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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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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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Winter abundance estimates coming soon!
Winter abundance analyses are underway. Stay tuned!
NABat Coordination Team
Mar 11, 20221 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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