Shipton's Flat
Basic information
Sample name: Shipton's Flat
Reference: K. F. Koopman. 1984. Taxonomic and distributional notes on tropical Australian bats. American Museum Novitates 2778:1-48 [ER 380]
Geography
Country: Australia
State: Queensland
Coordinate: -15.7° S, 145.2° E
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark
Geography comments: apparently just south of Rossville (basis of coordinate)
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest
Substrate: ground surface
WMT: 27.8
CMT: 21.5
MAP: 1886.0
Habitat comments: a rainforest based on the climate of Daintree
climate based on station 94287 (Cairns airport)
climate based on station 94287 (Cairns airport)
Methods
Life forms: bats
Sampling methods: no design
Sample size: 148 individuals
Years: 1950 - 1969
Net or trap nights: 0
Sampling comments: collected by J. Roberts 1950, 1951, 1952, 1967 and 1969
Metadata
Sample no: 718
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2014-04-03 21:38:14
Modified: 2014-04-24 23:46:14
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
12 species
1 singleton
total count 148
geometric series index: 16.3
Fisher's α: 3.083
geometric series k: 0.7634
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8333
Shannon's H: 2.015
Good's u: 0.9933
Register
| Pteropus conspicillatus | 21 | 750.0 g |
| Pteropus scapulatus | 22 | 184.0 g |
| Nyctimene robinsoni | 2 | 46.6 g |
| Rhinolophus megaphyllus | 39 | 9.9 g |
| Hipposideros ater | 3 | 5.3 g |
| Hipposideros diadema | 3 | 46.1 g |
| Chalinolobus nigrogriseus | 6 | |
| Miniopterus schreibersii | 3 | 12.2 g |
| Miniopterus australis | 4 | 8.0 g |
| Kerivoula papuensis | 1 | 6.7 g |
| Nyctophilus gouldi | 14 | 9.5 g |
| Mormopterus planiceps | 30 | 8.8 g |