Montagne des Français
Basic information
Sample name: Montagne des Français

Reference: J. E. Robinson, N. C. D'Cruze, J. S. Dawson, and K. E. Green. 2006. Bat survey in Montagne des Français, Antsiranana, northern Madagascar (6 April - 14 December 2005). African Bat Conservation News 9:8-12 [ER 388]
Geography
Country: Madagascar

Coordinate: 12° 19' 47" S, 49° 21' 10" E
Basis of coordinate: stated in text
Geography comments: coordinate is median of three reported figures
altitude 100 to 450 m
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Climate and habitat
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest
Substrate: ground surface
WMT: 26.6
CMT: 23.0
MAP: 980.0
Habitat comments: "dry bioclimatic zone" with "very marked seasonal variation... The annual precipitation of this location is most likely higher than... 980 mm" and the vegetation "is transitional between mid-altitude rainforest and dry deciduous western forest"
CMT and WMT based on station 67009 (Antisiranana)
Methods
Life forms: bats
Sites: 3
Sampling methods: no design, mist nets, hand capture
Sample size: 34
Years: 2005
Sampling comments: mist nets and "long handled hand nets"
Metadata
Sample: 727
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2014-04-04 10:33:21
Modified: 2014-04-25 09:22:42
Abundance distribution
7 species
2 singletons
total count 34
Fisher's α: 2.673
geometric series k: 0.6813
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7754
Shannon's H: 1.6630
Good's u: 0.9429
⇒ extrapolate richness estimates
Register
Rousettus madagascariensis463.5 g
Emballonura sp.9
Hipposideros commersoni1102 g insectivore
Triaenops auritus1
Miniopterus gleni10
Miniopterus manavi7 insectivore
Myotis goudoti2 invertivore