Avian Inventory in Northeast Temperate Network Parks
Trocki CL and Paton P. Avian Inventory in Northeast Temperate Network Parks. 2001-2004
Inventory of land and water birds in 7 parks in the Northeast Temperate Network, 2001-2004. Deliverables include a final report and spatial data. The goal of this project was to determine the spatial distribution and abundance of birds in seven of the national parks in the Northeast Temperate Network (i.e., Boston Harbor [BOHA], Minute Man [MIMA], Morristown [MORR], Roosevelt-Vanderbilt [ROVA], Saugus Iron Works [SAIR], Saratoga [SARA], and Weir Farm [WEFA]). Within each park, we were interested in comparing vertebrate abundance among species, habitats, and sites. Past surveys in parks have often been habitat specific with sampling non-randomly located, which has limited the spatial inferences that can be made from these historical datasets. Our inventory was designed using quantitative sampling techniques to calculate unbiased estimates of population and community parameters for a variety of birds. Using these techniques, data can eventually be used to assess changes in population sizes over both space and time.
- Type
- Project
- Authors
- Trocki, Carol; Paton, Peter
- Units
- BOHA , MIMA , MORR , NETN , ROVA , SAIR , SARA , WEFA
- Keywords
- 2003, Abundance, Bird, Inventory, Landbird, NETN, Paton, Point Count, Population, Trocki, Waterbird
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Birds
Products
- Locations of waterbird suveys conducted at the Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites (ROVA) along the Hudson River from February to May 2003
- Locations of variable circular plot (vcp) point count stations used for a 2002-2003 bird inventory in seven Northeast Temperate Network national parks - UTM 18
- Locations of variable circular plot (vcp) point count stations used for a 2002-2003 bird inventory in seven Northeast Temperate Network national parks - UTM 19