Niaouli Forest
Basic information
Sample name: Niaouli Forest
Reference: B. A. Djossa, B. A. Sinsin, E. K. V. Kalko, and J. Fahr. 2008. Inventory of bat species of Niaouli Forest, Bénin, and its bearing on the significance of the Dahomey Gap as a zoogeographic barrier. African Bat Conservation News 15:4-6 [ER 387]
Geography
Country: Benin
Coordinate: 6° 44' N, 2° 8' E
Basis of coordinate: stated in text
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Climate and habitat
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest
Substrate: ground surface
WMT: 28.7
CMT: 24.7
MAP: 1205.0
Habitat comments: the general area consists of "savanna" but sampling was in "remnant dense forest" that is "relatively undisturbed"
climate data based on station 65338 (Bohicon)
climate data based on station 65338 (Bohicon)
Methods
Life forms: bats
Sampling methods: no design, mist nets
Sample size: 41
Years: 2003, 2007
Days: 4
Metadata
Sample: 726
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2014-04-04 10:19:05
Modified: 2014-04-25 09:24:01
Abundance distribution
6 species
1 singleton
total count 41
Fisher's α: 1.936
geometric series k: 0.5987
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7482
Shannon's H: 1.5392
Good's u: 0.9756
Register
| Epomophorus gambianus | 13 | 200 g |
| Epomops franqueti | 7 | 111 g frugivore |
| Hypsignathus monstrosus | 3 | 327 g frugivore |
| Megaloglossus woermanni | 13 | 10.7 g nectarivore |
| Eidolon helvum | 4 | 220 g frugivore |
| Hipposideros cyclops | 1 | insectivore |