In Support of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 3-Bat Species Status Assessment: Wind Energy Influence
Dates
Publication Date
2021-06-04
Start Date
2007
End Date
2020
Citation
Udell, B.J., Straw, B.R., Reichert, B.E., and Szymanski, J., 2021, In Support of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 3-Bat Species Status Assessment: Wind Energy Influence: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9V5H833.
Summary
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 species-specific [...]
Summary
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 species-specific index of potential wind energy influence of each NABat grid cell ("grid cell") from 2007-2020 derived based on the U.S. Wind Turbine Database after joining turbine locations to the NABat grid and aggregating at the grid cell. This metric is summarized for each grid cell and year, and reflects both the proximity of each grid cell to all wind energy locations on the landscape (with respect to the mean dispersal distance of each species in kilometers) and also the intensity (rated capacity in megawatts) at each location. It was derived based on the total rated wind energy capacities of grid cells, and the distances from grid cells with wind energy to all other NABat grid cells, the mean migration distance of each species, and an exponential dispersal kernel as a weighting function.
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Straw, B.R, J. A. Martin, J.D. Reichard, and B.E. Reichert, editors. Analytical Assessments in Support of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 3-Bat Species Status Assessment. Cooperator Report prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Geological Survey, United States Fish and Wildlife Service and Bat Conservation International. https://doi.org/10.7944/P9B4RWEU
The purpose of these data are to serve as a relative index of wind energy potential influence on bat distributions and activity patterns, which improves upon commonly used proxies such as distance to nearest wind turbine. These data vary in space and time based on the proximity (distance) of an NABat grid cell to wind energy facilities each year, the rated capacity (MW) of wind energy facilities, and the spatial scale of seasonal migration for each species. This metric can be included as a covariate in species distribution modeling of bats (e.g., occupancy modeling, activity modeling) to test statistical hypotheses or predict species distributions in space and time.
