IBP - the MAPS Program

MAPS: MONITORING AVIAN PRODUCTIVITY AND SURVIVORSHIP

What is the MAPS Program?

The MAPS program is a continent-wide collaborative effort among public agencies, non-governmental groups, and individuals to assist the conservation of birds and their habitats through bird banding. Most avian monitoring programs count or estimate numbers of birds to track changes in population. Estimates of population trends are useful but limited in their capacity to reveal underlying causes of observed trends in population sizes.

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MAPS bird banders collect data that can be used to estimate key demographic parameters- also known as vital rates- like productivity, recruitment, and survival of individual bird species. This information helps scientists understand which life-stages may be most important in limiting population growth or causing declines.

Since 1989, more than 1,200 MAPS stations spread across nearly every state and Canadian province have collected more than 2.5 million bird capture records.

Why is MAPS Important?

Examining vital rates can enhance the effectiveness of conservation efforts so that limited conservation dollars can be directed to the times and places in the annual cycle where they are most needed.

MAPS data provide insights into important questions such as:

What factors drive avian population declines?
Where are problems most acute, on the breeding or non-breeding grounds?
What drives differences in trends between particular regions or habitats?
What is the relationship between population change and weather, climate, or habitat loss?
What can we do to reverse declines?

How Does MAPS Work?

MAPS banding stations use a system of fine mesh nets to capture birds for banding during the summer nesting season. They follow a standardized, constant-effort protocol so that data from different stations or years can be compared. Stations are operated by scientists, land managers, and banders working independently, or with diverse organizations including public agencies, universities, and NGOs; sometimes they are even operated directly by IBP under contract. MAPS operators collect information on the age, sex, body condition, and reproductive status of hundreds of species. Captured birds are given a lightweight, numbered aluminum leg band and released unharmed. Subsequent recapture data provide information on survival, reproductive rates, movement patterns.

What have we learned from MAPS to date?

IBP and our collaborators have published more than 100 peer-reviewed papers and hundreds of reports on the vital rates of landbirds, and their relationships to climate, habitat, land management actions and other environmental variables. Some of the most important findings include:

Survival of adult and first year birds is often as or more important than productivity in driving population declines. This highlights the importance of wintering grounds and migration routes.
Conditions on wintering grounds and migration routes affect the survival rates and possibly reproductive success of birds the following summer, a phenomenon known as “carry-over effect.”
"Molt migration," or migration to a separate habitat for the purpose of molting, is more widespread among North American landbirds than previously thought.

Using MAPS Data in Your Research

Ecologists recognize the value of long-term monitoring, but rarely have the luxury of working with vast, meticulously curated datasets. The robust and geographically-extensive data sets from MAPS and MoSI,which monitors Neotropical migrant birds on their wintering grounds, can help answer diverse questions about avian ecology. MAPS and MoSI data are readily available for free to scientists researching important issues in bird conservation. Do you have a research question for which MAPS or MoSI data might prove useful? For more information about a potential collaboration, or to request MAPS or MoSI data, please contact Steve Albert.

How You Can Participate

One key collaboration is with the Bird Genoscape Project. Protecting birds during all phases of their annual cycle is essential but, until recently, it was very difficult to determine where a bird caught in the summer spends the winter, or vice versa. Advances in rapid, inexpensive DNA sequencing have yielded great progress in linking breeding, migration, and wintering locales at the population level. Banders participating in MAPS, along with its sister program, help collect the necessary DNA samples by plucking a single feather from a bird during banding.

A recent study used over a thousand feather samples from MAPS, MoSI, and other bird banding stations to show how high-resolution genetic markers can be used to identify distinct populations of Wilson's Warblers during multiple phases of their annual migration cycle. Knowing where different populations winter can make conservation efforts more successful. For instance, identifying the wintering area for the Southwestern Willow Flycatcher could help protect this federally endangered species.

Photo Credits: Top of Panel, Janet and Phil

MAPS AND CLIMATE CHANGE

Data from the MAPS program form the basis of much of IBP’s work assessing and predicting the effects of climate change on birds. Scientists have hypothesized that climate change, which is leading to earlier springs, may cause more phenological (timing), mismatches between birds and their food sources because plants, insects, and the birds that eat them may adjust to the earlier springs at different rates. A recent study by Dr. Casey Youngflesh of Clemson University, as well as colleagues from IBP, UCLA, and other institutions, used 18 years of MAPS data on 41 songbird species to examine phenological mismatch between breeding songbirds and spring “green-up.” They also explored the consequences of mismatch for birds’ productivity, or the number of young they produce.

The researchers found that spring is indeed occurring earlier than in past decades and that birds are responding to this shift in timing, but not quickly enough.

This phenological mismatch has consequences. The study showed that when birds experienced larger mismatches, they produced fewer young. This loss of productivity could have significant implications for bird populations. The researchers estimated that if climate change proceeds as projected, the number of young that birds produce could decline by about 12% by the end of the century. This is concerning given the population declines many of these species have experienced over the last 50 years.

An earlier study by Youngflesh and colleagues from IBP and UCLA used MAPS data to explore how climate change is affecting the size and shape of birds. Using more than 250,000 banding records from 105 bird species, they found that within species, smaller body size was associated with warmer temperatures over space and time. Individuals breeding at lower latitudes are smaller, and as the climate warms, individuals at a given latitude are getting even smaller over time. A smaller body size increases the ratio of surface area to volume which makes it easier for an organism to shed heat.

While species do seem to be adapting their body size to a warmer climate, body size responded more slowly over time than it did over space (latitude). This suggests that birds may not be changing their morphology quickly enough to keep up with the warming climate. Youngflesh and colleagues note that populations and species of birds that already live in hot, arid environments may be especially at risk as climate warms because they are closer to their maximum tolerable temperatures.

As the MAPS program continues to add years and locations to its dataset, its value in studying the effects of climate change on bird populations will also continue to grow.

