North American Bat Monitoring Program (NABat) Master Sample and Grid-Based Sampling Frame
October 22, 2018
The NABat sampling frame is a grid-based finite-area frame spanning Canada, the United States, and Mexico consisting of N total number of 10- by 10-km (100-km2) grid cell sample units for the continental United States, Canada, and Alaska and 5- by 5-km (25km2) for Hawaii and Puerto Rico. This grain size is biologically appropriate given the scale of movement of most bat species, which routinely travel many kilometers each night between roosts and foraging areas and along foraging routes. A Generalized Random-Tessellation Stratified (GRTS) Survey Design draw was added to the sample units from the raw sampling grids (https://doi.org/10.5066/P9M00P17). This sampling design produces an ordered list of units such that any ordered subset of that list is also randomized and spatially balanced.
Citation Information
Publication Year | 2018 |
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Title | North American Bat Monitoring Program (NABat) Master Sample and Grid-Based Sampling Frame |
DOI | 10.5066/P9O75YDV |
Authors | Colin Talbert, Brian E Reichert |
Product Type | Data Release |
Record Source | USGS Asset Identifier Service (AIS) |
USGS Organization | Fort Collins Science Center |
Rights | This work is marked with CC0 1.0 Universal |