Records of the cave-dwelling bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of Hispaniola with an examination of seasonal variation in diversity

• Autorzy: Nunez-Novas M.S. , Leon Y.M. , Mateo J. , Davalos L.M.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Despite a long history of scientific collection of bats, Hispaniola remains the least studied island of the Greater Antilles. Using standardized trapping methods during the wet and dry season at four major caves — Honda de Julián, La Chepa, Los Patos, and Pomier #4, we sampled a total of 1,472 individuals in four families, 11 genera and 12 species (of 18 recorded for the island). We report significantly fewer captures on the second night of sampling. We document seasonal variation in abundance of Macrotus waterhousii, Monophyllus redmani, and Artibeus jamaicensis, that results in 1–4 more species captured in the wet season. Additionally, singleton captures at all caves except for Honda de Julian produced wide confidence intervals in estimates of richness. Finally, we highlight the role of caves as major ecosystems for maintaining Hispaniolan mammal biodiversity. The high diversity recorded at La Chepa, together with possible declines at the historically very diverse Los Patos, highlight the conservation importance of all surveyed caves.

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Acta Chiropterologica
• Rocznik: 2016
• Tom: 18
• Numer: 1
• Opis fizyczny: p.269-278,fig.,ref.

Twórcy

autor

Nunez-Novas M.S.

• Museo Nacional de Historia Natural Profesor Eugenio De Jesus Marcano, Street Cesar Nicolas Penson esq. Maximo Gomez, Plaza de la Cultura, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
• Universidad Iberoamericana, Area de Ciencia Ambiental y Biologia, Av. Francia 129, Gazcue, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

autor

Leon Y.M.

• Instituto Tecnologico de Santo Domingo, Area de Ciencias Basicas y Ambientales, Ave. Los Proceres, Gala, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
• Grupo Jaragua, C/El Vergel 33, El Vergel, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

autor

Mateo J.

• Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo, Escuela de Biologia, Edificio de Alta Tecnologia, Ciudad Universitaria, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
• Consejo Dominicano de Pesca y Acuicultura, Edificio Ministerio de Agricultura, Los Jardines del Norte, Autopista Duarte Km. 6.5, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

autor

Davalos L.M.

• Department of Ecology and Evolution, and Consortium for Inter-Disciplinary Environmental Research, SUNY Stony Brook, 650 Life Sciences Building, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA

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Identyfikatory

DOI

10.3161/15081109ACC2016.18.1.016