The Ecological Register: Prairie Creek (1998)

Prairie Creek (1998)

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Basic information

Sample name: Prairie Creek (1998)

Reference: D. W. Sparks, J. A. Laborda, and J. O. Whitaker Jr. 1998. Bats of the Indianapolis International Airport as compared to a more rural community of bats at Prairie Creek. Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science 107:171-179 [ER 2721]

Geography

Country: United States

State: Indiana

Coordinate: 39° 17' N, 87° 30' W

Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Geography comments: a 650 ha site
coordinate based on Prairie Creek

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Environment

Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest

Substrate: ground surface

WMT: 24.6

CMT: -3.1

MAP: 1080.0

Habitat comments: "relatively pristine remnant of bottomland hardwood forest bordered by agricultural fields to the north, west, and south"
climate data are for the Kiewig Woods (39.4ºN, 87.5ºW) and are from Cowell and Hayes (2007, Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society)

Methods

Life forms: bats

Sampling methods: no design,mist nets

Sample size: 114 captures or sightings

Years: 1998

Net or trap nights: 23

Metadata

Sample number: 2886

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2018-04-14 16:11:31

Modified: 2018-04-14 06:11:31

Abundance distribution

8 species

1 singleton

total count 114

extrapolated richness: 10.3

Fisher's α: 1.961

geometric series k: 0.5656

Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7188

Shannon's H: 1.6097

Good's u: 0.9912

Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.

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Current reference: Shotwell 1968 (ER 3992)