Accounting for spatial autocorrelation and environment are important to derive robust bat population trends from citizen science data

• Main Authors: Browning, Ella, Freeman, Robin, Boughey, Katherine L, Jones, Kate E, Isaac, Nick JB
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2022
• Subjects: Laplace; Nyctalus noctula; Pipistrellus pipistrellus
• Online Access: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10144273/9/Jones_1-s2.0-S1470160X2200190X-main.pdf; https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10144273/

Monitoring wildlife populations is essential if global targets to reverse biodiversity declines are to be met. Recent analysis of data from the UK’s long-term National Bat Monitoring Programme (NBMP) suggests stable or increasing population trends for many bat species, and these statistics help info...