Ledges State Park
Basic information
Sample name: Ledges State Park

Sample aka: Area A

Reference: T. H. Kunz. 1973. Resource utilization: temporal and spatial components of bat activity in central Iowa. Journal of Mammalogy 54(1):14-32 [ER 111]
Geography
Country: United States

State: Iowa


Coordinate: 41° 59' 27" N, 93° 53' 0" W
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Geography comments: coordinate based on Ledges State Park

Environment
Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest

Protection: national/state park

Substrate: ground surface

WMT: 23.9

CMT: -2.6

MAP: 1220.0

Habitat comments: well-drained upland with a nearby river floodplain
"Central Iowa is characterized by cold winters and moderately warm summers-the warmest temperatures on record are for July and August. The latest freezing temperatures in spring usually occur in April, and the earliest freezing temperaturesin autumn occur in October" (p. 17)
MAP stated in text; CMT and WMT based on climate station 72546 (Des Moines International Airport)

Methods
Life forms: bats

Sampling methods: no design,mist nets

Sample size: 531 captures or sightings

Years: 1967

Sampling comments: "Data are based mostly on a total of 83 net-nights" (p. 17)

Metadata
Sample number: 264

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: Albert Garcia Selles

Created: 2013-04-08 10:25:22

Modified: 2014-05-04 06:40:09

Abundance distribution
8 species
0 singletons
total count 531
geometric series index: 9.3
Fisher's α: 1.336
geometric series k: 0.4883
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6271
Shannon's H: 1.3382
Good's u: 1.0000
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Myotis lucifugus247.4 g insectivore
Myotis keenii914.7 g insectivore
Lasionycteris noctivagans2110.0 g insectivore
Perimyotis subflavus25.6 g insectivore
"Pipistrellus subflavus"
Eptesicus fuscus30217.2 g insectivore
Lasiurus borealis6011.5 g insectivore
Lasiurus cinereus2920.7 g insectivore
Nycticeius humeralis29.9 g insectivore