Sabie River (riverine)
Basic information
Sample name: Sabie River (riverine)

Reference: I. L. Rautenbach, M. B. Fenton, and M. J. Whiting. 1996. Bats in riverine forests and woodlands: a latitudinal transect in southern Africa. Canadian Journal of Zoology 74(2):312-322 [ER 1222]
Geography
Country: South Africa

State: Mpumalanga



Coordinate: 24° 58' S, 31° 38' E
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Geography comments: in the vicinity of Skukuza within Kruger National Park
coordinate is the midpoint of three values

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical savanna

Protection: national/state park

Substrate: ground surface

Habitat comments: "dense woody associations of Acacia nigrescens and Combretum apiculatum"

Methods
Life forms: bats

Sites: 3

Sampling methods: no design,mist nets

Sample size: 109 individuals

Seasons: wet or monsoon

Nets or traps: 2

Sampling comments: "Two macro mist nets, 30 m long x 6 m high... were deployed per site"
total sampling effort is not stated

Metadata
Sample number: 1761

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2015-09-16 20:18:40

Modified: 2018-06-30 10:56:38

Abundance distribution
15 species
6 singletons
total count 109
geometric series index: 31.5
Fisher's α: 4.712
geometric series k: 0.7511
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7106
Shannon's H: 1.8154
Good's u: 0.9451
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Epomophorus crypturus6
Taphozous mauritanicus2
Rhinolophus simulator1 insectivore
Myotis tricolor1
Laephotis capensis134.2 g insectivore
"Eptesicus capensis"
Neoromicia cf. melckorum1
"Eptesicus cf. melckorum"
Pipistrellus rusticus13.8 g insectivore
Afronycteris nanus33.5 g insectivore
"Pipistrellus nanus"
Pipistrellus kuhlii15.6 g insectivore
Neoromicia anchietae1 insectivore
"Pipistrellus anchietae"
Scotophilus borbonicus55 insectivore
Scotophilus dinganii624.3 g insectivore
Nycticeius schlieffeni85.0 g insectivore
Tadarida pumila310.3 g
Tadarida condylura726.3 g