Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve (partially surrounded, rainforest)
Basic information
Sample name: Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve (partially surrounded, rainforest)
Reference: I. Vleut, S. I. Levy-Tacher, J. Galindo-Gonzâlez, and W. F. de Boer. 2015. Positive effects of surrounding rainforest on composition, diversity and late-successional seed dispersal by bats. Basic and Applied Ecology 16(4):308-315 [ER 1167]
Geography
Country: Mexico
State: Chiapas
Coordinate: 16° 46' 8" N, 91° 8' 12" W
Coordinate basis: stated in text
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest
Protection: biosphere reserve
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 24.7
MAP: 2000.0
Habitat comments: "evergreen rainforest with dominant species such as Dialium guianense, Brosimum alicastrum, Swietenia macrophylla, Ficus spp. and Spondias mombin"
MAP is a minimum estimate
MAP is a minimum estimate
Methods
Life forms: bats
Sites: 4
Sampling methods: no design,mist nets
Sample size: 692 individuals
Years: 2010, 2011
Days: 48
Nets or traps: 3
Net or trap nights: 144
Sampling comments: "Bats were sampled each month, from April 2010 to March 2011 using 3 (12 × 2.4 m, 36mm mesh) mist nets inside the sites, set at ground level, from 0.5 h before sunset until 4h after, 1 night per site"
Metadata
Sample number: 1696
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2015-07-08 17:24:25
Modified: 2015-07-08 09:56:24
Abundance distribution
17 species
1 singleton
total count 692
geometric series index: 19.7
Fisher's α: 3.150
geometric series k: 0.7226
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8510
Shannon's H: 2.2061
Good's u: 0.9986
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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Register
| Artibeus jamaicensis | 138 | 48.0 g frugivore |
| Artibeus lituratus | 181 | 68.5 g frugivore |
| Artibeus phaeotis | 27 | 13.1 g frugivore |
| Artibeus toltecus | 5 | 16.3 g frugivore |
| Artibeus watsoni | 24 | 12.2 g frugivore |
| Carollia perspicillata | 80 | 19.6 g frugivore |
| Carollia sowelli | 87 | 16.9 g frugivore |
| Centurio senex | 5 | 19.0 g frugivore |
| Glossophaga commissarisi | 35 | 9.3 g nectarivore |
| Glossophaga soricina | 23 | 10.5 g frugivore-nectarivore |
| Lichonycteris obscura | 1 | 7.0 g nectarivore |
| Phyllostomus discolor | 17 | 40.3 g nectarivore-frugivore |
| Platyrrhinus helleri | 6 | 15.6 g frugivore |
| Sturnira parvidens | 44 | 16.5 g |
| Uroderma bilobatum | 8 | 18.1 g frugivore |
| Vampyressa pusilla | 6 | 9.0 g frugivore |
| Vampyrodes caraccioli | 5 | 36.0 g frugivore |