ESTABLISHING A MONITORING AVIAN PRODUCTIVITY AND SURVIVORSHIP (MAPS) STATION

Why establish a MAPS Station? Constant-effort mist-netting protocols, such as MAPS, provide important information about bird populations including estimates of annual survival rates, productivity indices, age and sex structure, breeding status, and many other parameters that are useful to avian conservation efforts. Beyond the importance of contributing data to a continent-wide database and state-of-the-art research efforts, a MAPS station also provides an excellent opportunity to provide outreach and educational services in the local community.

MAPS Operator Resources - IBP provides the MAPS field protocol, forms, and many other essential resources for MAPS station operators.

Training Courses - Bander training courses are both scheduled and on-demand.

Publications - publications relating to analyses of MAPS data. A general overview of MAPS activities and other IBP programs can be found in our 2009 Annual Report

MAPS Chat is a periodic newsletter highlighting results and applications of MAPS monitoring:

MAPS Chat - Spring 2010
MAPS Chat - Spring 2009
MAPS Chat - Spring 2007
MAPS Chat - Spring 2004
      Color Images used in Spring 2004 MAPS Chat
MAPS Chat - Spring 2002

MAPS article and video - read the story of one MAPS station and see station operations in action by clicking the video icon at the end of the article.

 

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