Shai Hills North
Basic information
Sample name: Shai Hills North

Reference: J. Decher. 1997. Bat community patterns on the Accra Plains of Ghana, West Africa. Zeitschrift für Såugetierkunde 62(3):129-142 [ER 1227]
Geography
Country: Ghana



Coordinate: 5° 57' N, 0° 4' W
Coordinate basis: stated in text

Geography comments: coordinate based on Shai Hills

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical savanna

Substrate: ground surface

Habitat comments: "a mosaic of Veuveria-Borassus grassland and Zanthoxylon-Capparis thickets"

Methods
Life forms: bats

Sampling methods: no design,mist nets

Sample size: 71 individuals

Years: 1991, 1992

Days: 6

Seasons: dry,wet or monsoon

Net or trap nights: 26

Sampling comments: nets were set "once each during the dry and early rainy season" for a total of 6 nights and 4.4 net units, apparently meaning 6 x 4.4 = 26 net nights

Metadata
Sample number: 1767

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2015-09-19 12:33:50

Modified: 2020-05-29 10:28:33

Abundance distribution
16 species
3 singletons
total count 71
geometric series index: 26.9
Fisher's α: 6.430
geometric series k: 0.8473
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.9024
Shannon's H: 2.5189
Good's u: 0.9589
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Micropteropus pusillus926.1 g frugivore
Laephotis capensis14.2 g insectivore
"Eptesicus capensis"
Neoromicia guineensis23.5 g
"Eptesicus guineensis"
Pseudoromicia rendalli36.0 g
"Eptesicus rendalli"
Glauconycteris variegata210.3 g insectivore
Hipposideros beatus12
Hipposideros commersoni5102 g insectivore
Hipposideros ruber39.6 g insectivore
Lavia frons624.1 g insectivore
Nycteris hispida56.0 g insectivore
Nycticeinops schlieffeni18.0 g
Pipistrellus sp.1
"Pipistrellus aegyptiacus": apparently a synonym of P. kuhlii, which is not present in West Africa
Pipistrellus nanulus53.5 g insectivore
Rhinolophus landeri29.2 g insectivore
Scotoecus albofuscus4
Scotophilus viridis nigritellus1018.0 g insectivore