Mana area (impacted)
Basic information
Sample name: Mana area (impacted)

Reference: M. B. Fenton, D. H. M. Cumming, I. L. Rautenbach, G. S. Cumming, M. S. Cumming, G. Ford, R. D. Taylor, J. Dunlop, M. D. Hovorka, D. S. Johnston, C. V. Portfors, M. C. Kalcounis, and Z. Mahlanga. 1998. Bats and the loss of tree canopy in African Woodlands. Conservation Biology 12(2):399-407 [ER 1229]
Geography
Country: Zimbabwe


Coordinate: 15° 45' S, 29° 20' E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Geography comments: exact location of nine sites is not indicated
coordinate based on Mana Pools
elevation 800 to 1200 m

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical savanna

Altered habitat: disturbed forest

Substrate: ground surface

Habitat comments: originally "closed-canopy Miombo woodland" but the canopy "had largely been destroyed" by "expanding human and elephant populations"

Methods
Life forms: bats

Sites: 9

Sampling methods: no design,mist nets

Sample size: 78 individuals

Years: 1994

Sampling comments: "macro mist nets" were used and there is no information about collecting effort

Metadata
Sample number: 1771

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2015-09-19 17:02:30

Modified: 2015-09-19 07:02:30

Abundance distribution
5 species
3 singletons
total count 78
geometric series index: 13.3
Fisher's α: 1.191
geometric series k: 0.3508
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.2607
Shannon's H: 0.5581
Good's u: 0.9615
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Pipistrellus rusticus13.8 g insectivore
Laephotis capensis9
"Eptesicus capensis"
Scotophilus dinganii124.3 g insectivore
Scotophilus borbonicus66 insectivore
Nycticeius schlieffeni15.0 g insectivore