Recommended methods for inventorying and monitoring landbirds in National Parks
Fancy SG and Sauer JR. 2002. Recommended methods for inventorying and monitoring landbirds in National Parks. National Park Service, Inventory and Monitoring Program. Fort Collins, Colorado
The purpose of this document is to help busy natural resource managers in national parks (and their contractors and cooperators) find the most appropriate methods for inventorying and monitoring bird populations in the hopes of developing some consistency in bird sampling approaches among parks and regional efforts. The appendix lists some recommended methods and sources of additional information for surveys of raptors, shorebirds, marsh birds, and colonial-nesting birds, but our focus is on methods that are appropriate for simultaneously sampling a large number of terrestrial bird species in a variety of habitats such as forests, deserts and grasslands. We identify some of the problems with existing programs that should be avoided, and highlight some of the promising, recent developments in the art and science of bird counting that people may not be aware of.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Fancy, Steven; Sauer, John
- Date of Issue
- 2002-05-05
- Publisher
- National Park Service, Inventory and Monitoring Program
- Units
- KLMN
- Keywords
- bird sampling, inventorying, Landbirds, Methods, Monitoring