Photo Credits: Carolina Wren, Matt Ward; Prothonotary Warbler, Andy Reago and Chrissy McClarren.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Peer-reviewed Publications Authored by IBP Personnel

Miller, C.V., C.M. Bossu, J.F. Sarraco, D.P.L. Toews, C.S. Rushing, A. Roberto-Charron, J.A. Tremblay, R.B. Chandler, M.G. DeSaix, C.J. Fiss, J.L. Larkin, S. Haché, S. Nebel and K.C. Ruegg. 2024. Genomics-informed conservation units reveal spatial variation in climate vulnerability in a migratory bird. Molecular Ecology 33:e17199. PDF

Youngflesh, C., J.F. Saracco, R.B. Siegel and M.W. Tingley. 2024. Reply to: Shrinking body size may not provide meaningful thermoregulatory benefits in a warmer world. Nature Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02308-1

DeSaix, M.G., E.C. Anderson, C.M. Bossu, C.E. Rayne, T.M. Schweizer, N.J. Bayly, D.S. Narang, J.C. Hagelin, H. Lisle Gibbs, J.F. Saracco, T.W. Sherry, M.S. Webster, T.B. Smith, P.P. Marra and K.C. Ruegg. 2023. Low-coverage whole genome sequencing for highly accurate population assignment: Mapping migratory connectivity in the American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla). Molecular Ecology 32:5528-5540. DOI: 10.1111/mec.17137

Pyle, P., L. DeCiccio, D. Gochfeld, A. Jaramillo, A.W. Kratter, M.W. Lockwood, M. Mutchler, and D. Sibley. 2023. 34th Report of the ABA Checklist Committee 2023. North American Birds 74(2):4-9. PDF

Pyle, P., S.N.G. Howell, D.I. Rogers, and C. Corben. 2024. Moult terminology: envisioning an evolutionary approach. Journal of Avian Biology 2024:e03169. PDF

Youngflesh, C., G.A. Montgomery, J.F. Saracco, D.A.W. Millerd, R.P. Guralnicke, A.H. Hurlbert, R.B. Siegel, R. LaFrancee, and M.W. Tingley. 2023. Demographic consequences of phenological asynchrony for North American songbirds. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 28:e2221961120. PDF

Albert, S., C.J. Ralph, A. Hannuksela, W.H. Sakai, A. Nelson, C. Kondrat, M. Krzywicki, H. Garrod, C. Woolley, and C. Stuyck. 2022. Is the term "bird banding" obsolete? And what should we do about it? North American Bird Bander 47:199-200. PDF

Kaschube, D.R., J.F. Saracco, C. Ray, C.M. Godwin, K.R. Foster, and P. Pyle. 2022. Minimum capture-recapture rates and years of banding station operations to obtain reliable adult annual survival estimates. Journal of Field Ornithology 93:7. PDF

Pyle, P. 2022. Identification Guide to North American Birds, Part 1, 2nd Edition. Slate Creek Press, Forest Knolls, California. 698 pp.

Pyle, P., M. Gahbauer, E.I. Johnson, T.B. Ryder, and J.D. Wolfe. 2022. Application of a global age-coding system (WRP), based on molts and plumages, for use in demographic and other studies of birds. Ornithology 139:1-12. PDF

Saracco, J.F., P. Pyle, D.R. Kaschube, M. Kohler, C.M. Godwin, and K.R. Foster. 2022. Demographic declines over time and variable responses of breeding bird populations to human footprint in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region, Alberta, Canada. Ornithological Applications 125:1-14. PDF

Saracco, J.F., R.L. Cormier, D.L. Humple, S. Stock, R. Taylor, and R.B. Siegel. 2022. Demographic responses to climate-driven variation in habitat quality across the annual cycle of a migratory bird species. Ecology and Evolution 2022;12:e8934. PDF

Youngflesh, C., J.F. Saracco, R.B. Siegel, and M.W. Tingley. 2022. Abiotic conditions shape spatial and temporal morphological variation in North American birds. Nature Ecology and Evolution. DOI 10.1038/s41559-022-01893-x.

Bay, R.A., D.S. Karp, J.F. Saracco, W.R.L. Anderegg, L.O. Frishkoff, D. Wiedenfeld, T.B. Smith, and K. Ruegg. 2021. Genetic variation reveals individual-level climate tracking across the annual cycle of a migratory bird. Ecology Letters 2021:1-10. For a copy of this publication, please contact Jim Saracco.

Carnes, B.H., C.M. Godwin, K.R. Foster, and P. Pyle. 2021. Clarification of molt strategies in three Empidonax flycatchers. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 133:34-42. PDF

Pyle, P., K.R. Foster, C.M. Godwin, D.R. Kaschube, and J.F. Saracco. 2020. Yearling proportion correlates with habitat structure in a boreal forest landbird community. PeerJ 8:e8898. PDF

Ruegg, K.C., R.J. Harrigan, J.F. Saracco, T.B. Smith, and C.M. Taylor. 2020. A genoscapennetwork model for conservation prioritization in a migratory bird. Conservation Biology 34:1482-1491. For a copy of this publication, please contact Jim Saracco.

Saracco, J.F., and M. Rubenstein. 2020. Integrating broad-scale data to assess demographic and climatic contributions to population change in a declining songbird. Ecology and Evolution 10:1804-1816. PDF

Carnes, B., and A. Ash. 2019. Evidence for suspension of prebasic molt in a White-eyed Vireo. Western Birds 50:52-54. PDF

Roy, C., N.L. Michel, C.M. Handel, S.L. Van Wilgenburg, J.C. Burkhalter, K.E.B. Gurney, D.J. Messmer, K. Prince, C.S. Rushing, J.F. Saracco, R. Schuster, A.C. Smith, P.A. Smith, P. SÃ³lymos, L.A. Venier, and B. Zuckerberg. 2019. Monitoring boreal avian populations: How can we estimate trends and trajectories from noisy data? Avian Conservation and Ecology 14:8. PDF

Saracco, J.F., R.B. Siegel, L. Helton, S. Stock, and D. DeSante. 2019. Phenology and productivity in a montane bird assemblage: trends and responses to elevation and climate variation. Global Change Biology 2019:25;985-086. PDF

Albert, S., K. Ruegg, and R.B. Siegel. 2018. El uso de marcadores intrinsicos y extrinsicos para enlazar poblaciones de aves a traves de las Americas [Use of intrinsic and extrinsic markers to link bird populations across the Americas]. Zeledonia 22:8-20. PDF

DeSante, D.F., Kaschube, D.R., and Saracco, J.F. 2018. Population changes and their demographic drivers in landbirds of western North America: an assessment from the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship program. Pages 269-293 in: W.D. Shuford, R.E. Gill Jr., and C.M. Handel, eds. Trends and Traditions: Avifaunal Change in Western North America. Studies of Western Birds No. 3.

