Andrews, C.; Dick, J.

Acoustic bat data, Cairngorms 2014

https://doi.org/10.5285/cee99bc4-15f7-42a0-bbbc-d3085ebfa486 Cite this dataset
This dataset provides nightly values for activity of two Pipistrelle bat species (Pipistrellus pipistrellus and Pipistrellus pygmaeus) with associated weather and weekly potential food resource data. Bat activity was recorded continually on three ultrasonic acoustic loggers for 185 days (31/04 to 01/11/2014) in an upland pine forest in the Cairngorms National Park, Scotland.
Publication date: 2015-09-25

Format

Comma-separated values (CSV)

Where/When

Study area
Temporal extent
2014-04-30    to    2014-11-01

Provenance & quality

Cross-checking accuracy of auto-identification software was crucial, and prior to use a 1000 records were cross-checked, and no mis-identifications of target species found. For continuity Pipistrelle bats left unresolved were assigned to species using 50KHz as the species delimiter. Wind direction cardinals was calculated from degrees using the following equation in Microsoft excel (=CHOOSE(INT(MOD(((WindDir*100) +1125),36000)/4500)+1,"N", "NE", "E", "SE", "S", "SW", "W", "NW"), whilst cloud base categories were established using the following equation (=IF(CloudBase<350,"Fog",IF(CloudBase >650,"High","Low")). Bat activity data was expressed as passes per hour, and was calculated by the total number of passes/hours in night.

Correspondence/contact details

Andrews, C.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Bush Estate
EH26 0QB Penicuik
Midlothian
UNITED KINGDOM
 enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

Authors

Andrews, C.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
ORCID iD icon https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2428-272X
Dick, J.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
ORCID iD icon https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4180-9338

Other contacts

Rights holder
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Custodian
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk
Publisher
NERC Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk

Additional metadata

Topic categories
Biota , Environment
Keywords
activity,  bat,  bioindicator,  Cairngorms,  Chiroptera,  common Pipistrelle,  environmental driver,  Pipistrelle,  Pipistrellus pipistrellus,  Pipistrellus pygmaeus,  Scotland,  soprano Pipistrelle,  upland
INSPIRE Theme
Environmental Monitoring Facilities
Spatial representation type
Tabular (text)
Spatial reference system
WGS 84
Last updated
20 May 2022 10:42

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CITE AS: Andrews, C.; Dick, J. (2015). Acoustic bat data, Cairngorms 2014. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/cee99bc4-15f7-42a0-bbbc-d3085ebfa486

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