Landbird Community Monitoring at Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve and Fort Caroline National Memorial, 2010
Byrne MW, DeVivo JC, Blankley BA. 2011. Landbird Community Monitoring at Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve and Fort Caroline National Memorial, 2010. Natural Resource Data Series. NPS/SECN/NRDS—2011/296. National Park Service, Natural Resource Stewardship and Science. Fort Collins, Colorado
Data were collected at 26 spatially-balanced random locations at the Preserve using an adaptation of the variable-circular plot (VCP) technique with distance estimation. Sampling activities occurred at the Preserve in April and again in May 2010. 653 birds representing 50 species were detected and the house finch was the only non-native species detected. An evaluation of sampling effort relative to the number of species detected indicated that the sample adequately characterized the bird diversity, and analyses suggest bird diversity is medium at the Preserve. Carolina wren, Northern cardinal, and tufted titmouse were detected at 92% or more sampling locations, and were the most widely distributed species at the Preserve.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Byrne, Michael; DeVivo, Joseph; Blankley, Brent
- Date of Issue
- 2011-09
- Publisher
- National Park Service, Natural Resource Stewardship and Science
- Units
- FOCA , NRSS , SECN , TIMU
- Keywords
- Birds, Distance estimation, Distribution, Fort Caroline National Memorial, landbird monitoring, Monitoring, Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve, variable-circular plot