Pyle, P., J.F. Saracco, and D.F. DeSante. 2018. SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL for Evidence of widespread movements from breeding to molting grounds by North American landbirds - The Auk: Ornithological Advances 135:506-520. PDF

Pyle, P., J.F. Saracco, and D.F. DeSante. 2018. Evidence of widespread movements from breeding to molting grounds by North American landbirds. The Auk: Ornithological Advances 135:506-520. PDF

Rueda-Hernandez, R., S. Guallar, A. Ruiz-Sanchez, and P. Pyle. 2018. The molt issue: where do we go from now? Ornitologia Neotropical 29:S1-S2. PDF

Ruegg, K., R.A. Bay, E.C. Anderson, J.F. Saracco, R.J. Harrigan, M. Whitfield, E.H. Paxton, and T.B. Smith. 2018. Ecological genomics predicts climate vulnerability in an endangered southwestern songbird. Ecology Letters 21:1085-1096. For a copy of this publication, please contact Jim Saracco.

Saracco, J.F., S.M. Fettig, G.L. San Miguel, D.W. Mehlman, B.E. Thompson, and S.K. Albert. 2018. Avian demographic responses to drought and fire: a community-level perspective. Ecological Applications 28:1773-81. For a copy of this publication, please contact Jim Saracco.

Wilson, S., J.F. Saracco, R. Krikun, D.T. Tyler Flockhart, C.M. Godwin, and K.R. Foster. 2018. Drivers of demographic decline across the annual cycle of a threatened migratory bird. Scientific Reports:7316. PDF

Ahrestani, F.S., J.F. Saracco, J.R. Sauer, K.L. Pardieck, and J.A. Royle. 2017. An integrated population model for bird monitoring in North America. Ecological Applications 27:916-924. (For a copy of this publication, please contact Jim Saracco.)

Carnes, B.H. 2017. Age determination of Swainson's Thrush using the distal marginal coverts. North American Bird Bander 42:104-107.

Lai, P., P. Pyle, K.R. Foster, and C.M. Godwin. 2017. Identifying sparrows in juvenile plumage. Birding 49(6):62-76. PDF

Albert, S., D. DeSante, R. Siegel, D. Kaschube, and J. Saracco. 2016. Monitoring landbirds in national parks: understanding populations, migratory connectivity, and climate change. Pages 11-17 in: S. Weber, editor. Engagement, Education, and Expectations â€” The Future of Parks and Protected Areas: Proceedings of the 2015 George Wright Society Conference on Parks, Protected Areas, and Cultural Sites. Hancock, Michigan: George Wright Society. PDF

Albert, S.K., D.F. DeSante, D.R. Kaschube, and J.F. Saracco. 2016. MAPS (Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship) data provide inferences on demographic drivers of population trends for 158 species of North American landbirds. North American Bird Bander 41:133-140. PDF

Foster, K.R., C.M. Godwin, P. Pyle, and J.F. Saracco. 2016. Reclamation and habitat-disturbance effects on landbird abundance and productivity indices in the oil sands region of northeastern Alberta, Canada. Restoration Ecology 25:532-538. PDF

Nordell, C.J., S. HachÃ©, E.M. Bayne, P.M. SÃ³lymos, K.R. Foster, C.M. Godwin, R. Krikun, P. Pyle, and K.A. Hobson. 2016. Within-site variation in feather stable hydrogen isotope (Î´2Hf) values of boreal songbirds: implications for assignment to molt origin. PLoS ONE 11:e0163957. (For a copy of this publication, please contact Peter Pyle.)

Rushing, C.S., T.B. Ryder, A.L. Scarpignato, J.F. Saracco, and P.P. Marra. 2016. Using demographic attributes from long-term monitoring data to delineate population structure. The Journal of Applied Ecology 53:491-500. (For a copy of this publication, please contact Jim Saracco.)

Siegel, R.B., R. Taylor, J.F. Saracco, L. Helton, and S. Stock. 2016. GPS-tracking reveals non-breeding locations and apparent molt migration of a Black-headed Grosbeak. Journal of Field Ornithology 87:196-203. PDF

DeSante, D.F., D.R. Kaschube, and J.F. Saracco. 2015. Vital rates of North American landbirds. The Institute for Bird Populations. www.VitalRatesOfNorthAmericanLandbirds.org.

George, T.L., R.J. Harrigan, J.A. LaManna, D.F. DeSante, J.F. Saracco, and T.B. Smith. 2015. Persistent impacts of West Nile virus on North American bird populations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112(46):14290-14294. PDF

Keller, D.C., P.R. Fresquez, L.A. Hansen, and D.R. Kaschube. 2015. Avian community composition in response to high explosive testing operations at Los Alamos National Laboratory in northern New Mexico. The Journal of Environmental Protection 6:1442-1453. PDF

Pyle, P., C.M. Godwin, and K.R. Foster. 2015. Identifying juvenile warblers: The fun really begins here. Birding 47(6):58-69. PDF

Rowan, E., R.B. Siegel, D.R. Kaschube, and S. Stock. 2014. North American longevity records for nine landbird species monitored at Yosemite National Park's MAPS stations. North American Bird Bander 39:153-159. PDF

