Kikwit
Basic information
Sample name: Kikwit

Reference: H. Leirs, J. N. Mills, J. W. Krebs, J. E. Childs, D. Akaibe, N. Woollen, G. Ludwig, C. J. Peters, and T. G. Ksiazek. 1999. Search for the Ebola virus reservoir in Kikwit, Democratic Republic of the Congo: reflections on a vertebrate collection. Journal of Infectious Diseases 179(suppl. 1):S155-S163 [ER 389]
Geography
Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo

State: Bandundu


Coordinate: 5° 2' 19" S, 18° 49' 5" E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Geography comments: within the town of Kikwit proper (basis of coordinate)

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest

Altered habitat: inhabited area

Protection: unprotected

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 24.2

WMT: 24.5

CMT: 23.6

Habitat comments: a "densely populated town"
MAT, CMT, and WMT for Kikwit given by Reiter et al. 1999 (J Infect Diseases)

Methods
Life forms: bats

Sampling methods: no design,mist nets

Sample size: 134 individuals

Metadata
Sample number: 728

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-04-04 10:51:48

Modified: 2020-01-14 04:43:55

Abundance distribution
7 species
2 singletons
total count 134
geometric series index: 10.7
Fisher's α: 1.570
geometric series k: 0.4715
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5106
Shannon's H: 1.1153
Good's u: 0.9851
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Chaerephon pumilus9111.8 g
"Chaerephon pumila"
Micropteropus pusillus1126.1 g frugivore
Mops condylurus10 insectivore
Mops nanulus13 insectivore
Mops thersites1
Myopterus whitleyi1 insectivore
Scotophilus dinganii724.3 g insectivore