McHose Park
Basic information
Sample name: McHose Park

Sample aka: Area C

Reference: T. H. Kunz. 1973. Resource utilization: temporal and spatial components of bat activity in central Iowa. Journal of Mammalogy 54(1):14-32 [ER 111]
Geography
Country: United States

State: Iowa

County: Boone

Coordinate: 42° 3' N, 94° 53' W
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark

Geography comments: coordinate based on McHose Park

Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest

Substrate: ground surface

WMT: 23.9

CMT: -2.6

MAP: 1220.0

Habitat comments: well-drained upland with a nearby river floodplain
"Central Iowa is characterizedby cold winters and moderately warm summers-the warmest temperatures on record are for July and August. The latest freezing temperatures in spring usually occur in April, and the earliest freezing temperaturesin autumn occur in October" (p. 17)
MAP stated in text; CMT and WMT based on climate station 72546 (Des Moines International Airport)

Methods
Life forms: bats

Sampling methods: no design, mist nets

Sample size: 810 captures or sightings

Years: 1967

Net or trap nights: 0

Sampling comments: "Data are based mostly on a total of 83 net-nights" (P. 17)

Metadata
Sample no: 266

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: Albert Garcia Selles

Created: 2013-04-08 10:30:45

Modified: 2014-05-04 06:40:37

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
6 species
0 singleton
total count 810
geometric series index: 6.1
Fisher's α: 0.879
geometric series k: 0.6586
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7068
Shannon's H: 1.4286
Good's u: 1
Register
Myotis lucifugus 277.4 g
Myotis keenii 434.7 g
Lasionycteris noctivagans 120
Eptesicus fuscus (big brown bat)347
Lasiurus borealis (eastern red bat)230
Lasiurus cinereus (hoary bat)43