Victoria-Mayaro Forest Reserve
Basic information
Sample name: Victoria-Mayaro Forest Reserve

Reference: F. M. Clarke and J. R. Downie. 2001. A bat (Chiroptera) survey of Mora rainforest in Trinidad's Victoria-Mayaro Forest Reserve. Biodiversity and Conservation 10(5):725-736 [ER 398]
Geography
Country: Trinidad and Tobago



Coordinate: 10° 8' 0" N, 61° 7' 30" W
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Geography comments: coordinate based on ranges given in text
elevation mostly 15 to 60 m

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest

Protection: forest reserve

Substrate: ground surface

WMT: 27.4

CMT: 25.4

MAP: 1720.0

Habitat comments: " evergreen seasonal forest" and specifically primary Mora rainforest
precip stated in text to be 1650 to 2500 mm; climate data based on station 78970 (near Piarco International Airport)

Methods
Life forms: bats

Sites: 3

Sampling methods: mist nets

Sample size: 114 individuals

Days: 8

Net or trap nights: 16

Sampling comments: 154 mist net hours of sampling over eight nights, strongly suggesting there were on average two nets open per night (basis of net night estimate)

Metadata
Sample number: 741

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-04-04 17:29:07

Modified: 2014-05-14 04:09:49

Abundance distribution
20 species
8 singletons
total count 114
geometric series index: 44.7
Fisher's α: 7.027
geometric series k: 0.8148
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7816
Shannon's H: 2.1536
Good's u: 0.9303
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Saccopteryx bilineata17.9 g insectivore
Pteronotus davyi18.1 g insectivore
Pteronotus parnellii119.1 g insectivore
Trinycteris nicefori29.2 g insectivore-carnivore
"Micronycteris nicefori"
Mimon crenulatum514.4 g insectivore-carnivore
Phylloderma stenops148.4 g insectivore
Phyllostomus hastatus1100 g nectarivore-frugivore
Tonatia bidens429.7 g insectivore-carnivore
Trachops cirrhosus131.4 g insectivore-carnivore
Glossophaga soricina610.5 g frugivore-nectarivore
Carollia perspicillata4919.6 g frugivore
Artibeus jamaicensis1148.0 g frugivore
Artibeus lituratus768.5 g frugivore
Artibeus cinereus411.1 g frugivore
Chiroderma villosum223.4 g frugivore
Mesophylla macconnelli18.2 g frugivore
Sturnira sp.11
Vampyrodes caraccioli136.0 g frugivore
Platyrrhinus helleri217.6 g frugivore
"Vampyrops helleri"
Myotis sp.3