Landbird Community Monitoring at Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, 2009
Byrne MW, DeVivo JC, Asper JR, Blankley BA. 2011. Landbird Community Monitoring at Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, 2009. Natural Resource Data Series. NPS/SECN/NRDS—2011/307. National Park Service, Natural Resource Stewardship and Science. Fort Collins, Colorado
Data were collected at 30 spatially-balanced random locations at the Park using an adaptation of the variable-circular plot (VCP) technique with distance estimation. Sampling activities occurred at the Park in May and June 2009. 774 birds representing 60 species were detected, including one non-native species, house finch. Monitoring efforts resulted in the addition of one new species to the Park’s official species list: blue grosbeak. An evaluation of sampling effort relative to the number of species detected indicated that the sample adequately characterized bird diversity, and analyses suggest bird diversity is high at the Park. Northern cardinal, Carolina wren, and tufted titmouse were the most widely distributed species at the Park; detected at 90 – 93% of sampling locations. Red-eyed vireo, dark-eyed junco, and red-bellied woodpecker were the second-most widely distributed species at the Park, detected at approximately three-quarters of the sampling locations.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Byrne, Michael; DeVivo, Joseph; Asper, Jennifer; Blankley, Brent
- Date of Issue
- 2011-09
- Publisher
- National Park Service, Natural Resource Stewardship and Science
- Units
- KEMO , NRSS , SECN
- Keywords
- Birds, Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, landbird monitoring, Monitoring, variable-circular plot