Sample name: Los Tuxtlas (forest, 1990 - 1992)

Reference: A. Estrada, R. Coates-Estrada, and D. Meritt Jr. 1993. Bat species richness and abundance in tropical rain forest fragments and in agricultural habitats at Los Tuxtlas, Mexico. Ecography 16(4):309-318 [ER 451]

Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest

Altered habitat: fragment

Protection: biosphere reserve

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 27.0

MAP: 4964.0

Habitat comments: forest fragment areas "ranged from 1 to > 2000 ha" and my best guess based on Fig. 4 is that a majority are under 100 ha

Life forms: bats

Sites: 45

Sampling methods: no design, mist nets

Sample size: 1407 captures or sightings

Years: 1990 - 1992

Days: 90

Nets or traps: 15

Net or trap nights: 1350

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: captures were in "65 islands of vegetation" of which "45 were rain forest"
15 12 m x 3 m mist nets per site set in a grid pattern and sampled for two nights (45 x 15 x 2 = 1350 net nights); there were 8760 net hours across all 65 islands but there is no breakdown

Sample no: 808

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-04-16 14:27:29

Modified: 2020-06-05 06:48:15