Relationship between urbanization and bat community structure in national parks of the southeastern U.S.
Loeb SC, Post CJ, Hall ST. 2009. Relationship between urbanization and bat community structure in national parks of the southeastern U.S.. Urban Ecosystems. 12(2):197–214
This study examined the effects of urbanization and park size upon bat species richness and evenness, as well as regional bat biodiversity. Mist-nets and AnabatII acoustic detectors were used to survey bats in 10 national parks in the southeastern U.S. Surveys were conducted primarily from late May through mid-August 2004–2006 although brief spring mist-net and acoustic sampling sessions were conducted at Fort Pulaski NM, Ninety Six NHS, and Ocmulgee NM in 2005–2007. Three measures of bat community structure were calculated for each park: species richness, the Shannon diversity index and the Shannon evenness index. 2000 population density by block and the National Land Cover Dataset (NLCD) were used to determine human population density and land cover characteristics within 5 km of each park boundary.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Loeb, Susan; Post, Christopher; Hall, Steven
- Units
- CHAT , CHPI , FOMO , FOPU , FOSU , OCMU
- Keywords
- Absence (Biodiversity), Bats, Chiroptera, Diversity, Presence (Biodiversity), Species Richness, Taxa List Only, urban development