Misantla (bats, dry season)
Basic information
Sample name: Misantla (bats, dry season)
Reference: M. Rodríguez-Macedo, A. González-Christen, and L. S. León-Paniagua. 2014. Diversidad de los mamíferos silvestres de Misantla, Veracruz, México. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 85:262-275 [ER 1171]
Geography
Country: Mexico
State: Veracruz
Coordinate: 20° 51' N, 97° 52' W
Latlng basis: stated in text
Geography comments: eight localities on the edges of the municipality of Misantla
coordinate and altitude are the midpoints of values stated in the text
coordinate and altitude are the midpoints of values stated in the text
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 23.0
MAP: 2036.0
Habitat comments: "El clima existente en la zona es semicálido (A) C y cálido A con lluvias todo el año prevaleciendo en el verano ((A) C (fm) a (e); Köppen, modificado por García, 1964)"; most sampling localities are in "El bosque tropical perennifolio y subperennifolio, denominado selva mediana"
Methods
Life forms: bats
Sampling methods: no design, mist nets
Sample size: 111 individuals
Years: 2010, 2011
Seasons: dry
Net or trap nights: 147
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: 3 to 4 nets each 9 to 12 m long operated for 6 h a night; there were 87 days of sampling over 13 months in two seasons, and a total of 9288 m/net/h of sampling for bats (= approximately 147 net nights) during the dry season
Metadata
Sample no: 1700
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2015-07-09 15:03:46
Modified: 2020-05-29 10:04:57
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
16 species
4 singletons
total count 111
geometric series index: 26.5
Fisher's α: 5.128
geometric series k: 0.7954
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8622
Shannon's H: 2.3099
Good's u: 0.9641
Register
| Desmodus rotundus (common vampire bat) | 5 | 33.5 g |
| Diphylla ecaudata | 3 | 30.7 g |
| Anoura geoffroyi (Geoffroy's tailless bat) | 1 | 12.8 g |
| Glossophaga soricina (Pallas's long-tongued bat) | 6 | 10.5 g |
| Carollia perspicillata (Seba's short-tailed bat) | 9 | 19.6 g |
| Carollia sowelli (Sowell's short-tailed bat) | 8 | 16.9 g |
| Sturnira lilium (little yellow-shouldered bat) | 8 | 18.7 g |
| Sturnira ludovici (highland yellow-shouldered bat) | 31 | 25.0 g |
| Artibeus aztecus (Aztec fruit-eating bat) | 4 | 19.8 g |
| Artibeus jamaicensis (Jamaican fruit-eating bat) | 3 | 48.0 g |
| Artibeus lituratus (great fruit-eating bat) | 1 | 68.5 g |
| Pteronotus parnellii (Parnell's mustached bat) | 2 | 21.2 g |
| Eptesicus furinalis (Argentine brown bat) | 1 | 9.6 g |
| Eptesicus fuscus (big brown bat) | 11 | |
| Myotis keaysi | 17 | 6.9 g |
| Myotis velifer | 1 | 8.6 g |