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, 93° 53' W
Coordinate 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

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

Metadata
Sample number: 266

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: Albert Garcia Selles

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

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

Abundance distribution
6 species
0 singletons
total count 810
geometric series index: 6.1
Fisher's α: 0.879
geometric series k: 0.6001
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7068
Shannon's H: 1.4286
Good's u: 1.0000
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Myotis lucifugus277.4 g insectivore
Myotis keenii434.7 g insectivore
Lasionycteris noctivagans12010.0 g insectivore
Eptesicus fuscus34717.2 g insectivore
Lasiurus borealis23011.5 g insectivore
Lasiurus cinereus4320.7 g insectivore