Mountain Birdwatch: Protocol and Standard Operating Procedures for Monitoring High-elevation Landbirds in the Northern Appalachian and Laurentian Regions
Hart JA and Lambert JD (ed). 2008. Mountain Birdwatch: Protocol and Standard Operating Procedures for Monitoring High-elevation Landbirds in the Northern Appalachian and Laurentian Regions. Vermont Center for Ecostudies. Norwich, VT
This protocol represents an effort to strengthen monitoring of high-elevation landbirds from theCatskill Mountains of New York to the Cape Breton Highlands of Nova Scotia through improvedcoordination, statistical design, and data management. It builds on knowledge and experiencegained by several institutions over sixteen years of mountain bird research and monitoring in theregion. A standardized international protocol, aligned with the information needs of landstewards and policy-makers, will promote conservation of a vulnerable bird community. Aunified approach will also achieve efficiencies necessary to sustain high-elevation landbirdmonitoring over the long term.
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Date of Issue
- 2008-12
- Publisher
- Vermont Center for Ecostudies
- Units
- APPA , IMDP , NETN
- Keywords
- Appalachian, AT, bicknell's thrush, Breeding Landbird, citizen science, Distance Sampling, Forest birds, High Elevation, Monitoring, NETN, Point Counts, Protocols, Song Birds
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Forest/Woodland Communities , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Birds , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | At-risk Biota | T&E Species and Communities