Quinta da Boa Vista
Basic information
Sample name: Quinta da Boa Vista

Reference: C. E. L. Esbérard, J. L. Luz, L. M. Costa, and H. G. Bergallo. 2014. Bats (Mammalia, Chiroptera) of an urban park in the metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil. Iheringia 104(1):59-69 [ER 1199]
Geography
Country: Brazil

State: Rio de Janeiro

Coordinate: 23° 54' S, 43° 13' W
Latlng basis: stated in text

Geography comments: within the city of Rio de Janeiro
coordinate based on Quinta da Boa Vista
elevation 100 to 400 m

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest

Altered habitat: inhabited area

Protection: unprotected

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 23.5

WMT: 28.7

CMT: 21.3

MAP: 1107.0

Habitat comments: originally "Atlantic forest" and now "an urban park of 25 ha"
MAT, CMT, and WMT data are for Rio de Janeiro and are from Tsuruta et al. (2018, J. Braz. Chem. Soc.)

Methods
Life forms: bats

Sampling methods: no design, mist nets

Sample size: 2928 individuals

Years: 1989 - 2004

Days: 104

Net or trap nights: 579

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: "At each night, from five to 13 nets were opened (7 x 2.5 m, mesh 20 mm, average of 97.5 m2 per night)" (i.e., about 5.57 nets per night)

Metadata
Sample no: 1734

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2015-08-16 18:58:46

Modified: 2020-01-14 04:59:37

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
19 species
3 singletons
total count 2928
geometric series index: 24.5
Fisher's α: 2.721
geometric series k: 0.6727
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7032
Shannon's H: 1.5983
Good's u: 0.999
Register
Noctilio leporinus 463.3 g
Phyllostomus hastatus (greater spear-nosed bat)36100.0 g
Glossophaga soricina (Pallas's long-tongued bat)3510.5 g
Carollia perspicillata (Seba's short-tailed bat)619.6 g
Artibeus fimbriatus (fringed fruit-eating bat)93962.3 g
Artibeus planirostris (flat-faced fruit-eating bat)15554.4 g
Artibeus obscurus (dark fruit-eating bat)22
Artibeus lituratus (great fruit-eating bat)125568.5 g
Chiroderma doriae (Brazilian big-eyed bat)324.3 g
Chiroderma villosum (hairy big-eyed bat)123.4 g
Sturnira lilium (little yellow-shouldered bat)15718.7 g
Desmodus rotundus (common vampire bat)4933.5 g
Platyrrhinus lineatus (white-lined broad-nosed bat)173
Platyrrhinus recifinus (Recife broad-nosed bat)517.7 g
Myotis nigricans 335.1 g
Myotis cf. riparius 85.9 g
Lasiurus ega (southern yellow bat)112.9 g
Lasiurus blossevillii (southern red bat)18.1 g
Molossus molossus (velvety free-tailed bat)4512.9 g