Standard Operating Procedure 4: Locating and Establishing Detector Locations. 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 4: Locating and Establishing Detector Locations. Version 1.0. North American Bat Monitoring Program Regional Protocol for Surveying with Stationary Deployments of Echolocation Recording Devices.. National Park Service
The purpose of this SOP is to describe the step-by-step procedures for establishing detector locations for acoustic monitoring surveys of bat populations. This SOP begins where SOPs 1, 2, and 3 leave off, with field preparations complete, crews trained and ready to hit the field with detector equipment, GPS units, and field reference maps.
- 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