Landbird Community Monitoring at Fort Matanzas National Monument, 2010
Byrne MW, DeVivo JC, Blankley BA. 2011. Landbird Community Monitoring at Fort Matanzas National Monument, 2010. Natural Resource Data Series. NPS/SECN/NRDS—2011/297. National Park Service, Natural Resource Stewardship and Science. Fort Collins, Colorado
Data were collected at ten spatially-balanced random locations at the Monument using an adaptation of the variable-circular plot (VCP) technique with distance estimation. Sampling activities occurred at the Monument in late April and again in late May in 2010. 3,216 birds representing 52 species were detected and included no non-native bird species. Monitoring efforts resulted in the addition of three new species to the Monument’s official species list: cliff swallow, blackpoll warbler, and blue-winged warbler. 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 moderate at the Monument. Carolina wren and Northern cardinal were the most widely distributed species detected at the Monument, followed closely by laughing gull, Eastern towhee, gray catbird, least tern, and tufted titmouse
- 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
- FOMA , NRSS , SECN
- Keywords
- Birds, Distance estimation, Distribution, Fort Matanzas National Monument, landbird monitoring, Monitoring, variable-circular plot