Jennifer Szymanski

In Support of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 3-Bat Species Status Assessment: Wind Energy Influence

Through the North American Bat Monitoring Program, United States Geological Survey (USGS) provided technical and science support to assist in U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services’ Species Status Assessment (“SSA”) for the northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis), little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus), and tri-colored bat (Perimyotis subflavus). USGS facilitated the SSA data call, provided data archival for repeatable and transparent analyses, provided statistical support to assess the historical, current, and future population status for each of the three species, and developed a demographic projection tool to evaluate future viability of each species under multiple threat scenarios. These data represent the derived...

Categories: Data; Tags: Continental United States, Ecology, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), USGS-EMA-LOW-SB T&E: Bats, Wildlife Biology, All tags... farming, wind energy, Fewer tags

In Support of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 3-Bat Species Status Assessment: Winter Colony Count Analysis

Through the North American Bat Monitoring Program, Bat Conservation International and U.S Geological Survey (USGS) provided technical and science support to assistance in U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Species Status Assessment ("SSA") for the northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis), little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus), and tri-colored bat (Perimyotis subflavus). USGS facilitated the SSA data call providing data archival for repeatable and transparent analyses, provided statistical support to assess the historical, current, an future population status for each of the three species, and developed a demographic projection tool to evaluate future viability of each species under multiple threat scenarios. We...

Categories: Data; Tags: Ecology, North America, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), USGS-EMA-LOW-IS White-Nose Syndrome, USGS-EMA-LOW-SB SMC: Bats, All tags... USGS-EMA-LOW-SB T&E: Bats, Wildlife Biology, Wildlife Disease, bats, biota, endangered species, white-nose syndrome, Fewer tags

In Support of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 3-Bat Species Status Assessment: Predicted Wind Take Allocated To Hibernacula Each Year Under Current and Future Scenarios

Through the North American Bat Monitoring Program (NABat), United States Geological Survey (USGS) provided technical and science support to assist in U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services’ (USFWS) Species Status Assessment (“SSA”) for the northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis), little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus), and tri-colored bat (Perimyotis subflavus). USGS facilitated the SSA data call, provided data archival for repeatable and transparent analyses, provided statistical support to assess the historical, current, and future population status for each of the three species, and developed a demographic projection tool to evaluate future viability of each species under multiple threat scenarios. These data...

Categories: Data; Tags: Ecology, Southern Canada, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), USGS-EMA-LOW-SB T&E: Bats, United States, All tags... wind energy, Fewer tags

In Support of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 3-Bat Species Status Assessment: Status and Trends of Known North American Bat Populations for 3 Species from 1990-2020, Processed from the NABat Database Winter Colony Counts

The dataset is comprised of historical observations and predictions of winter colony counts at known sites for three bat species (Myotis lucifugus, Myotis septentrionalis, and Perimyotis subflavus). Predictions of abundance are made at each site for each year from 1990 to 2020. Predictions come from three models, including a piecewise constant interpolation model, and two variations of a log linear mixed effects model. These predictions were used in part to inform the SSA for the three bat species. The log linear mixed models regress log(count+1) on one predictor, the year since detection of Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd), giving estimates of the population rate of growth (trend) for each site. Flexibility for...

Categories: Data, Data Release - In Progress; Tags: North America, bats, demography, extinction and extirpation, farming, All tags... statistical analysis, wildlife disease, wind energy, Fewer tags

In Support of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 3-Bat Species Status Assessment: Future Projections of Known North American Bat Populations for 3 Species (2020-2060), Processed from the NABat Database Winter Colony Counts from 1990-2020

The dataset is comprised of site-level, regional-level, and species-level future population projections for three bat species (Myotis lucifugus, Myotis septentrionalis, and Perimyotis subflavus) under several future scenarios. Future scenarios can be used to assess population health, and were used in part to inform the SSA for the three bat species. Many different future scenarios are included, defined based on future wind development and white-nose syndrome impacts. Sheets within the table are labeled based on the spatial scale of the projections (species, regional, or site-level), and the scenario column in each sheet indicates which future scenario projections correspond to, labeled based on the severity of wind...

Categories: Data, Data Release - In Progress; Tags: North America, bats, demography, extinction and extirpation, farming, All tags... statistical analysis, wildlife disease, wind energy, Fewer tags