A guide to processing bat acoustic data for the North American Bat Monitoring Program (NABat)
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Abstract
The North American Bat Monitoring Program (NABat) aims to improve the state of conservation science for all species of bats shared by the United States, Canada, and Mexico. To accomplish this goal, NABat offers guidance and standardized protocols for acoustic monitoring of bats. In this document, “A Guide to Processing Bat Acoustic Data for the North American Bat Monitoring Program (NABat),” we provide general recommendations and specific workflows for the process of identifying bat species from acoustic files recorded using the NABat stationary point and mobile transect acoustic monitoring protocols.
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Reichert, B., and Lausen, C., Loeb, S., Weller, T., Allen, R., Britzke, E., Hohoff, T., Siemers, J., Burkholder, B., Herzog, C., and Verant, M., 2018, A guide to processing bat acoustic data for the North American Bat Monitoring Program (NABat): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2018–1068, 33 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20181068.
ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Step 1. Attribute Acoustic Files
- Step 2. Noise Scrubbing
- Step 3. Auto ID
- Step 4. Manual Vetting
- Step 5. Submit to NABat
- Chapter 1. Processing Acoustic Data Using Kaleidoscope Pro Version 4.3.2
- Chapter 2. Processing Full Spectrum Acoustic Data Using SonoBat 4.2.1
- Chapter 3. Processing Acoustic Data Using Bat Call Identification ver. 2.7d (BCID)
- Chapter 4. Processing Zero-Cross Acoustic Data Using EchoClass v 3.1
- Chapter 5. Processing Zero-Cross Acoustic Data Using AnaLookW 4.2n
- References
- Appendix A. Case Study—Using Rule Sets to Process Acoustic Data for USDA Forest Service Lands in Northern California
- Appendix B. Additional Guidance for AnaLookW
- Appendix C. Bat Auto ID Species Confusion Matrix
Publication type | Report |
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Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
Title | A guide to processing bat acoustic data for the North American Bat Monitoring Program (NABat) |
Series title | Open-File Report |
Series number | 2018-1068 |
DOI | 10.3133/ofr20181068 |
Year Published | 2018 |
Language | English |
Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
Publisher location | Reston, VA |
Contributing office(s) | Fort Collins Science Center |
Description | vi, 33 p. |
Online Only (Y/N) | Y |
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