Chamela Biosphere Reserve (semi-dry forest)
Basic information
Sample name: Chamela Biosphere Reserve (semi-dry forest)
Reference: C. Chávez and G. Ceballos. 2001. Diversidad y abundancia de murciélagos en selvas secas de estacionalidad contrastante en el oeste de México. Revista Mexicana de Mastozoología 5(1):27-44 [ER 609]
Geography
Country: Mexico
State: Jalisco
Coordinate: 19° 25' 1" N, 105° 58' 31" W
Latlng basis: stated in text
Geography comments: on the banks of the Río Cuixmala
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest
Protection: biosphere reserve
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 24.6
MAP: 788.0
Habitat comments: stated MAT and MAP figures of 24.9 and 748 appear to be outdated relative to those of Suazo-Ortuño et al. (2008), which are used instead
Methods
Life forms: bats
Sampling methods: no design, mist nets
Sample size: 146 captures or sightings
Years: 1992 - 1994
Days: 18
Nets or traps: 3
Net or trap nights: 54
Sampling comments: three nylon nets totalling 38 m deployed for one night each month over 18 months
Metadata
Sample no: 913
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2014-05-15 14:37:14
Modified: 2014-05-15 04:37:14
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
10 species
3 singletons
total count 146
geometric series index: 17.1
Fisher's α: 2.432
geometric series k: 0.6333
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6641
Shannon's H: 1.4029
Good's u: 0.9795
Register
| Artibeus intermedius (intermediate fruit-eating bat) | 61 | 54.4 g |
| Artibeus jamaicensis (Jamaican fruit-eating bat) | 57 | 48.0 g |
| Artibeus phaeotis (pygmy fruit-eating bat) | 8 | |
| "Dermanura phaeotis" | ||
| Centurio senex | 3 | 19.0 g |
| Desmodus rotundus (common vampire bat) | 5 | 33.5 g |
| Glossophaga soricina (Pallas's long-tongued bat) | 5 | 10.5 g |
| Mormoops megalophylla | 1 | 15.1 g |
| Sturnira lilium (little yellow-shouldered bat) | 4 | 18.7 g |
| Rhogeessa parvula | 1 | 4.6 g |
| Micronycteris microtis (common big-eared bat) | 1 | 6.0 g |