ERMN Monitoring Streamside Bird (2011-ongoing)
Marshall M and Eastern Rivers and Mountains Network. ERMN Monitoring Streamside Bird (2011-ongoing). 2011-2025. National Park Service
Vital Signs Breeding Birds, Riparian Birds, Louisiana Waterthrush Rationale Birds are an important component of park ecosystems, have been extensively studied, and exhibit numerous characteristics that support their use as cost-effective ecological indicators. Moreover, birds are a high profile group with wide public interest and many parks provide information on the status and trends of the park’s avian community through their interpretive materials and programs. “Streamside birds” refers to the breeding bird community surrounding streams. The area sampled in this protocol is along the park streams which are typically forested including a closed canopy over the stream. Therefore the streamside bird community sampled is largely synonymous with and comparable to what other monitoring programs refer to as “forest birds”, “breeding birds”, and “land birds”. The important difference, and the purpose of including the term “streamside”, is not the bird community per se, rather that the physical area sampled is limited to the land area surrounding streams in each park. Monitoring Effort all ERMN parks except Upper Delaware SRR and Johnstown Flood NMem Monitoring Objectives Estimate occupancy, density, and/or indices of abundance annually for select bird species and guilds at the park (target stream network) and stream reach scale; Estimate trends among years in occupancy, density, and/or indices of abundance for select bird species and guilds at the park (target stream network) and stream reach scale; Calculate the Bird Community Index of biotic integrity annually at the park (target stream network) and stream reach scale; and Compare trends in occupancy, density, and/or indices of abundance for select bird species and guilds within ERMN parks to regional and continental trends. https://www.nps.gov/im/ermn/streamside-birds.htm Protocol: https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Collection/Profile/4292 Data: https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Collection/Profile/9556 Data Summaries: https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Collection/Profile/9964 Data Analysis and Publication: https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Collection/Profile/9963 Communication: https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Collection/Profile/9952
- Type
- Project
- Authors
- Marshall, Matt; Eastern Rivers and Mountains Network
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- ALPO , BLUE , DEWA , ERMN , FONE , FRHI , GARI , NERI
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Birds
Program
Products
- Streamside Bird Monitoring Data in Eastern Rivers and Mountains Network Parks (2011-2025) Data Package
- ERMN Website - Streamside Birds
- Streamside bird monitoring protocol for the Eastern Rivers and Mountains Network: Protocol narrative version 3.0
- SOP 1: Before the Field Season: Version 1.0. ERMN Streamside Bird Monitoring Protocol, Standard Operating Procedure
- SOP 2: Field Crew Training and Safety: Version 1.0. ERMN Streamside Bird Monitoring Protocol, Standard Operating Procedure
- Addressing challenges when studying mobile or episodic species: hierarchical Bayes estimation of occupancy and use
- Streamside bird monitoring protocol for the Eastern Rivers and Mountains Network: Quality assurance plan version 1.0
- Streamside bird monitoring in the Eastern Rivers and Mountains Network: Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site 2007–2019
- Streamside bird monitoring in the Eastern Rivers and Mountains Network: Bluestone National Scenic River 2009–2019
- Streamside bird monitoring in the Eastern Rivers and Mountains Network: 2007–2019 - Data and R code
- Streamside bird monitoring in the Eastern Rivers and Mountains Network: Fort Necessity National Battlefield 2008–2012
- Streamside bird monitoring in the Eastern Rivers and Mountains Network: Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area 2007–2019
- Streamside bird monitoring in the Eastern Rivers and Mountains Network: Gauley River National Recreation Area 2007–2012
- Streamside bird monitoring in the Eastern Rivers and Mountains Network: Friendship Hill National Historic Site 2008–2019
- Streamside bird monitoring in the Eastern Rivers and Mountains Network: New River Gorge National Park and Preserve 2007–2019
- NPS Web Article - Streamside Bird Monitoring in Fort Necessity National Battlefield
- NPS Web Article - Streamside Bird Monitoring in New River Gorge National Park and Preserve
- NPS Web Article - Streamside Bird Monitoring in Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
- NPS Web Article - Streamside Bird Monitoring in Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
- NPS Web Article - Streamside Bird Monitoring in Friendship Hill National Historic Site