BatTool: projecting bat populations facing multiple stressors using a demographic model

BMC Ecology and Evolution

Research

Jennifer Szymanski¹  Amber Schorg²  Wayne E. Thogmartin³  Ashton M. Wiens³ 

[1] U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Endangered Species, La Crosse Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office, 54650, Onalaska, WI, USA;U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services, Illinois-Iowa Field Office, 61265, Moline, IL, USA;U.S. Geological Survey, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, 54603, La Crosse, WI, USA;

关键词: Population ecology;    Cave-hibernating bats;    Wind energy;    Demography;    Matrix projection;    Population viability analysis;    Extinction risk;    White-nose syndrome;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12862-023-02159-1

 received in 2022-09-26, accepted in 2023-08-22,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

Bats provide ecologically and agriculturally important ecosystem services but are currently experiencing population declines caused by multiple environmental stressors, including mortality from white-nose syndrome and wind energy development. Analyses of the current and future health and viability of these species may support conservation management decision making. Demographic modeling provides a quantitative tool for decision makers and conservation managers to make more informed decisions, but widespread adoption of these tools can be limited because of the complexity of the mathematical, statistical, and computational components involved in implementing these models. In this work, we provide an exposition of the BatTool R package, detailing the primary components of the matrix projection model, a publicly accessible graphical user interface (https://rconnect.usgs.gov/battool) facilitating user-defined scenario analyses, and its intended uses and limitations (Wiens et al., US Geol Surv Data Release 2022; Wiens et al., US Geol Surv Softw Release 2022). We present a case study involving wind energy permitting, weighing the effects of potential mortality caused by a hypothetical wind energy facility on the projected abundance of four imperiled bat species in the Midwestern United States.

【 授权许可】

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© BioMed Central Ltd., part of Springer Nature 2023

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