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

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)

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

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.
Register
Artibeus jamaicensis16148.0 g frugivore
Artibeus phaeotis15213.1 g frugivore
"Dermanura phaeotis"
Artibeus intermedius12354.4 g frugivore
Glossophaga soricina7010.5 g frugivore-nectarivore
Noctilio leporinus3163.3 g insectivore-piscivore
Chiroderma villosum2823.4 g frugivore
Sturnira lilium1518.7 g frugivore
Pteronotus parnellii919.1 g insectivore
Artibeus lituratus768.5 g frugivore
Micronycteris megalotis86.4 g insectivore-carnivore
Molossus rufus936.5 g insectivore
Natalus stramineus35.3 g insectivore
Centurio senex419.0 g frugivore
Mormoops megalophylla315.1 g insectivore
Saccopteryx bilineata37.9 g insectivore
Nyctinomops laticaudatus110.4 g insectivore
Diaemus youngi140.3 g sanguinivore