Kikwit
Basic information
Sample name: Kikwit

Reference: H. Leirs, J. N. Mills, J. W. Krebs, J. E. Childs, D. Akaibe, N. Woollen, G. Ludwig, C. J. Peters, and T. G. Ksiazek. 1999. Search for the Ebola virus reservoir in Kikwit, Democratic Republic of the Congo: reflections on a vertebrate collection. Journal of Infectious Diseases 179(suppl. 1):S155-S163 [ER 389]
Geography
Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo
State: Bandundu

Coordinate: 5° 2' 19" S, 18° 49' 5" E
Basis of coordinate: based on nearby landmark
Geography comments: within the town of Kikwit proper (basis of coordinate)
•
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest
Altered habitat: inhabited area
Protection: unprotected
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 24.2
WMT: 24.5
CMT: 23.6
Habitat comments: a "densely populated town"
MAT, CMT, and WMT for Kikwit given by Reiter et al. 1999 (J Infect Diseases)
Methods
Life forms: bats
Sampling methods: no design, mist nets
Sample size: 134
Metadata
Sample: 728
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2014-04-04 10:51:48
Modified: 2020-01-14 15:43:55
Abundance distribution
7 species
2 singletons
total count 134
extrapolated richness: 10.0
Fisher's α: 1.570
geometric series k: 0.4715
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5106
Shannon's H: 1.1153
Good's u: 0.9851
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
• Find matching samples
• Map matching samples
• Extrapolate richness estimates
Register
Chaerephon pumilus9111.8 g
"Chaerephon pumila"
Micropteropus pusillus1126.1 g frugivore
Mops condylurus10 insectivore
Mops nanulus13 insectivore
Mops thersites1
Myopterus whitleyi1 insectivore
Scotophilus dinganii724.3 g insectivore