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# WBWG Abstract

## General
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* Use symbols and accents where necessary


## Title
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* 16 words or less
* no punctuation after title unless it ends with a question mark.
* use either a scientific name (italicized) or a common name, but not both.
* capitalize first letter of each word except prepositions, articles, and species names.

## Abstract
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* 250 words or less
* use an acronym only after full spelling of a term has been referenced or defined


## Poster

Title: _Developing a multimethod approach to studying bats in cliffside terrain_




## brainstorming notes

broad to targeted

Methods:
* telemetry
* cliff survey
* guano & emergence
* community observations

Results:

Conclusions:
* recommend multipronged approach -- no one does the trick
* desc each has pro's and con's


abstract: 
* mile wide, knee deep
    * broad scope of surveying to targeted tracking
* skeleton it out <- which methods to include
    1. outreach: building raport to collect community observations
    2. observation follow up
    3. guano survey
    4. emergence survey
    5. telemetry

Introduce methods, describe, state poster discusses pro's and con's to each survey method

knowledge of bat behavior on cliffsides is hard/understudied because of how difficult it is to access terrain  and locate bats, requires a diverse skillset rarely found found among biologists)
answer questions requires novel and diverse approaches as each has pro's and con's to the type of information collected, requires interdisciplinary collaborations

#### Draft 1:
The need to locate, access, and monitor cliff hibernacula and roosts is well documented and discussed within the Western United States. However, the methods and strategies to accomplish these objectives remains in the experimental phase as most biologists lack the knowledge and ability to survey cliff faces. Even if the skillset is present within community to access a roost, identifying specific bat roost remains a significant hurdle. Locating and accessing these roosts requires a multi-methodological approach that utilizes interdisciplinary collaborations. Zion and Yosemite National Park have combined community outreach, guano surveys, radio telemetry, emergence surveys, and cliff searches to successfully identify roosts during both summer and winter seasons. We discuss the benefits and limitations of each method, their practical applications, and results from four years of monitoring efforts.

#### Draft 2: 
The need to locate, access, and monitor cliff hibernacula and roosts is well documented and discussed within the Western United States. However, the methods and strategies to accomplish these objectives remain in the experimental phase as the neccessary training for safely accessing highly variable cliffside terrain requires years of experience not formally taught in trade schools or traditional education systems. Even if a climbing skillset is present within a community, the ability to identify biological features of specific bat roosts remains a significant hurdle. Thus, locating and accessing cliffside bat roosts requires a multi-methodological approach which utilizes interdisciplinary collaborations across divisions, between agencies and with the public. Zion and Yosemite National Park have combined community outreach, guano surveys, radio telemetry, emergence surveys, and climbing transect surveys [I don't "climbing transects" would be the right wording to describe our sampling where we are identifying suitable features, then climbing into them to search for bats which has been our best winter method, we have done formal transects in the past but didn't have much luck] to successfully identify roosts during both summer and winter seasons. We discuss the benefits and limitations of each method, their practical applications, and results from four years of monitoring efforts.

#### Final Draft:
The need to locate, access, and monitor cliff hibernacula and roosts is well documented and discussed within the Western United States. However, the methods and strategies to accomplish these objectives remain in the experimental phase as the neccessary training for safely accessing highly variable cliffside terrain requires years of experience not formally taught in trade schools or traditional education systems. Even if a climbing skillset is available, the ability to search for roost features and identify roosts to describe ecologically relevant characteristics remains a significant hurdle. Thus, locating and accessing cliffside bat roosts requires a multi-methodological approach which utilizes interdisciplinary collaborations across divisions, between agencies and with the public. Zion and Yosemite National Park have combined community outreach, guano surveys, radio telemetry, emergence surveys, and targeted climbing surveys of suitable cliff features to successfully identify roosts during both summer and winter seasons. We discuss the benefits and limitations of each method, their practical applications, and results from four years of monitoring efforts.

