Accounting for false‐positive acoustic detections of bats using occupancy models
Abstract
Acoustic surveys have become a common survey method for bats and other vocal taxa. Previous work shows that bat echolocation may be misidentified, but common analytic methods, such as occupancy models, assume that misidentifications do not occur. Unless rare, such misidentifications could lead to incorrect inferences with significant management implications.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 2014
- Source ID
- 10.1111/1365-2664.12303
Entities
People
- James D. Nichols
- Joseph M. Szewczak
- Matthew J. Clement
- Patricia C. Ormsbee
- Thomas J. Rodhouse
Organizations
- California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt
- National Park Service
- Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
- United States Department of Defense
- United States Fish and Wildlife Service
- United States Forest Service