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NABat Summer Occupancy Analysis 2010-2019
We have made available our first set of results for one of three status variables for North American bats. Through this work we developed...
NABat Coordination Team
Mar 11, 20224 min read
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Statistical assessment on determining local presence of rare bat species
Abstract from Ecosphere article: Surveying cryptic, sparsely distributed taxa using autonomous recording units, although cost-effective,...
NABat Coordination Team
Mar 9, 20222 min read
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Status and Trends of North American Bats Summer Occupancy Analysis 2010-2019 Data Release
This data release contains the results from the North American Bat Monitoring Program's report titled 'Status and Trends of North...
NABat Coordination Team
Feb 23, 20222 min read
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North American Grid-Based Offshore Sampling Frames
This sampling frame is a set of grid-based, finite-area frames spanning the offshore areas surrounding Canada, the United States, and...
NABat Coordination Team
Jan 25, 20221 min read
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Analytical assessments in support of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 3-bat species status assessm
Beginning in February of 2020, researchers and staff of the United States Geological Survey (USGS), Bat Conservation International (BCI),...
NABat Coordination Team
Jan 7, 20221 min read
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Acoustic and Genetic Data Can Reduce Uncertainty Regarding Populations of Migratory Tree-Roosting...
Wind turbine-related mortality may pose a population-level threat for migratory tree-roosting bats, such as the hoary bat (Lasiurus...
NABat Coordination Team
Dec 31, 20211 min read
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The Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative National Bat Health Report - 2021
The Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative (CWHC) has released a report characterizing some of the major threats impacting bat species...
NABat Coordination Team
Aug 26, 20212 min read
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Spatial Gaussian processes improve multi-species occupancy models when range boundaries are uncert..
Species distribution models enable practitioners to analyze large datasets of encounter records and make predictions about species...
NABat Coordination Team
Jun 14, 20212 min read
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White-Nose Syndrome Killed Over 90% of Three North American Bat Species
New Study Unveils the Impacts of the Disease on Native Bat Populations White-nose syndrome has killed over 90% of northern long-eared,...
NABat Coordination Team
Apr 21, 20215 min read
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NABat: A top-down, bottom-up solution to collaborative continental-scale monitoring
Collaborative monitoring over broad scales and levels of ecological organization can inform conservation efforts necessary to address the...
NABat Coordination Team
Jan 17, 20211 min read
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NABat featured in new BCI publication
A recently published book from Bat Conservation International, Bat echolocation research: A handbook for planning and conducting acoustic...
NABat Coordination Team
Sep 20, 20201 min read
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NABat acoustic monitoring allows inferences about bat populations at multiple scales
North American bats face unprecedented risks from continuing and emerging threats including white-nose syndrome, wind energy development,...
NABat Coordination Team
Sep 2, 20201 min read
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Analysis of Colorado NABat data from 2016 and 2017
We analyzed detection/non-detection data from acoustic surveys of bat species in Colorado during the summers of 2016 and 2017. The goal...
NABat Coordination Team
Jan 2, 20201 min read
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Researchers evaluate the efficacy of NABat in Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management
A 2019 article published in the Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management found that North American Bat Monitoring Program (NABat) summer...
NABat Coordination Team
Dec 2, 20191 min read
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New study models decline in hoary bats using NABat monitoring data
A collaborative research effort based at Oregon State University – Cascades has concluded that summer hoary bat populations in the...
NABat Coordination Team
Sep 12, 20192 min read
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National Park Service releases regional NABat protocol for Pacific Northwest
The National Park Service recently published the first region-specific protocol for implementing NABat stationary acoustic surveys.
NABat Coordination Team
Sep 3, 20192 min read
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Texas culvert study utilizes NABat sample design
A recent Texas study, published in the Journal of Mammalogy, used the NABat generalized random-tessellation stratified (GRTS) survey...
NABat Coordination Team
Jun 12, 20191 min read
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Nebraska bat activity examined using NABat monitoring protocols
A recent master's thesis by Baxter Seguin of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln School of Natural Resources implemented NABat monitoring...
NABat Coordination Team
Jun 1, 20191 min read
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North American Bat Monitoring Program: Alberta 2019 Final Report
Executive Summary for the Final Report Nine species of bat occur in Alberta with at least five species considered to be susceptible to...
NABat Coordination Team
Mar 31, 20192 min read
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Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro use NABat Data to Disentangle Effects
Past research has shown that certain bat species respond differently to degraded water quality or urbanization on local scales. However,...
NABat Coordination Team
Oct 3, 20181 min read
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