic information
Sample name: Cañas
Reference: M. A. Mares and D. E. Wilson. 1971. Bat reproduction during the Costa Rican dry season. BioScience 21(10):471-477 [ER 397]
Geography
Country: Costa Rica
State: Guanacaste
Coordinate: 10° 26' N, 85° 6' W
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark
Geography comments: coordinate based on Cantón de Cañas
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest
Substrate: ground surface
WMT: 24.9
CMT: 22.3
MAP: 1700.0
Habitat comments: "Pacific Dry Lowlands"
MAP given in text; CMT and WMT based on station 78762 (Alajuela), which has a comparable MAP
MAP given in text; CMT and WMT based on station 78762 (Alajuela), which has a comparable MAP
Methods
Life forms: bats
Sampling methods: no design, mist nets, hand capture
Sample size: 351 individuals
Years: 1968, 1970
Net or trap nights: 0
Sampling comments: bats were shot or "netted" (presumably mist netted)
Metadata
Sample no: 739
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2014-04-04 16:22:17
Modified: 2014-04-24 22:48:27
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
22 species
5 singletons
total count 351
geometric series index: 35.0
Fisher's α: 5.206
geometric series k: 0.805
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8489
Shannon's H: 2.2635
Good's u: 0.9858
Register
| Saccopteryx bilineata (greater sac-winged bat) | 11 | 7.9 g |
| Rhynchonycteris naso | 1 | 3.7 g |
| Pteronotus parnellii (Parnell's mustached bat) | 4 | 21.2 g |
| Pteronotus davyi (Davy's naked-backed bat) | 1 | 8.1 g |
| Phyllostomus hastatus (greater spear-nosed bat) | 10 | 100.0 g |
| Phyllostomus discolor (pale spear-nosed bat) | 68 | 40.3 g |
| Glossophaga soricina (Pallas's long-tongued bat) | 10 | 10.5 g |
| Glossophaga commissarisi (Commissaris's long-tongued bat) | 2 | 9.3 g |
| Carollia perspicillata (Seba's short-tailed bat) | 23 | 19.6 g |
| Sturnira lilium (little yellow-shouldered bat) | 32 | 18.7 g |
| Uroderma bilobatum (tent-making bat) | 1 | 18.1 g |
| Vampyriscus nymphaea | 9 | |
| "Vampyressa nymphaea" | ||
| Artibeus jamaicensis (Jamaican fruit-eating bat) | 95 | 48.0 g |
| Artibeus lituratus (great fruit-eating bat) | 6 | 68.5 g |
| Centurio senex | 1 | 19.0 g |
| Desmodus rotundus (common vampire bat) | 12 | 33.5 g |
| Noctilio leporinus | 6 | 63.3 g |
| Noctilio labialis | 52 | 29.6 g |
| Myotis nigricans | 2 | 5.1 g |
| Rhogeessa parvula | 2 | 4.6 g |
| Rhogeessa tumida | 2 | 5.0 g |
| Molossus molossus (velvety free-tailed bat) | 1 | 12.9 g |