Serra da Guia
Basic information
Sample name: Serra da Guia

Reference: P. A. da Rocha, J. Ruiz-Esparza, A. S. Ribeiro, and S. F. Ferrari. 2015. Species diversity and seasonal variation in the composition of a bat community in the semi-arid brazilian caatinga. Acta Scientiarum - Biological Sciences 37(2):197-203 [ER 1215]
Geography
Country: Brazil

State: Sergipe

Coordinate: 10° 48' S, 38° 41' W
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark

Geography comments: "in the northern extreme of the brazilian State of Sergipe" (apparently near Poço Redondo, basis of coordinate)
elevation 300 to 750 m

Environment
Habitat: desert/xeric shrubland

Protection: unprotected

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 26.2

MAP: 573.0

Habitat comments: "arboreal caatinga"
there is "a wet season between April and August"
MAT is for São Pedro, at 10º 2' 37º 24' W, and is from Oliveira (2013, Scientia Plena)

Methods
Life forms: bats

Sampling methods: no design, mist nets

Sample size: 157 individuals

Years: 2008, 2009

Days: 36

Nets or traps: 10

Net or trap nights: 360

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: "10 mist-nets (2.5 m high and 10 m long) were set along a trail system... between 18:00 h and 05:00 h on three consecutive nights during the new moon period" over a 12 month period

Metadata
Sample no: 1754

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2015-09-12 18:12:26

Modified: 2020-01-14 04:59:08

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
12 species
3 singletons
total count 157
geometric series index: 19.9
Fisher's α: 3.024
geometric series k: 0.6958
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7858
Shannon's H: 1.8097
Good's u: 0.9811
Register
Peropteryx macrotis 15.9 g
Desmodus rotundus (common vampire bat)2533.5 g
Micronycteris aff. sanborni (Sanborn's big-eared bat)86.2 g
Anoura geoffroyi (Geoffroy's tailless bat)112.8 g
Glossophaga soricina (Pallas's long-tongued bat)5410.5 g
Lonchophylla mordax 1910.0 g
Carollia perspicillata (Seba's short-tailed bat)3519.6 g
Artibeus cinereus (Gervais's fruit-eating bat)2
"Dermanura cinerea"
Artibeus lituratus (great fruit-eating bat)268.5 g
Platyrrhinus lineatus (white-lined broad-nosed bat)6
Uroderma magnirostrum (brown tent-making bat)316.6 g
Myotis nigricans 15.1 g