La Casa
Basic information
Sample name: La Casa
Sample aka: Merida
Reference: J. B. Bowles, P. D. Heideman, and K. R. Erickson. 1990. Observations on six species of free-tailed bats (Molossidae) from Yucatan, Mexico. Southwestern Naturalist 35(2):151-157 [ER 558]
Geography
Country: Mexico
State: Yucatan
Coordinate: 21° 58' N, 90° 37' W
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark
Geography comments: "a large, clay-tiled, suburban dwelling used by Central College"
coordinate based on Merida
coordinate based on Merida
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest
Altered habitat: inhabited area
Protection: unprotected
Substrate: ground surface
WMT: 29.2
CMT: 23.5
MAP: 1048.0
Habitat comments: climate data based on station 76644 (Merida)
presumably deciduous forest based on climate, mentions of "thornforest, " and site descriptions of Birney et al. (1974)
presumably deciduous forest based on climate, mentions of "thornforest, " and site descriptions of Birney et al. (1974)
Methods
Life forms: bats
Sampling methods: no design, mist nets
Sample size: 336 captures or sightings
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: no information on collecting effort
Metadata
Sample no: 926
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2014-05-17 13:30:09
Modified: 2020-01-14 05:28:01
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
10 species
4 singletons
total count 336
geometric series index: 18.8
Fisher's α: 1.937
geometric series k: 0.5702
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6886
Shannon's H: 1.4009
Good's u: 0.9881
Register
| Eumops bonariensis | 23 | 12.5 g |
| Molossus rufus (black mastiff bat) | 76 | 34.7 g |
| "Molossus ater" | ||
| Molossus sinaloae (Sinaloan mastiff bat) | 157 | 23.3 g |
| Promops centralis | 1 | 29.0 g |
| Artibeus jamaicensis (Jamaican fruit-eating bat) | 63 | 48.0 g |
| Glossophaga soricina (Pallas's long-tongued bat) | 11 | 10.5 g |
| Micronycteris megalotis (little big-eared bad) | 1 | 6.4 g |
| Mormoops megalophylla | 1 | 15.1 g |
| Rhogeessa tumida | 1 | 5.0 g |
| Sturnira lilium (little yellow-shouldered bat) | 2 | 18.7 g |