| improved analysis of long-term monitoring data demonstrates marked regional declines of bat populations in the eastern united states. | bats are diverse and ecologically important, but are also subject to a suite of severe threats. evidence for localized bat mortality from these threats is well-documented in some cases, but long-term changes in regional populations of bats remain poorly understood. bat hibernation surveys provide an opportunity to improve understanding, but analysis is complicated by bats' cryptic nature, non-conformity of count data to assumptions of traditional statistical methods, and observation heterogeneit ... | 2013 | 23805192 |