Ruegg, K., E. Anderson, K. Paxton, V. Apkenas, S. Lao, R.B. Siegel, D.F. DeSante, F. Moore, and T. Smith. 2014. Mapping migration in a songbird using high-resolution genetic markers. Molecular Ecology 23:5726-5739. PDF

Rushing, C.S., T.B. Ryder, J. Saracco, and P.P. Marra. 2014. Assessing migratory connectivity for a long-distance migratory bird using multiple intrinsic data sources. Ecological Applications 24:445-456. PDF

Rundel, C.W., M.B. Wunder, A.H. Alvarado, K.C. Ruegg, R. Harrington, A. Schuh, J.F. Kelly, R.B. Siegel, D.F. DeSante, T.B. Smith, and J. Novembre. 2013. Novel statistical methods for integrating genetic and stable isotope data to infer individual-level migratory connectivity. Molecular Ecology 22:4163-4176. PDF

LaManna, J.A., T.L. George, J.F. Saracco, M.P. Nott, and D.F. DeSante. 2012. El NiÃ±o-Southern Oscillation influences annual survival of a migratory songbird at a regional scale. The Auk 129:734-743. PDF

Saracco, J.F., J.A. Royle, D.F. DeSante, and B. Gardner. 2012. Spatial modeling of survival and residency and application to the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship Program. The Journal of Ornithology 152 (Supplement 2):S469-S476. PDF

De la Hera, I., D.F. DeSante, and B. Mila. 2011. Feather growth rate and mass in Nearctic passerines with variable migratory behavior and molt pattern. The Auk 129:222-230. PDF

Fuller, T., S. Saatchi, E. Curd, E. Toffelmier, H. Thomassen, W. Buermann, D.F. DeSante, M.P. Nott, J.F. Saracco, C.J. Ralph, J. Pollinger, J. Alexander, and T.B. Smith. 2010. Mapping the risk of avian influenza in wild birds in the U.S. BMC Infectious Diseases 10:187. PDF

Saracco, J.F., J.A. Royle, D.F. DeSante, and B. Gardner. 2010. Modeling spatial variation in avian survival and residency probabilities. Ecology 91:1885-1891. PDF

Stock S.L., R.B. Siegel, and D.R. Kaschube. 2010. Declines in Yosemiteâ€™s bird populations. Pages 117-124 in: S. Weber, editor. Rethinking Protected Areas in a Changing World: Proceedings of the 2009 George Wright Society Biennial Conference on Parks, Protected Areas, and Cultural Sites. PDF

DeSante, D.F., and D.R. Kaschube. 2009. The Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program 2004, 2005, and 2006 report. Bird Populations 9:86-169. PDF

DeSante, D.F., and J.F. Saracco. 2009. Power of the MAPS Program to detect differences and trends in survival and a vision for program expansion. Bird Populations 9:42-75. PDF

DeSante, D.F., D.R. Kaschube, J.F. Saracco, and J.E. Hines. 2009. Power to detect differences and trends in apparent survival rates. Bird Populations 9:29-41. PDF

Froehlich, D. 2009. Ageing North American landbirds by molt limits and plumage criteria: a photographic companion guide to the Identification Guide to North American Birds, Part I. Slate Creek Press, Bolinas, CA. PDF

Robinson, R.A., R. Julliard, and J.F. Saracco. 2009. Constant effort: studying avian population processes through standardised ringing. Ringing and Migration 24:199-204. PDF

Saracco, J.F., D.F. DeSante, M.P. Nott, and D.R. Kaschube. 2009. Using the MAPS and MoSI Programs to monitor landbirds and inform conservation. Pages 651-658 in: T.D. Rich, C.D. Thompson, D. Demarest, and C. Arizmendi, editors. Proceedings of the Fourth International Partners in Flight Conference: Tundra to Tropics. University of Texas-Pan American Press. PDF

Saracco, J.F., D.F. DeSante, M.P. Nott, W.M. Hochachka, S. Kelling, and D. Fink. 2009. Integrated bird monitoring and the Avian Knowledge Network: using multiple data resources to understand spatial variation in demographic processes and abundance. Pages 659-661 in: T.D. Rich, C.D. Thompson, D. Demarest, and C. Arizmendi, editors. Proceedings of the Fourth International Partners in Flight Conference: Tundra to Tropics. University of Texas-Pan American Press. PDF

Saracco, J.F., D.F. DeSante, and D.R. Kaschube. 2008. Assessing landbird monitoring programs and demographic causes of population trends. The Journal of Wildlife Management 72:1665-1673. PDF

Siegel, R.B., R.L. Wilkerson, and D.F. DeSante. 2008. Extirpation of the Willow Flycatcher from Yosemite National Park. Western Birds 39:8-21. PDF

DeSante, D.F., and D.R. Kaschube. 2007. The Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program 2002 and 2003 report. Bird Populations 8:46-115. PDF

Burton, K., and P. Pyle. 2006. Some unexpected primary-covert molt limits. North American Bird Bander 31:121. PDF

DeSante, D.F., and D.R. Kaschube. 2006. The Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program 1999, 2000, and 2001 report. Bird Populations 7:23-89. PDF

DeSante, D.F. 2005. Suggestions for planning a migration-monitoring network based on the experience of establishing and operating the MAPS Program. In: C.J. Ralph and E.H. Dunn, editors. Using Mist Nets to Monitor Bird Populations. U.S.D.A. Forest Service General Technical Report PSW-GTR-191. PDF

DeSante, D.F., M.P. Nott, and D.R. Kaschube. 2005. Monitoring, modeling, and management: why base avian monitoring on vital rates and how should it be done? Pages 795-804 in: C.J. Ralph and T.D. Rich, editors. Bird Conservation Implementation and Integration in the Americas. U.S.D.A. Forest Service General Technical Report PSW-GTR-191. PDF

Burton, K.M., and D.F. Desante. 2004. Effects of mist-netting frequency on capture rates at MAPS stations. Studies in Avian Biology 29:7-11. PDF

DeSante, D.F., J.F. Saracco, D.R. O'Grady, K.M. Burton, and B.L. Walker. 2004. Some methodological considerations of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship Program. In: C.J. Ralph and E.H. Dunn, editors. Using Mist Nets to Monitor Bird Populations. Studies in Avian Biology 29:28-45.

