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Integrated distribution modeling resolves asynchrony between bat population impacts and occupancy trends through latent abundance
Monitoring populations is challenging for cryptic species with seasonal life cycles, where data from multiple field techniques are...
NABat Coordination Team
Jun 171 min read
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Bridge Roost Discovery Application
This application was developed to bring accessibility and interpretability to BART predictions as a supplement to Oram et al. 2025 (...
NABat Coordination Team
Jun 171 min read
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Predicting bat roosts in bridges using Bayesian Additive Regression Trees
Human-built structures can provide important habitat for wildlife, but predicting which structures are most likely to be used remains...
NABat Coordination Team
Jun 172 min read
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NABat R Package Updates
The nabatr package was originally developed to query and analyze data contained within the North American Bat Monitoring Program (NABat)...
NABat Coordination Team
May 21 min read
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North American Bat Monitoring Program (NABat) OneHealth
USGS staff with the North American Bat Monitoring Program (NABat) recently released a new dataset. This dataset documents the results of...
NABat Coordination Team
Apr 172 min read
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North American Bat Monitoring Program Knitted Grid and Multi-scale Grid Covariates
USGS staff with the North American Bat Monitoring Program (NABat) have released knitted grid and multi-scale grid covariates. This data...
NABat Coordination Team
Apr 171 min read
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A novel method for estimating pathogen presence, prevalence, load, and dynamics at multiple scales
The use of quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) to monitor pathogens is common; however, quantitative frameworks that consider the...
NABat Coordination Team
Mar 152 min read
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December 2024 NABat Newsletter
IMPORTANT NABAT PARTNER PORTAL NOTICE Please be advised that the NABat Partner Portal will be temporarily unavailable on December 30,...
NABat Coordination Team
Dec 30, 20246 min read
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The state of the bats in North America
The North American Bat Monitoring Program (NABat) contributed to a manuscript recently published in the Annals of the New York Academy of...
NABat Coordination Team
Oct 21, 20241 min read
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North American Bat Monitoring Program: R Data Connection Package (NABatR) Version 1.1.0
USGS staff with the North American Bat Monitoring Program (NABat) have released version 1.1.0 of the North American Bat Monitoring...
NABat Coordination Team
Sep 24, 20241 min read
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NABat Summer Abundance Analysis 2012 - 2020
Estimating the abundance of unmarked animal populations from acoustic data is challenging due to the inability to identify individuals...
NABat Coordination Team
Jul 26, 20242 min read
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Summer Roost Site Suitability Analyses of Four North American Bat Species in the Eastern United States
USGS Fort Collins Science Center staff completed a data release containing the spatial raster outputs from analyses of summer roost site...
NABat Coordination Team
May 30, 20241 min read
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North American Bat Monitoring Program Predicted Northern Long-Eared Bat Occupancy Probabilities
USGS Fort Collins Science Center staff with the North American Bat Monitoring Program (NABat) completed a data release containing the...
NABat Coordination Team
May 29, 20242 min read
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Vignette Bayesian Site Occupancy Model Bat Acoustic Data
U.S. Geological Survey Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center staff with the North American Bat Monitoring Program (NABat) have released...
NABat Coordination Team
Mar 26, 20241 min read
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NABat R Package (nabatr) Update
NABat just released the updated NABat R Package (nabatr)! The North American Bat Monitoring Program: R Data Connection Package can be...
NABat Coordination Team
Feb 20, 20241 min read
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The AFWA Bat Working Group Passed Its First Resolution
The Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Bat Working Group (AFWABWG) recently passed a resolution that supports a more consistent...
NABat Coordination Team
Feb 15, 20242 min read
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Getting started with the NABat R package:
The NABat R package can be used to extract and summarize data from NABat projects and data requests. This package includes functions that...
NABat Coordination Team
Feb 14, 20242 min read
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Important Updates to NABat Partner Portal Login Credentials
Hello NABat Partner Portal Users, ScienceBase account registration and login is migrating to Login.gov to ensure enhanced safety and...
NABat Coordination Team
Nov 17, 20232 min read
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Attributed North American Grid-Based Offshore Sampling Frames
We have made available a sampling frame set of grid-based, finite-area frames spanning the offshore areas surrounding Canada, the United...
NABat Coordination Team
Apr 14, 20231 min read
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Field Data Apps
There's an increasing number of field apps available to support data collection in the field. The following list includes common apps...
NABat Coordination Team
Feb 22, 20231 min read
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Qalipu First Nation celebrates four years of NABat monitoring
The Qalipu First Nation Environment and Natural Resources (QENR) team celebrates four years of using NABat protocols to monitor bat...
NABat Coordination Team
Nov 14, 20221 min read
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NABat ML: Utilizing deep learning to enable crowdsourced development of automated, scalable solution
Bats play crucial ecological roles and provide valuable ecosystem services, yet many populations face serious threats from various...
NABat Coordination Team
Aug 23, 20222 min read
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Training dataset for NABat Machine Learning V1.0
Bats play crucial ecological roles and provide valuable ecosystem services, yet many populations face serious threats from various...
NABat Coordination Team
Jul 7, 20222 min read
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Upcoming photo contest
Info regarding photo submission and contest start/end dates will be announced at the end of the summer. PHOTO CATEGORIES 1. Surveys...
NABat Coordination Team
May 16, 20221 min read
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