Sample name: Chucantí Nature Reserve (Potrerito)

Reference: M. J. Walker, A. Dorrestein, J. J. Camacho, L. A. Meckler, K. A. Silas, T. Hiller, and D. Haelewaters. 2018. A tripartite survey of hyperparasitic fungi associated with ectoparasitic flies on bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) in a neotropical cloud forest in Panama. Parasite 25(19):1-20 [ER 2727]

Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest

Altered habitat: secondary forest

Protection: nature reserve

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 25.5

MAP: 1941.0

Habitat comments: "a large area of submontane forest surrounded by livestock pastures although still in contact with original vegetation. The reserve has premontane wet forests and tropical moist forests" and specifically a "along a trail with the same name that runs from the research station to the Camp Site, was situated in an old-growth, broadleaf forest close to a river, which opened towards a recovering livestock pasture with tall grasses, frequented by horses; middle-aged secondary succession"
climate data are for Chucantí Nature Reserve and are from Méndez-Carvajal et al. (2015, Tecnociencia)

Life forms: bats

Sampling methods: no design, mist nets

Sample size: 84 captures or sightings

Years: 2017

Days: 2

Seasons: wet or monsoon

Nets or traps: 2

Net or trap nights: 4

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: sampling was in the rainy season in June 2017
"Bats were captured using three to four 6-m ground level mistnets (36-mm mesh, 4 shelves, Avinet, Portland, ME, USA)... The nets were usually open from sunset to around 11 pm and examined every 10 min"
22.2 mist net hours, implying that only two nets were actually used

Sample no: 2894

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2018-04-15 15:56:53

Modified: 2018-04-15 06:03:00