Nott M.P., and D.F. DeSante. 2002. Demographic monitoring and the identification of transients in mark-recapture models. In: J.M. Scott, P.J. Heglund, M. Morrison, M. Raphael, J. Haufler, B. Wall, editors. Predicting Species Occurrences: Issues of Scale and Accuracy. Island Press. Covello, CA. PDF

Nott, M.P., D.F. DeSante, R.B. Siegel, and P. Pyle. 2002. Influences of the El Nino/Southern Oscillation and the North Atlantic Oscillation on avian productivity in forests of the Pacific Northwest of North America. Global Ecology and Biogeography 11:333-342. PDF

DeSante, D.F., M.P. Nott, and D.R. O'Grady. 2001. Identifying the proximate demographic cause(s) of population change by modeling spatial variation in productivity, survivorship, and population trends. Ardea 89:185-208. PDF

Siegel, R.B., M.P. Nott, and D.F. DeSante. 2001. Using point counts to establish conservation priorities: How many visits are optimal? Journal of Field Ornithology 72:228-235. PDF

DeSante, D.F., and D.R. Oâ€™Grady. 2000. The Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorshop (MAPS) Program 1997 and 1998 annual report. Bird Populations 5:49-101.

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DeSante, D.F. 1999. Patterns of productivity and survivorship from the MAPS Program. In: R. Bonney, D.N. Pashley, R.J. Cooper, and L. Niles, editors. Strategies for Bird Conservation: The Partners in Flight Planning Process. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. PDF

DeSante, D.F., D.R. O'Grady, and P. Pyle. 1999. Measures of productivity and survival derived from standardised mist-netting are consistent with observed population changes. Bird Study 46 (suppl.): S178-188. PDF

Rosenberg, D.K., D.F. DeSante, and J.E. Hines. 1999. Monitoring survival rates of landbirds at varying spatial scales: an application of the MAPS Program. Pages 178-184 in: Strategies for Bird Conservation: the Partners in Flight Planning Process. Proceedings of the 3rd Partners in Flight Workshop. October 1-5, 1995, Cape May, NJ. PDF

Buckley, P.A., C.M. Francis, P. Blancher, D.F. Desante, C.S. Robbins, G. Smith, and P. Cannell. 1998. The North American bird banding program: into the 21st Century. Journal of Field Ornithology 69:511-692. PDF

DeSante, D.F., and D.K. Rosenberg. 1998. What do we need to monitor in order to manage landbirds? Pages 93-106 in: J.M. Marzluff, and R. Sallabanks, editors. Avian Conservation: Research and Management. Island Press, Washington, D.C. PDF

DeSante, D.F., D.R. O'Grady, K.M. Burton, P. Velez, D. Froehlich, E.E. Feuss, H. Smith, and E.D. Ruhlen. 1998. The Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program sixth and seventh annual reports (1995 and 1996). Bird Populations 4:69-122.

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DeSante, D.F., K.M. Burton, J.F., Saracco, and B.L. Walker. 1995. Productivity indices and survival-rate estimates from MAPS, a continent-wide programme of constant-effort mist-netting in North America. The Journal of Applied Statistics 22:935-947.

DeSante, D.F., and T.L. George. 1994. Population trends in the landbirds of western North America. Pages 173-190 in: J.R. Jehl and N.K. Johnson, editors. A Century of Avifaunal Change in Western North America. Studies in Avian Biology No. 15. PDF

DeSante, D.F., K.M. Burton. 1994. The Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program third annual report (1992). Bird Populations 2:62-89.

DeSante, D.F., K.M. Burton, and O.E. Williams. 1993. The Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program second annual report (1990-1991). Bird Populations 1:68-97.

Ralph, C.J.. G. Geupel, P. Pyle, T.E. Martin, and D.F. DeSante. 1993. Handbook of field methods for monitoring landbirds. U.S.D.A. Forest Service General Technical Report PSW-GTR-144. PDF

DeSante, D.F. 1992. Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS): a sharp, rather than blunt, tool for monitoring and assessing landbird populations. Pages 511-521 in: D.R. McCullough and R.H. Barrett, editors. Wildlife 2001: Populations. Elsevier Applied Science, London, UK. PDF

Pyle, P., S.N.G. Howell, R.P. Yunick, and D.F. DeSante. 1987. Identification Guide to North American Passerines. Slate Creek Press, Bolinas, CA.

Peer-reviewed Publications by Other Researchers

Sen, B., and H.R. Akcakaya. 2022. Inter-specific variability in demographic processes affects abundance-occupancy relationships. Oecologia 13 January 2022. PDF

Winger, B.M., and T.M. Pegan. 2021. Migration distance is a fundamental axis of the slow-fast continuum of life history in boreal birds. Ornithology 138:11-18. PDF

Glass, A.J., A.J. Caven, D. Kim, M.O. Sutton, and N. Arcilla. 2020. Climate change and land management implications for a declining Neotropical migratory songbird breeding in the North American Great Plains. Avian Conservation and Ecology 15:4. PDF

Ng, A.M.B., M. Pontius, S.L. De Ruiter, and D.S. Proppe. 2020. Noise, avian abundance, and productivity at banding stations across the Continental United States. Avian Conservation and Ecology 15:4. Link to Paper

Rosamond, K.M., S. Goded, A. Soultan, R.H. Kaplan, A.J. Glass, D.H. Kim, and N. Arcilla. 2020. Not singing in the rain: linking precipitation increases and brood parasitism vulnerability to migratory songbird declines. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 2020:fevo.2020.536769.

Scholer, M.N., M. Strimas-Mackey, and J.E. Jankowski. 2020. A meta-analysis of global avian survival across species and latitude. Ecology Letters 2020:1-5.

