Los Tuxtlas (forest, 1990 - 1992)
Basic information
Sample name: Los Tuxtlas (forest, 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: fragment
Protection: biosphere reserve
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 27.0
MAP: 4964.0
Habitat comments: forest fragment areas "ranged from 1 to > 2000 ha" and my best guess based on Fig. 4 is that a majority are under 100 ha
Methods
Life forms: bats
Sites: 45
Sampling methods: no design, mist nets
Sample size: 1407 captures or sightings
Years: 1990 - 1992
Days: 90
Nets or traps: 15
Net or trap nights: 1350
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: captures were in "65 islands of vegetation" of which "45 were rain forest"
15 12 m x 3 m mist nets per site set in a grid pattern and sampled for two nights (45 x 15 x 2 = 1350 net nights); there were 8760 net hours across all 65 islands but there is no breakdown
15 12 m x 3 m mist nets per site set in a grid pattern and sampled for two nights (45 x 15 x 2 = 1350 net nights); there were 8760 net hours across all 65 islands but there is no breakdown
Metadata
Sample no: 808
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2014-04-16 14:27:29
Modified: 2020-06-05 06:48:15
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
32 species
5 singletons
total count 1407
geometric series index: 42.4
Fisher's α: 5.828
geometric series k: 0.829
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8668
Shannon's H: 2.4572
Good's u: 0.9964
Register
| Saccopteryx bilineata (greater sac-winged bat) | 4 | 7.9 g |
| Diclidurus virgo | 1 | 19.0 g |
| Pteronotus parnellii (Parnell's mustached bat) | 306 | 21.2 g |
| Pteronotus davyi (Davy's naked-backed bat) | 8 | 8.1 g |
| Mormoops megalophylla | 24 | 15.1 g |
| Lampronycteris brachyotis | 3 | 8.4 g |
| "Micronycteris brachyotis" | ||
| Mimon bennettii | 7 | 31.1 g |
| Phyllostomus discolor (pale spear-nosed bat) | 10 | 40.3 g |
| Glossophaga soricina (Pallas's long-tongued bat) | 55 | 10.5 g |
| Leptonycteris yerbabuenae | 1 | 24.3 g |
| "L. sanborni" | ||
| Hylonycteris underwoodi | 2 | 7.8 g |
| Choeroniscus godmani | 29 | 9.9 g |
| Carollia brevicauda (silky short-tailed bat) | 335 | 17.4 g |
| Carollia perspicillata (Seba's short-tailed bat) | 20 | 19.6 g |
| Sturnira lilium (little yellow-shouldered bat) | 115 | 18.7 g |
| Sturnira ludovici (highland yellow-shouldered bat) | 21 | 25.0 g |
| Uroderma bilobatum (tent-making bat) | 15 | 18.1 g |
| Platyrrhinus helleri (Heller's broad-nosed bat) | 30 | 19.4 g |
| "Vampyrops helleri" | ||
| Vampyrodes major | 22 | 33.9 g |
| Vampyressa pusilla | 4 | 9.0 g |
| Chiroderma villosum (hairy big-eyed bat) | 6 | 23.4 g |
| Artibeus phaeotis (pygmy fruit-eating bat) | 126 | |
| Artibeus toltecus (Toltec fruit-eating bat) | 74 | 14.6 g |
| Artibeus watsoni (Thomas's fruit-eating bat) | 6 | |
| Artibeus jamaicensis (Jamaican fruit-eating bat) | 121 | 48.0 g |
| Artibeus lituratus (great fruit-eating bat) | 28 | 68.5 g |
| Enchisthenes hartii | 1 | 13.0 g |
| "Artibeus hartii" | ||
| Centurio senex | 1 | 19.0 g |
| Desmodus rotundus (common vampire bat) | 18 | 33.5 g |
| Natalus stramineus | 5 | 5.3 g |
| Thyroptera tricolor | 1 | 4.3 g |
| Bauerus dubiaquercus | 8 | 20.0 g |
| "Antrozous dubiaquercus" | ||