Sample name: Amurum Forest Reserve (gallery forest)

Reference: E. C. Nwankwo and S. A. Manu. 2016. Diversity and abundance survey of bat species in Amurum Forest Reserve north-central Nigeria. International Journal of Science and Engineering Investigations 5(59):98-103 [ER 2786]

Habitat: tropical/subtropical savanna

Altered habitat: fragment

Protection: forest reserve

Substrate: ground surface

Habitat comments: "some fringing forests occurring around seasonal creeks and streams"
the general area is heavily deforested based on satellite photos, so this is a fragment

Life forms: bats

Sampling methods: no design,mist nets

Sample size: 99 captures or sightings

Years: 2014

Sampling comments: "Fieldwork was carried out between May and June, 2014... Two trapping stations of at least 100 m apart were established in each site. In each site, bats were captured using mist nets with a 36-mm mesh of 50-denier nylon (18 m long x 2 m high and 12 m long x 2 m high) and canopy mist net set up... In all, 54 independent capture stations were established with mist nets representing, at least, 1800 m2 of mist-net collecting surface operational for a total of 145 hours" across the four sites and "Nets were opened between 19:00 and 05:00 h at each site... bats comprising 9 species were recorded in 19 trap nights" (suggesting that sampling effort was uneven across sites)

Sample number: 3009

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2018-06-07 19:09:29

Modified: 2020-06-05 09:20:00