A practical sampling design for acoustic surveys of bats

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1094-1102

  Rodhouse, Thomas J ^a,c   Vierling, Kerri T ^a   Irvine, Kathryn M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

bat detectors; bats; canyon bat; Chiroptera; monitoring; Parastrellus hesperus; probability based survey; spatially balanced sampling; survey design

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURVEY; ACTIVITY PATTERN; BAT; DISEASE INCIDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PROBABILITY; SAMPLING; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; STREAMWATER; SURVEY DESIGN; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; WIND POWER;

CHIROPTERA;

EID: 79959698729     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.151     Document Type: Article

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