Scholer, M.N., M. Strimas-Mackey, and J.E. Jankowski. 2020. A meta-analysis of global avian survival across species and latitude. Ecology Letters 10.1111/ele.13573. PDF

Wolfe, J.D., J.D. Alexander, J.L. Stephens, and C.J. Ralph. 2019. A novel approach to understanding bird communities using informed diversity estimates at local and regional scales in northern California and southern Oregon. Ecology and Evolution 1:12. PDF

Ryu, H.Y., K.T. Shoemaker, Ã‰. Kneip, A.M. Pidgeon, P.J. Heglund, B.L. Bateman, W.E. Thogmartin, and H.R. AkÃ§akaya. 2016. Developing population models with data from marked individuals. Biological Conservation 197:190-199.

Senda, M., N. Nakamura, and K. Ozaki. 2016. Annual report of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program in Fukushima, Japan (2012 to 2015). The Journal of the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology 47:140-155. (In Japanese with abstract and tables in English). PDF

Brown, L.M., and C.H. Graham. 2015. Demography, traits and vulnerability to urbanization: Can we make generalizations? The Journal of Applied Ecology 52:1455â€“1464. PDF

Su, M.R., and R.S. Lin. 2015. Sexing, aging and molt patterns of White-tailed Robin Cinclidium leucurum monti. The Taiwan Journal of Biodiversity 17:287-300. (In Chinese with English abstract) PDF

Hsu, T.C., and H.J. Shiu. 2014. A comparison of bird point count and mist netting used in a lowland shrub in southern Taiwan. The Taiwan Journal of Biodiversity 16:51-61. (In Chinese with English abstract) PDF

Yang, C.Y., S.P. Yo, and R.S. Lin. 2014. Estimation of survival rate for Alcippe morrisonia, Alcippe brunnea, Stachyris ruficeps, and Pomatorhinus ruficollis by using capture-recapture method. M.S. Thesis, Department of Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan. PDF

Lin, R.S., C.Y. Yang, Y.W. Mei, and H.Y. Sung. 2013. Preliminary investigation of the prevalence of avian pox-like lesions in resident passerines in Taiwan. The Taiwan Journal of Biodiversity 15:219-231. (In Chinese with English abstract) PDF

Wolfe, J.D., E.I. Johnson, P.C. Stouffer, F. Owens, E. Deleon, E. Liffmann, K. Brzeski, S. Utley, D. Mooney, C. Coco, and G. Grandy. 2013. Annual survival of birds captured in a habitat island bordered by the urban matrix of Baton Rouge, LA. The Southeastern Naturalist 12:492-499. PDF

Akresh, M.E., K. Dinse, J. Foufopoulos, S.C. Schubel, and T. Kowalczyk. 2009. Passerine breeding and post-fledgling habitat use in riparian and upland temperate forests of the American Midwest. The Condor 111:756-762. PDF

Jennings, S., T. Gardali, N.E. Seavy, and G.R. Geupel. 2009. Effects of mist netting on reproductive performance of Wrentits and Song Sparrows in central coastal California. The Condor 111:488â€“496. PDF

Alexander, J.D., C.J. Ralph, K. Hollinger, and B. Hogoboom. 2004. Using a wide-scale landbird monitoring network to determine landbird distribution and productivity in the Klamath-Siskiyou region. Pages 33-41 in: K.L. Mergenthaler, J.E. Williams, and J. Jules, editors. Proceedings of the Second Conference on Klamath-Siskiyou Ecology, Klamath Falls, OR. PDF

Donnelly, R., and J.M. Marzluff. 2003. Importance of reserve size and landscape context to urban bird conservation. Conservation Biology 18:734-745. PDF

Bart, J., C. Kepler, P. Sykes, and C. Boceti. 1999. Evaluation of mist-net sampling as an index to productivity in Kirtland's Warblers. The Auk 116:1147-1151. PDF

Tautin, J., L. Metras, and G. Smith. 1999. Large-scale studies of marked birds in North America. Bird Study 46:S271-S278. PDF

Other Publications and Reports

Pyle, P. 2023. The Mentor's Corner. The Fledgling Issue 3:31-33. PDF

Pyle, P., M. Gustafson, A. Jaramillo, T. Johnson, A.W. Kratter, A. Lang, M.W. Lockwood, M. Mutchler, and D. Sibley. 2022. 33rd Report of the ABA Checklist Committee 2022. North American Birds 73(2):18-23. PDF

Kaschube, D.R., B. Carnes, and S. Albert. 2021. MAPS program demographic monitoring at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia: report for the 2020 field season. The Institute for Bird Populations, Petaluma, CA.

Kaschube, D.R., C. Ray, R. Taylor, R. Keith, B. Keith, J. Brenneman, and S. Albert 2020. An analysis of point count and demographic monitoring data from Fort Custer Training Center and the Kalamazoo Nature Center 1990-2019. Report by The Institute for Bird Populations, The Kalamazoo Nature Center, and the Fort Custer Training Center.

Pyle, P., M. Gustafson, T. Johnson, A. Kratter, A. Lang, M.W. Lockwood, K. Nelson, and D. Sibley. 2021. 32nd report of the ABA Checklist Committee. North American Birds 72(2):10-17. PDF

Albert, S., D.R. Kaschube, C. Ray, R. Taylor, L. Schofield, and B.H. Carnes. 2020. Landbird monitoring at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia: report for the 2019 field season. The Institute for Bird Populations, Petaluma, CA.

Albert, S., L. Helton, and D. Kaschube. 2020. The Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) program on the Wild and Scenic portions of the Merced River, California: 2019 annual report. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA.

Helton, L.W., R.B. Siegel, D.R. Kaschube, and S.L. Stock. 2020. The 2019 annual report of the Monitoring Avian Survivorship and Productivity (MAPS) Program in Yosemite National Park. IBP Report to Yosemite National Park.

Kaschube, D.R., J.F. Saracco, C. Ray, and P. Pyle. 2020. Minimum estimated sample sizes to obtain reliable vital-rate estimates using Boreal MAPS data. The Institute for Bird Populations, Petaluma, CA.

