Tikal
Basic information
Sample name: Tikal

Reference: A. Meachem Rick. 1968. Notes on bats from Tikal, Guatemala. Journal of Mammalogy 49(3):516-520 [ER 440]
Geography
Country: Guatemala

State: El Petén

Coordinate: 17° 13' 20" N, 90° 37' 25" W
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark

Geography comments: coordinate based on Tikal

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Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest

Substrate: ground surface

WMT: 28.5

CMT: 24.0

MAP: 1700.0

Habitat comments: "quasi-rain forest" with "seasonal" rainfall
MAP given in text; CMT and WMT based on station 78583 (Belize City airport)

Methods
Life forms: bats

Sampling methods: mist nets, hand capture

Sample size: 148 individuals

Years: 1960, 1961

Net or trap nights: 0

Sampling comments: the "majority" of bats were mist netted but others were caught "while roosting" or from "thatched buildings"

Metadata
Sample no: 793

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-04-13 18:23:00

Modified: 2014-04-24 09:12:06

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
19 species
2 singletons
total count 148
geometric series index: 27.8
Fisher's α: 5.795
geometric series k: 0.8263
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8856
Shannon's H: 2.4798
Good's u: 0.9868
Register
Saccopteryx bilineata 317.9 g
Peropteryx macrotis macrotis225.9 g
Pteronotus parnellii fuscus921.2 g
Lampronycteris brachyotis 158.4 g
"Micronycteris brachyotis"
Mimon cozumelae 422.5 g
Trachops cirrhosus coffini631.4 g
Chrotopterus auritus auritus376.6 g
Glossophaga soricina leachii310.5 g
Carollia perspicillata azteca519.6 g
Carollia subrufa 2315.4 g
Sturnira lilium parvidens318.7 g
Platyrrhinus helleri 219.4 g
"Vampyrops helleri"
Vampyressa pusilla thyone29.0 g
Artibeus jamaicensis yucatanicus248.0 g
Artibeus lituratus palmarum468.5 g
Artibeus phaeotis phaeotis5
Centurio senex 119.0 g
Desmodus rotundus murinus133.5 g
Eptesicus furinalis gaumeri79.6 g