FBIP: Insectivorous bat monitoring in the Kruger National Park  - 2

Daniel Parker1, Mahlatse Kgatla2

1 University of Mpumalanga, Private Bag X 11283, 1200, Nelspruit, South Africa; 2 SANBI, 2 Cussonia Avenue, Brummeria, 0184, Pretoria, South Africa

Corresponding author(s): Daniel Parker (daniel.parker@ump.ac.za)

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Resource Citation

Parker D (2020): FBIP: Insectivorous bat monitoring in the Kruger National Park  - 2. v1.0. South African National Biodiversity Institute. Dataset/Occurrence. http://ipt.sanbi.org.za/iptsanbi/resource?r=parker_um_2017_v4&v=1.0

Abstract

The project aims to use a combination of ultrasonic bat detectors and live captures to survey bat species occurrence inside the Kruger National Park.

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation

Project details

Project title: FBIP: Insectivorous bat monitoring in the Kruger National Park - 2
Personnel: Daniel Parker
Funding: Foundational Biodiversity Information Programme
Study area descriptions/descriptor: South Africa (Limpopo), Kruger National Park

Data published through GBIF: http://ipt.sanbi.org.za/iptsanbi/resource?r=parker_um_2017_v4

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: Survey bat species
Taxonomic ranks
Class: Mammalia
Common names: Insectivorous bat

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: South Africa (Limpopo) Kruger National Park
Coordinates: 22°27'1.33''S and 22°24'50''S Latitude; 31°13'45.84''E and 31°18'38.81''E Longitude 

Temporal coverage: 01 January 2018 - 31 December 2018

Methods

Method step description: We sampled within the northern KNP, South Africa. Sampling at each site will be conducted seasonally using two SM4 Songmeters (Wildlife Acoustics, Concord, MA, USA) and through live-capture. We expect to sample for five consecutive nights in each austral season (with two sites sampled per night). Previous experience has shown that this approach is capable of adequately detecting the majority of bat species present along riverine systems in southern Africa (Parker & Bernard, unpublished data). If permitted by SANParks, we would also like to incorporate night drive transects (active surveys) using an ANABATSD2 with BatSatNav GPS (Titley Scientific, Australia) to complement our passive bat detectors and to provide a better indication of landscape use by bats.
Study extent description: South Africa (Limpopo), north of Kruger National Park
Sampling description: Samples were collected using a combination of mist nets and using a harp trap across sites.
Quality control description: NA

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive FBIP: Insectivorous bat monitoring in the Kruger National Park  - 2
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: http://ipt.sanbi.org.za/iptsanbi/archive.do?r=parker_um_2017_v4
Publication date of data: 2020-09-30
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2020-09-22
Hierarchy level: Dataset