Year 1 Field Work Report: Utah Bat Monitoring Protocol

Abstract

In consideration of the findings of previous research, we designed a two-level monitoring protocol that would specifically address Department of Defense (DoD) and the State of Utah management objectives regarding 1) landscape scale bat ecology issues and 2) statewide bat demographics. To address the former, we developed a landscape level bat monitoring protocol to meet DoD and Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (UDWR) bat management goals (SIKES ACT; UDWR 2005). We conducted a thorough review of refereed and government report-based literature pertaining to landscape level bat monitoring. We also utilized academic resources in Utah. The objective of this study was to estimate the detectability and occupancy of bat species across covariates in Utah. Overtime, these estimates should be able to detect significant changes in bat species populations, a very difficult and coveted piece of information to detect.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 28, 2010
Accession Number
ADA534580

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People

  • Ben Sutter
  • Joel M. Diamond
  • Kimberly A. Hersey
  • Lauren B. Wilson
  • Robert N. Knight

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Detectors
  • Acoustic Equipment
  • Birds
  • California
  • Cells
  • Databases
  • Department Of Defense
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Ecology
  • Habitats
  • Information Systems
  • Natural Resources
  • United States
  • Water Resources
  • Wildlife
  • Wildlife Management

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