Bat Habitat Preference Model Parameters Near Wind Turbines

Model results estimate bat habitat preferences relative to wind turbine distance. The data contains the a-posteriori distribution of model parameters and 95% credibility intervals, calculated as mean values across 10 data sets. Parameters indicate main effects and interaction terms for habitat variables.

Use Cases

• Analyze the relationship between wind turbine distance and habitat preference using the main effect and interaction parameters.
• Validate regression model outputs by comparing estimated parameter values to the 95% credibility intervals.
• Assess bat foraging preference direction (positive or negative values) for specific habitat variables as defined in the model.

Strengths

• Includes 95% credibility intervals for model parameters, providing uncertainty estimates.
• Derived from 10 distinct data sets, with presented values as averages across these sets.
• Parameters explicitly define bat preference direction (negative or positive values) for habitat variables.

Limitations

• Very small data scale at 5.5 KB, indicating highly summarized model outputs rather than raw observational data.
• Unknown row and column counts limit assessment of the dataset's granularity and feature set.
• Contains only final model estimates, lacking the underlying bat observation or environmental data for independent analysis.

Provenance

Source

Figshare, authored by Johanna Hurst.

Collection Method

Output from a habitat preference statistical model (regression analysis).

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