Abuko Nature Reserve
Basic information
Sample name: Abuko Nature Reserve
Reference: D. Kock, L. Barnett, J. Fahr, and C. Emms. 2002. On a collection of bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from The Gambia. Acta Chiropterologica 4(1):77-97 [ER 385]
Geography
Country: Gambia
Coordinate: 13° 24' N, 16° 39' W
Basis of coordinate: stated in text
Climate and habitat
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest
Protection: nature reserve
Substrate: ground surface
WMT: 27.9
CMT: 24.2
MAP: 944.0
Habitat comments: none given, but the coastal zone of the Gambia is apparently covered with deciduous, seasonally dry forest
climate data based on station 61701 (Serrekunda)
climate data based on station 61701 (Serrekunda)
Methods
Life forms: bats
Sampling methods: no design, mist nets
Sample size: 61
Years: 1999, 2000
Sampling comments: "Most bat individuals were captured with mist-nets" but some may have been "caught or observed at their day roosts"
Metadata
Sample: 724
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2014-04-04 10:08:12
Modified: 2014-04-25 09:26:18
Abundance distribution
8 species
3 singletons
total count 61
standardised richness: not computable
Fisher's α: 2.462
geometric series k: 0.6245
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6926
Shannon's H: 1.4622
Good's u: 0.9514
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| Epomophorus gambianus | 27 | 200 g |
| Micropteropus pusillus | 18 | 26.1 g frugivore |
| Pipistrellus africanus | 7 | 2.5 g |
| Pipistrellus guineensis | 1 | 3.5 g |
| Pipistrellus rendalli | 2 | 6.0 g |
| Scotoecus hirundo | 1 | 7.9 g insectivore |
| Scotophilus leucogaster | 4 | 20.5 g insectivore |