Post-white-nose syndrome passive acoustic sampling effort for determining bat species occupancy within the mid-Atlantic region

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dc.contributor.authorDeeley, Sabrina M.en
dc.contributor.authorKalen, Nicholas J.en
dc.contributor.authorFreeze, Samuel R.en
dc.contributor.authorBarr, Elaine L.en
dc.contributor.authorFord, W. Marken
dc.contributor.departmentFish and Wildlife Conservationen
dc.contributor.departmentConservation Management Instituteen
dc.coverage.countryUnited Statesen
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-01T12:00:22Zen
dc.date.available2021-07-01T12:00:22Zen
dc.date.issued2021-06en
dc.description.abstractWe assessed the sampling effort requirements for detecting the presence of extant bat species following the impact of white-nose syndrome in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States. We acoustically sampled 27,796 nights across 846 sites between 15 May and 15 August 2016-2018 within the District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. We developed simulations to determine the number of sites required to document bat species when each site was sampled different numbers of nights. We examined these simulations with respect to land cover, physiographic region, and time period. We generally found that sampling a greater number of sample sites within a survey area increased detection more than increasing the number of nights at individual sampling sites. The sampling effort required to detect a given bat species varied by species, as well as land-cover type and physiographic region. Our results suggest that land managers and researchers should use caution in using protocols developed with other objectives, e.g., the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service endangered and threatened bat species and the North American Bat monitoring programs? methods are designed relative to their specific needs. Unfortunately, neither protocol may be adequate for accurately detecting bat communities within all mid-Atlantic areas.en
dc.description.adminPublic domain – authored by a U.S. government employeeen
dc.description.notesWe thank T. Calhoun, S. Dermody, R. Lesagonicz, G. Mosley, A. Freeze, A. Scott, H. Taylor, L. Rohrbaugh and V. Wolfgang for their assistance with fieldwork. Funding was provided by the National Park Service National Capital and Northeast Region, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Virginia Ecological Services Office, the U.S. Army Installation Command, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Wallops Flight Facility through numerous cooperative agreements with the Virginia Tech Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation.en
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Park Service National Capital and Northeast Region; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Virginia Ecological Services Office; U.S. Army Installation Command; National Aeronautics and Space Administration Wallops Flight Facility; Virginia Tech Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservationen
dc.description.versionPublished versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107489en
dc.identifier.eissn1872-7034en
dc.identifier.issn1470-160Xen
dc.identifier.other107489en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/104077en
dc.identifier.volume125en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rightsPublic Domainen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/en
dc.subjectBatsen
dc.subjectSampling methodsen
dc.subjectPassive acousticsen
dc.subjectmid-Atlanticen
dc.subjectNorthern long-eared baten
dc.subjectMyotis septentrionalisen
dc.titlePost-white-nose syndrome passive acoustic sampling effort for determining bat species occupancy within the mid-Atlantic regionen
dc.title.serialEcological Indicatorsen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
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