Kaschube, D.R., L. Helton, R. Taylor, P. Pyle, and S. Albert. 2020. The 2018-19 Report of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program on the Audubon Canyon Ranch Cypress Grove Preserve. The Institute for Bird Populations, Petaluma, CA.

Walker, M. 2020. Catch, release, catch again: Is bird banding still valuable in the 21st century? Birding 53(2):44-49. PDF

Albert, S., D.R. Kaschube, L. Helton, J. Reese, and M. DeSaix. 2019. The Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program on the Wild and Scenic Portions of the Merced River, California: 2018 Annual Report. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA.

Helton, L.W., R.B. Siegel, D.R. Kaschube, and S. Stock. 2019. The 2018 Annual Report of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program in Yosemite National Park. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA.

Albert, S., C. Ray, J. Schillaci, and L. Schofield. 2018. The Fort Bragg landbird monitoring project: report for the 2017 field season. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

P. Pyle, D. Roche, Z. Emery, E. Fishel, H.M. Todaro, M. Wayne, J. Wong, K. Kayano, D. Kaschube, and L. Helton. 2018. The Tropical Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorshop (TMAPS) Program in American Samoa: 2018 Report. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

Albert, S., D. Kaschube, and R. Taylor. 2017. The 2016 Annual Report of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program on Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

Kaschube, D.R., and S. Albert. 2017. The Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program at Audubon Canyon Ranch, Cypress Grove Research Center. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA.

Marra, P.P., T.B. Ryder, S. Sillett, M. Betts, R. Siegel, J. Saracco, and R. Fischer. 2017. Using a hierarchical approach to model regional source-sink dynamics for neotropical-nearctic songbirds to inform management practices on Department of Defense installations. U.S. Department of Defense Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program, Final Report. PDF

Gahbauer, M.A., S. Duval, and D. Davey. 2016. McGill Bird Observatory ten-year report 2005-2014. McGill Bird Observatory, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Kaschube, D.R., S. Albert, L. Helton, and R. Taylor. 2016. The 2015 Annual Report of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program on Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

Pyle, P. 2016. Rock or Purple Sandpiper? An evaluation of a California vagrant. The Institute for Bird Populations, Petaluma, California. PDF

DeSante, D.F., K.M. Burton, P. Velez, D. Froehlich, and D.R. Kaschube. 2015. MAPS Manual: 2015 Protocol. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

Gahbauer, M. 2015. McGill Bird Observatory annual program report 2014. McGill Bird Observatory, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. PDF

Helton, L.W., R.B. Siegel, D.R. Kaschube, and S. Stock. 2015. The 2014 annual report of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program in Yosemite National Park. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

Su, M.R., J.H. Chen, S.S. Chen, H.I. Syu, D.S. Hu, L.L. Wu, Y.Z. Cai, S.H. Wu, P.J. Lin, G.J. Hong, J.L. Lai, and R.S. Lin. 2015. The 2014 annual report of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program in Taiwan. The Endemic Species Research Institute, Nantou, Taiwan. (In Chinese with English abstract) PDF

Su, M.R., J.H. Chen, S.S. Chen, H.I. Syu, D.S. Hu, L.L. Wu, Y.Z. Cai, S.H. Wu, P.J. Lin, J.L. Lai, and R.S. Lin. 2015. The 2015 annual report of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program in Taiwan. The Endemic Species Research Institute, Nantou, Taiwan. (In Chinese with English abstract) PDF

Corcoran, R., C. Trussell, and R. MacIntosh. 2014. Monitoring avian productivity and survivorship on Kodiak Island, Alaska, 2010-2014. Refuge report no. 2014.7, Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Kodiak, AK. PDF

Rowan, E., R.B. Siegel, D.R. Kaschube, and S. Stock. 2014. The 2013 Annual Report of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program in Yosemite National Park. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

Song, S.Y., J.H. Chen, S.S. Chen, M.R. Su, H.I. Syu, D.S. Hu, L.L. Wu, Y.Z. Cai, R.C. Jhang, S.H. Wu, and R.S. Lin. 2014. The 2013 annual report of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program in Taiwan. The Endemic Species Research Institute, Nantou, Taiwan. (In Chinese with English abstract) PDF

Gahbauer, M.A. 2013. McGill Bird Observatory annual program report 2013. McGill Bird Observatory, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. PDF

Rowan, E.R., D.R. Kaschube, R.B. Siegel, and S. Stock. 2013. The 2012 annual report of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program in Yosemite National Park. Report to Yosemite National Park. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

Song, S.Y., J.H. Chen, S.S. Chen, M.R. Su, H.I. Syu, D.S. Hu, L.L. Wu, Y.Z. Cai, R.C. Jhang, Z.C. Syu, and R.S. Lin. 2013. The 2012 annual report of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program in Taiwan. The Endemic Species Research Institute, Nantou, Taiwan. (In Chinese with English abstract) PDF

Gahbauer, M.A. 2012. McGill Bird Observatory annual program report 2012. McGill Bird Observatory, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. PDF

Siegel, R.B., and D.R. Kaschube. 2012. Evaluating the capacity of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survival (MAPS) and Monitoreo de Sobrevivencia Invernal (MoSI) Programs to monitor hummingbird populations. Report to the Hummingbird Monitoring Network. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA.

Siegel, R.B., and D.R. Kaschube. 2012. Landbird monitoring results from the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program in the Sierra Nevada. Report to U.S.D.A. Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

Siegel, R.B., J.F. Saracco, R.L. Wilkerson, and S. Stock. 2012. Long-term demographics of Yosemiteâ€™s songbirds: an analysis of data from the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program in Yosemite National Park. Report to Yosemite National Park. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

Song, S.Y., J.H. Chen, S.S. Chen, M.R. Su, H.I. Syu, D.S. Hu, L.L. Wu, Y.Z. Cai, C.H. Ou-yang, Y.R. Cheng, and R.S. Lin. 2012. The 2011 annual report of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program in Taiwan. The Endemic Species Research Institute, Nantou, Taiwan. (In Chinese with English abstract) PDF

Gahbauer, M. and G. Gruner. 2011. McGill Bird Observatory fall migration monitoring program, 2010 report. McGill Bird Observatory, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. PDF

Gahbauer, M.A. 2011. McGill Bird Observatory annual program report 2011. McGill Bird Observatory, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. PDF

Kaschube, D.R., R.B. Siegel, and S. Stock. 2011. The 2010 annual report of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program in Yosemite National Park. Report to Yosemite National Park. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA.

