Biosphere Reserve Los Petenes (large forest islands)
Basic information
Sample name: Biosphere Reserve Los Petenes (large forest islands)
Reference: S. Montiel, A. Estrada, and P. León. 2006. Bat assemblages in a naturally fragmented ecosystem in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico: species richness, diversity and spatio-temporal dynamics. Journal of Tropical Ecology 22:267-276 [ER 400]
Geography
Country: Mexico
State: Yucatan
Coordinate: 20.45° N, -90.48° W
Coordinate basis: stated in text
Geography comments: coordinate given as 20º 20' 0" N, 90º 32' 30 W" in the text, which is off the coast
coordinate based on Uaymil, which is in the reserve
coordinate based on Uaymil, which is in the reserve
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest
Altered habitat: fragment
Protection: biosphere reserve
Substrate: ground surface
MAT: 26.0
WMT: 29.2
CMT: 23.5
MAP: 819.0
Habitat comments: two forest islands with "area = 20 and 25 ha"
"Rainfall is clearly seasonal, with a dry season from December to May"
MAT and MAP given in text; CMT and WMT based on station 76644 (Merida)
"Rainfall is clearly seasonal, with a dry season from December to May"
MAT and MAP given in text; CMT and WMT based on station 76644 (Merida)
Methods
Life forms: bats
Sites: 4
Sampling methods: line transect,mist nets
Sample size: 628 individuals
Years: 2001 - 2004
Net or trap nights: 66
Sampling comments: sites are in four large forest islands
"Bats were sampled using a line of 10 mist nets... through the centre of each forest island"
66 netting nights and 4480 net hours
"Bats were sampled using a line of 10 mist nets... through the centre of each forest island"
66 netting nights and 4480 net hours
Metadata
Sample number: 743
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2014-04-04 20:11:33
Modified: 2020-05-07 23:55:30
Abundance distribution
17 species
2 singletons
total count 628
geometric series index: 22.1
Fisher's α: 3.221
geometric series k: 0.7279
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8188
Shannon's H: 1.9893
Good's u: 0.9968
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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Register
| Artibeus jamaicensis | 161 | 48.0 g frugivore |
| Artibeus phaeotis | 152 | 13.1 g frugivore |
| "Dermanura phaeotis" | ||
| Artibeus intermedius | 123 | 54.4 g frugivore |
| Glossophaga soricina | 70 | 10.5 g frugivore-nectarivore |
| Noctilio leporinus | 31 | 63.3 g insectivore-piscivore |
| Chiroderma villosum | 28 | 23.4 g frugivore |
| Sturnira lilium | 15 | 18.7 g frugivore |
| Pteronotus parnellii | 9 | 19.1 g insectivore |
| Artibeus lituratus | 7 | 68.5 g frugivore |
| Micronycteris megalotis | 8 | 6.4 g insectivore-carnivore |
| Molossus rufus | 9 | 36.5 g insectivore |
| Natalus stramineus | 3 | 5.3 g insectivore |
| Centurio senex | 4 | 19.0 g frugivore |
| Mormoops megalophylla | 3 | 15.1 g insectivore |
| Saccopteryx bilineata | 3 | 7.9 g insectivore |
| Nyctinomops laticaudatus | 1 | 12.2 g insectivore |
| Diaemus youngi | 1 | 40.3 g sanguinivore |