Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park (July)
Basic information
Sample name: Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park (July)

Reference: A. Kofoky, D. Andriafidison, F. Ratrimomanarivo, H. J. Razafimanahaka, D. Rakotondravony, P. A. Racey, and R. K. B. Jenkins. 2007. Habitat use, roost selection and conservation of bats in Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park, Madagascar. Biodiversity and Conservation 16:1039-1053 [ER 374]
Geography
Country: Madagascar

State: Mahajanga


Coordinate: 18° 39' 30" S, 44° 45' 0" E
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Geography comments: "near Bekopaka village, on the northern bank of the Manambolo River"
coordinate based on ranges given in text

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest

Protection: national/state park

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 28.0

MAP: 456.0

Habitat comments: "The climate has distinct wet and dry seasons which extend from November to April and May to October, respectively" and sites were in "closed canopy deciduous forest... forest clearings of 'tsingy' rocks" and "forest/agriculture edges"
there is no climate station anywhere nearby on the actual west coast of Madagascar; MAP is based on Rakotoarivelo et al. 2007 and MAT is based on Menard et al. (2010, PNAS) and apply to Miandrivazo, which is well to the southeast at a higher elevation

Methods
Life forms: bats

Sites: 15

Sampling methods: no design,mist nets

Sample size: 306 individuals

Years: 2003

Days: 40

Net or trap nights: 220

Sampling comments: "five or six [mist] nets" of 6 or 9 m were open for four hours each night apparently every night "from 12 July to 20 August" (i.e., 40 nights and about 220 net nights)

Metadata
Sample number: 710

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-04-02 20:36:58

Modified: 2014-05-15 06:05:48

Abundance distribution
8 species
2 singletons
total count 306
extrapolated richness: 11.4
Fisher's α: 1.504
geometric series k: 0.5083
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7407
Shannon's H: 1.5192
Good's u: 0.9935
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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