Standard Operating Procedure 1: Preparation for the Field Season. Version 1.0. North American Bat Monitoring Program Regional Protocol for Surveying with Stationary Deployments of Echolocation Recording Devices.
Rodriguez RM, Rodhouse TJ, Barnett J, Irvine KM, Banner KM, Lonneker JJ, Ormsbee PC. 2019. Standard Operating Procedure 1: Preparation for the Field Season. Version 1.0. North American Bat Monitoring Program Regional Protocol for Surveying with Stationary Deployments of Echolocation Recording Devices.. National Park Service
This SOP describes the step-by-step procedures for preparing for field work and for preparing and organizing field equipment prior to the personnel training and entry into the field. Adequate preparation of equipment for the field and is crucial to a successful monitoring program.
- Type
- Standard Operating Procedure
- Authors
- Rodriguez, Rogelio; Rodhouse, Thomas; Barnett, Jenny; Irvine, Kathryn; Banner, Katharine; Lonneker, Jeffrey; Ormsbee, Patricia
- Date of Issue
- 2019
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- KLMN , UCBN
- Keywords
- acoustic recording, Bat Protocol, bats, Chiroptera, echolocation recording devices, GRTS, master sample, monitoring, North American Bat Monitoring Program, occupancy, trend
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Infestations and Disease | Animal Diseases , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Mammals , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | At-risk Biota | T&E Species and Communities