Los Tuxtlas (cocoa plantation, 1990 - 1992)
Basic information
Sample name: Los Tuxtlas (cocoa plantation, 1990 - 1992)
Reference: A. Estrada, R. Coates-Estrada, and D. Meritt Jr. 1993. Bat species richness and abundance in tropical rain forest fragments and in agricultural habitats at Los Tuxtlas, Mexico. Ecography 16(4):309-318 [ER 451]
Geography
Country: Mexico
State: Veracruz
Coordinate: 18° 25' N, 95° 0' W
Latlng basis: stated in text
Geography comments: altitude sea level to 1000 m
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest
Altered habitat: plantation
Protection: biosphere reserve
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 27.0
MAP: 4964.0
Methods
Life forms: bats
Sites: 4
Sampling methods: no design, mist nets
Sample size: 277 captures or sightings
Years: 1990 - 1992
Days: 8
Nets or traps: 15
Net or trap nights: 120
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: captures were in 4 replicate plots
15 12 m x 3 m mist nets per site set in a grid pattern and sampled for two nights (4 x 15 x 2 = 120 net nights)
15 12 m x 3 m mist nets per site set in a grid pattern and sampled for two nights (4 x 15 x 2 = 120 net nights)
Metadata
Sample no: 1293
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2015-02-18 19:41:11
Modified: 2020-01-14 10:15:01
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
15 species
3 singletons
total count 277
geometric series index: 23.0
Fisher's α: 3.399
geometric series k: 0.71
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.749
Shannon's H: 1.8117
Good's u: 0.9892
Register
| Pteronotus parnellii (Parnell's mustached bat) | 11 | 21.2 g |
| Pteronotus davyi (Davy's naked-backed bat) | 1 | 8.1 g |
| Glossophaga soricina (Pallas's long-tongued bat) | 6 | 10.5 g |
| Choeroniscus godmani | 1 | 9.9 g |
| Carollia brevicauda (silky short-tailed bat) | 46 | 17.4 g |
| Sturnira lilium (little yellow-shouldered bat) | 17 | 18.7 g |
| Uroderma bilobatum (tent-making bat) | 2 | 18.1 g |
| Platyrrhinus helleri (Heller's broad-nosed bat) | 9 | 19.4 g |
| "Vampyrops helleri" | ||
| Vampyrodes major | 121 | 33.9 g |
| Vampyressa pusilla | 1 | 9.0 g |
| Artibeus phaeotis (pygmy fruit-eating bat) | 42 | |
| Artibeus toltecus (Toltec fruit-eating bat) | 9 | 14.6 g |
| Artibeus jamaicensis (Jamaican fruit-eating bat) | 7 | 48.0 g |
| Artibeus lituratus (great fruit-eating bat) | 2 | 68.5 g |
| Desmodus rotundus (common vampire bat) | 2 | 33.5 g |