Acoustic bat monitoring in Alaska national parks: 2016-2018
Burger PA. 2020. Acoustic bat monitoring in Alaska national parks: 2016-2018. Natural Resource Report. NPS/AKRO/NRR—2020/2096. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado
The purpose of this study was to use acoustic monitors in multiple national parks in Alaska to determine when and where bats are active. Detectors were placed in the following locations: Bering Land Bridge National Preserve (2 locations in 2016) Denali National Park (7 locations in 2016 - 2018) Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve (2 locations in 2017-2018) Katmai National Park (1 location in 2016 - 2018) Kenai Fjords National Park (2 locations in 2016 - 2018) Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park (15 locations in 2016 - 2018) Lake Clark National Park (2 locations in 2016 - 2017) Wrangell-St.Elias National Park (5 stationary sites and two mobile transects in 2017-2018); three additional sites in Yakutat, just outside of the park These data will be used to determine the best locations for long-term monitoring of bat activity and to identify promising locations where more detailed studies such as bat capture, radio tracking, and other research may be conducted in the future. Planned work for 2019 includes deploying the loggers again in the parks that participated in prior years and deploying them early enough and long enough to capture the full season of bat activity at each of these locations. We also hope to expand acoustic monitoring to other locations to further identify places where bats are active and to determine what types of habits they may be using. We also plan to perform additional driving or hiking acoustic transects in Denali and Wrangell-St. Elias to look at bat activity over a wide range of areas and elevations.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Burger, Paul
- Date of Issue
- 2020-03
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- AKRO , BELA , DENA , GLBA , KATM , KEFJ , KLGO , LACL , NRSS , WRST
- Keywords
- Acoustic Monitoring, Alaska, Bats, BELA, Bering Land Bridge, California myotis, DENA, Denali, Glacier Bay, GLBA, KATM, Katmai, Keen myotis, KEFJ, Kenai Fjords, KLGO, Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, LACL, Lake Clark, little brown bat, long eared myotis, long legged myotis, National Park, silver haired bat, Wrangell-St. Elias, WRST, yuma myotis
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Mammals