The Mammal Society’s Ecostat

The Mammal Society’s Ecostat will be a collection of tools designed to help interpret ecological data for a range of taxa and species.

Ecobat

Ecobat is the first of the Ecostat tools to be developed, providing a user-friendly online platform for interpreting bat activity data.

To access Ecobat click here

Ecobat compares surveys submitted by the user with a national reference dataset and objectively quantifies bat activity levels. It offers a web-based interface for depositing data rapidly and securely, automatically generating a numerical indicator of the relative importance of a night’s worth of activity, by contrasting with a comparable reference range. The output can be used by ecologists to accurately quantify what bat activity means for use during ecological impact assessments.

To contribute bat data, find out further information, or to assess the activity at your site click here.

 

 

 

Ecobat is a Mammal Society project in collaboration with the University of Exeter, National Biodiversity Network, Bat Conservation Trust and the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management.