Tikal
Basic information
Sample name: Tikal
Reference: A. Meachem Rick. 1968. Notes on bats from Tikal, Guatemala. Journal of Mammalogy 49(3):516-520 [ER 440]
Geography
Country: Guatemala
State: El Petén
Coordinate: 17° 13' 20" N, 89° 37' 25" W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Geography comments: coordinate based on Tikal
Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest
Substrate: ground surface
WMT: 28.5
CMT: 24.0
MAP: 1700.0
Habitat comments: "quasi-rain forest" with "seasonal" rainfall
MAP given in text; CMT and WMT based on station 78583 (Belize City airport)
MAP given in text; CMT and WMT based on station 78583 (Belize City airport)
Methods
Life forms: bats
Sampling methods: mist nets,hand capture
Sample size: 148 individuals
Years: 1960, 1961
Sampling comments: the "majority" of bats were mist netted but others were caught "while roosting" or from "thatched buildings"
Metadata
Sample number: 793
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2014-04-13 18:23:00
Modified: 2014-04-24 09:12:06
Abundance distribution
19 species
2 singletons
total count 148
extrapolated richness: 27.8
Fisher's α: 5.795
geometric series k: 0.8263
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8856
Shannon's H: 2.4798
Good's u: 0.9868
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Register
| Saccopteryx bilineata | 31 | 7.9 g insectivore |
| Peropteryx macrotis macrotis | 22 | 5.9 g insectivore |
| Pteronotus parnellii fuscus | 9 | 19.1 g insectivore |
| Lampronycteris brachyotis | 15 | 12.0 g insectivore-carnivore |
| "Micronycteris brachyotis" | ||
| Mimon cozumelae | 4 | 22.5 g insectivore |
| Trachops cirrhosus coffini | 6 | 31.4 g insectivore-carnivore |
| Chrotopterus auritus auritus | 3 | 76.6 g insectivore-carnivore |
| Glossophaga soricina leachii | 3 | 10.5 g frugivore-nectarivore |
| Carollia perspicillata azteca | 5 | 19.6 g frugivore |
| Carollia subrufa | 23 | 15.4 g frugivore |
| Sturnira lilium parvidens | 3 | 18.7 g frugivore |
| Platyrrhinus helleri | 2 | 15.6 g frugivore |
| "Vampyrops helleri" | ||
| Vampyressa pusilla thyone | 2 | 9.0 g frugivore |
| Artibeus jamaicensis yucatanicus | 2 | 48.0 g frugivore |
| Artibeus lituratus palmarum | 4 | 68.5 g frugivore |
| Artibeus phaeotis phaeotis | 5 | 13.1 g frugivore |
| Centurio senex | 1 | 19.0 g frugivore |
| Desmodus rotundus murinus | 1 | 33.5 g sanguinivore |
| Eptesicus furinalis gaumeri | 7 | 9.6 g insectivore |