Middle São Francisco River
Basic information
Sample name: Middle São Francisco River

Reference: R. J. Sá-Netoa and J. Marinho-Filho. 2013. Bats in fragments of xeric woodland caatinga in Brazilian semiarid. Journal of Arid Environments 90:88-94 [ER 626]
Geography
Country: Brazil

State: Bahia

Coordinate: 13° 15' S, 43° 25' W
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark

Geography comments: a string of sites along the reiver apparently centered on Bom Jesus de Lapa (basis of coordinate)
elevation 400 to 500 m

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical savanna

Substrate: ground surface

WMT: 28.0

CMT: 23.8

MAP: 910.0

Habitat comments: the general area is dominated by "xeric woodland caatinga" with "woody-shrubby to 15 m-trees"
Fig. 1 indicates that the majority of the sites consist mostly of contiguous forest
climate data based on station 83288 (Bom Jesus de Lapa)

Methods
Life forms: bats

Sites: 20

Sampling methods: no design, mist nets

Sample size: 643 captures or sightings

Years: 2009, 2010

Days: 120

Nets or traps: 10

Net or trap nights: 1200

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: each of 20 sites were sampled once every two months over a year (i.e., six times) for a total of 120 sample nights, with ten nets used each night

Metadata
Sample no: 929

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-05-17 14:42:36

Modified: 2015-02-23 23:31:46

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
31 species
7 singletons
total count 643
geometric series index: 49.6
Fisher's α: 6.798
geometric series k: 0.8351
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8384
Shannon's H: 2.3672
Good's u: 0.9891
Register
Peropteryx macrotis 25.9 g
Noctilio albiventris 132.9 g
Chrotopterus auritus (big-eared woolly bat)376.6 g
Micronycteris schmidtorum (Schmidt's big-eared bat)87.0 g
Mimon crenulatum 4014.4 g
Phylloderma stenops 148.4 g
Phyllostomus discolor (pale spear-nosed bat)5840.3 g
Phyllostomus hastatus (greater spear-nosed bat)11100.0 g
Tonatia saurophila 527.1 g
Glossophaga soricina (Pallas's long-tongued bat)4610.5 g
Lionycteris spurrelli 27.8 g
Lonchophylla mordax 3210.0 g
Carollia perspicillata (Seba's short-tailed bat)5119.6 g
Artibeus lituratus (great fruit-eating bat)1168.5 g
Artibeus obscurus (dark fruit-eating bat)223
Artibeus planirostris (flat-faced fruit-eating bat)6754.4 g
Chiroderma villosum (hairy big-eyed bat)123.4 g
Platyrrhinus lineatus (white-lined broad-nosed bat)10
Sturnira lilium (little yellow-shouldered bat)218.7 g
Desmodus rotundus (common vampire bat)3433.5 g
Diaemus youngi 1
Diphylla ecaudata 130.7 g
Eptesicus brasiliensis (Brazilian brown bat)88.3 g
Lasiurus blossevillii (southern red bat)28.1 g
Lasiurus ega (southern yellow bat)112.9 g
Myotis albescens 46.5 g
Myotis nigricans 75.1 g
Cynomops planirostris 414.0 g
Eumops glaucinus 134.9 g
Molossops temminckii 46.2 g
Molossus molossus (velvety free-tailed bat)212.9 g