gobi bat project and acoustic detection of bats
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Gobi Bat Project and Acoustic Detection of Bats. Cori Lausen Birchdale Ecological Ltd. www.batsRus.ca. Great Gobi Strictly Protected Area Bat Project. Main Goals of Project: To determine what species of bats are in the GGSPA using mistnets and bat detectors. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Gobi Bat Projectand
Acoustic Detection of Bats
Cori LausenBirchdale Ecological Ltd.
www.batsRus.ca
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Great Gobi Strictly Protected Area Bat Project
Main Goals of Project:
1. To determine what species of bats are in the GGSPA using mistnets and bat detectors.
2. To record echolocation (bat ultrasound) from each species to know what each bat sounds like for identification without mistnet capture.
3. To teach Mongolian biologists about bat acoustics and how to use the bat detectors to learn more about bats in Mongolia.
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Great Gobi Strictly Protected Area Bat Project May 2011
BAT DETECTORS: ANABAT and SM2BAT
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Bat Detectors and Software Donated to Mongolia:
Titley Scientific (Australia) - Anabat
Wildlife Acoustics (USA) - SM2BAT
Joe Szewczak (USA) – Sonobat (analysis software)
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Two Types of Detectors
Wildlife AcousticsSM2BAT
Titley ScientificAnabat
Full spectrum
Zero-crossing
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Species of bats captured in Gobi
Vespertilio murinus
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Species of bats captured in Gobi
Eptesicus gobiensis
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Species of bats captured in Gobi
Hypsugo alashanicus
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Species of bats captured in Gobi
Myotis mystacinus
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Species Differences at a Glance
Vespertilio murinus
Eptesicus gobiensis
MINIMUM FREQUENCIES OF PULSES
Hypsugo alashanicusMyotis mystacinus
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Species Previously Known from Great Gobi Strictly Protected Area
Recorded but not captured May 2011
Photo: Ariunbold
Plecotus kozlovi
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Water as a Limiting FactorStudies in the Southwest USA (Rick Adams) have shown that bats do not move when their water source dries out, they just stop reproducing each year.
This means we need to keep checking for reproduction in dry areas with ephemeral water.
Enhancing Gobi’s water sources would be good for bats… it is currently being considered for bears (e.g. at Baran Tooroi).
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Khulan Holes-keeping water open for bats
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Making Bat-Friendly Water Troughs
• A way for them to crawl out of water (or they will drown)
• Appropriate size for all species of bats to benefit
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Understanding bat echolocationWe can’t hear bats.
Frequency of sound:Humans hear <20kHz Speech is <5
kHz
Most bats echolocate >20kHz (ultrasound).
We therefore need to transform ultrasound into a lower frequency using bat detectors.
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Sound• Sound is a wave.
Sound bounces off of objects providing echoes.
Object must be larger than one wavelength to reflect sound.
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Sound
A 35 kHz frequency has a wavelength of ~1 cm, and would therefore best detect this size of object.
• Sound is a wave.
Sound bounces off of objects providing echoes.
Object must be larger than one wavelength to reflect sound.
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Wave Length
• Wave length Increases as frequency decreases– 35kHz wave length = 10 mm– 70kHz wave length = 5 mm
• Shorter wavelengths (Higher Frequencies)– Can detect smaller objects– Provide finer detail
• Longer wavelengths (Lower Frequencies)– Travel further (Less absorbed by the air)
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Example of ultrasound from Gobi Bats….
Freq
uenc
y (k
Hz)
Time (s)
35 kHz allows bat to detect objects 1 cm.
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Freq
uenc
y (k
Hz)
Time (s)
Properties of bat echolocation. The effect of CLUTTER.
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Freq
uenc
y (k
Hz)
Time (s)
Properties of bat echolocation. The effect of CLUTTER.
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Freq
uenc
y (k
Hz)
Time (s)
Properties of bat echolocation. The effect of CLUTTER.
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Freq
uenc
y (k
Hz)
Time (s)
Properties of bat echolocation. The effect of CLUTTER.
Clutter:-trees-grass-ground-other bats-detector-insect prey etc.
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Freq
uenc
y (k
Hz)
Time (s)
Properties of bat echolocation. The effect of CLUTTER.
Clutter:-trees-grass-ground-other bats-detector-insect prey etc.
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Freq
uenc
y (k
Hz)
Time (s)
Properties of bat echolocation. The effect of CLUTTER.
Clutter:-trees-grass-ground-other bats-detector-insect prey etc.
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Freq
uenc
y (k
Hz)
Time (s)
Properties of bat echolocation. The effect of CLUTTER.
Clutter:-trees-grass-ground-other bats-detector-insect prey etc.
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Freq
uenc
y (k
Hz)
Time (s)
Properties of bat echolocation. The effect of CLUTTER.
Clutter:-trees-grass-ground-other bats-detector-insect prey etc.
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In High Clutter:
• Species/genera/families often converge– High slope– Short duration– Long frequency sweeps– Raised frequency
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Clutter … makes identification of some species challenging
Little Brown in low clutter
Northern Myotis(a bat that tends to stay in high clutter)
Little Brown in high clutter
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Mexican Freetail Bat
Big Brown Bat
• Two species of different families
• Produced at different levels of clutter
• Variation within an individual is much greater than between families!
Search-phase Continuum
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Freq
uenc
y (k
Hz)
Time (s)
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Feeding Buzz
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Tadarida brasiliensis
Eptesicus fuscus
• Two species of different families
• Produced at different levels of clutter
• Variation within an individual is much greater than between families!
Search-phase Continuum
SLIDE BY C. CORBEN, ANABAT WORKSHOPS
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To Understand Species Diversity in Mongolia
Collect reference calls from captured bats
-bat distributions can then be determined using bat detectors
-capture may not be required in many places of the country if a good reference call collection is established
-to evaluate whether taxonomic classifications are accurate, recording ultrasound from potentially cryptic species is important (e.g. Soprano vs Commom Pipistrelles in Europe)
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Obtaining Reference Calls from Captures
• Hand-released *• Zip-lining• Bat-kiting
*Try to obtain ‘free-flying’ calls so wait until the bat has flown out of the hand but is still within recording distance of microphone. Ideal if they circle back over you, or you can run after them!
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Reference Calls from BatsTethering Techniques
Zip-line
Bat-kite
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Effects of Releasing a Bat
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Analook View Unknown and Reference Files
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SonobatView Unknown and Reference Files