One model to rule them all: Identifying priority bat habitats from multi‐species habitat suitability models

Bats are important components of global ecosystems, providing essential ecosystem services with substantial economic benefit. Yet North American bat populations have been negatively affected by numerous factors (e.g., disease, habitat loss, and wind energy development) with compounding effects. Bats use habitats at a variety of scales, from small, isolated patches to large, contiguous corridors. Landscape‐level research is necessary to identify important habitats, patches, and corridors to strategically target management interventions. We created habitat suitability models (HSMs) for hoary bats (Lasiurus cinereus), eastern red bats (L. borealis), and tri‐colored bats (Perimyotis subflavus) across Illinois, USA using species-specific landscape and climate variables. With the 3 models from this study and a previously published HSM for Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis), we stacked binary HSMs, thereby identifying priority conservation areas across Illinois. Species exhibited different distribu..., ,

蝙蝠是全球生态系统的核心组成部分，可提供兼具重大经济价值的关键生态系统服务。然而北美蝙蝠种群正受到疾病、栖息地丧失、风电开发等多种因素的负面影响，且各类影响存在复合叠加效应。蝙蝠的栖息地利用覆盖多种空间尺度，范围涵盖小型孤立斑块至大型连续迁徙廊道。为精准制定管理干预策略，需开展景观尺度的研究以识别关键栖息地、斑块与廊道。本研究针对美国伊利诺伊州的银毛蝠（*Lasiurus cinereus*）、东方红蝠（*L. borealis*）及三色蝠（*Perimyotis subflavus*），基于物种特异性的景观与气候变量构建了栖息地适宜性模型（Habitat Suitability Models, HSMs）。结合本研究生成的3类模型与此前已发表的印第安蝠（*Myotis sodalis*）栖息地适宜性模型，我们对二元栖息地适宜性模型进行叠加分析，最终识别出伊利诺伊州全域范围内的优先保护区域。不同蝙蝠物种呈现出不同的分布……