Nott, M.P. 2011. Analyzing Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) landbird monitoring data using VIZBAND (V. 1.0): a guide to interpreting MAPS data visualizations and tabulations. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA.

Nott, M.P. 2011. Mapping landbird diversity and populations performance metrics across the Midwest landscape: an analysis of long-term Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) data. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

Nott, M.P. 2011. Modeling Midwest landbird population responses to multiple-scale land cover attributes using constant effort mist-netting data. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA.

Gahbauer, M.A. 2010. McGill Bird Observatory five-year report 2005-2009. McGill Bird Observatory, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. PDF

Nott, M.P., P. Pyle, and D.R. Kaschube. 2010. The 2009 report of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program on Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

Siegel, R.B., P. Pyle, D.R. Kaschube, and S. Stock. 2010. The 2009 annual report of the MAPS Program in Yosemite National Park. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

Gahbauer, M.A., and A.R. Hudson. 2009. McGill Bird Observatory fall migration monitoring program, 2009 report. McGill Bird Observatory, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. PDF

Hudson, A.R., and M.A. Gahbauer. 2009. McGill Bird Observatory spring migration monitoring program, 2009 report. McGill Bird Observatory, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. PDF

Nott, M.P., P. Pyle, and D.R. Kaschube. 2009. The 2008 report of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program on Fort Bragg. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

Nott, M.P., P. Pyle, and D.R. Kaschube. 2009. The 2009 Report of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program on Fort Leonard Wood. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

Nott, M.P., P. Pyle, and D.R. Kaschube. 2009. The 2009 Report of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program on Texas Army National Guard Installations Camp Swift and Camp Bowie. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA.

Nott, M.P., Pyle, P., and D.R., Kaschube. 2009. The 2008 annual report of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program at Naval Information Operations Command, Sugar Grove, West Virginia, and U.S.D.A. Forest Service George Washington National Forest, West Virginia. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

Nott, M.P., Pyle, P., and D.R., Kaschube. 2009. The Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program at Naval Air Station Brunswick and Redington Training Facility, Maine. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

Siegel, R.B., J.F. Saracco, and D.R. Kaschube. 2009. The Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program in Kings Canyon National Park: 1991-2008. Report to Kings Canyon National Park. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

Frei, B., and A.R. Hudson. 2008. McGill Bird Observatory fall migration monitoring program, 2008 report. McGill Bird Observatory, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. PDF

Haseltine, S.D., P.R. Schmidt, B.D. Bales, D.N. Bonter, D.F. DeSante, P.F. Doherty, C.M. Francis, P.T. Green, L.A. Howes, D.L. James, J.J. Lamont, R.A. Lancia, E.I. Paul, C.J. Ralph, J.G. Rogers, and R.E. Young. 2008. Report of the Federal Advisory Committee on the Bird Banding Laboratory. U.S.G.S. Circular 1320.

Hudson, A.R. 2008. McGill Bird Observatory spring migration monitoring program, 2008 report. McGill Bird Observatory, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. PDF

Nott, M.P., and M.K. Chambers. 2008. Monitoring, modeling, and managing landbird populations on Department of Defense lands. Web-based management decision-support tools for Department of Defense Installation land managers. Report to the Department of Defense Legacy Resource Management Office. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA.

Nott, M.P., K. Gordon, D.R. Kaschube, and T. Morris. 2008. Landbird demographic monitoring in Virginia: an analysis of historical MAPS data in Virginia and surrounding region. A report to the State of Virginia, Dept. of Game and Inland Fisheries, Richmond, VA. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

Nott, M.P., P. Pyle, and D.R. Kaschube. 2008. The 2007 report of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program on Fort Bragg. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

Nott, M.P., P. Pyle, and D.R. Kaschube. 2008. The 2007 report of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program on Fort Leonard Wood. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

Nott, M.P., Pyle, P., and D.R. Kaschube. 2008. The 2008 report of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program on Fort Leonard Wood. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

Nott, M.P., Pyle, P., and D.R., Kaschube. 2008. The 2007 annual report of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program at Naval Air Station Brunswick and Redington Training Facility. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

Nott, M.P., Pyle, P., and D.R., Kaschube. 2008. The 2007 annual report of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program at Naval Information Operations Command, Sugar Grove, West Virginia, and U.S.D.A. Forest Service George Washington National Forest, West Virginia. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

Nott, P., P. Pyle, and D. Kaschube. 2008. The 2007 report of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program on Texas Army National Guard installations Camp Bowie and Camp Swift. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

Nott, P., P. Pyle, and D. Kaschube. 2008. The 2008 report of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program on Texas Army National Guard installations Camp Bowie and Camp Swift. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

Saracco, J.F., D.F. DeSante, and D.R. Kaschube. 2008. Modeling over-wintering survival of declining landbirds: final report on four years of the Monitoring Avian Winter Survival (MAWS) Program on southeastern U.S. Department of Defense installations. Submitted to the Department of Defense Legacy Resource Management Program. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

Hudson, A.R., and B. Frei. 2007. McGill Bird Observatory spring migration monitoring program, 2007 report. McGill Bird Observatory, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. PDF

Hudson, A.R., and M.A. Gahbauer, 2007. McGill Bird Observatory fall migration monitoring program, 2007 report. McGill Bird Observatory, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. PDF

Nott, M.P. 2007. Demographics monitoring modeling and management of landbird populations in Pacific Northwest forests: an application of the MAPS dataset. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA.

Nott, M.P., and D. Kaschube. 2007. Managing landbird populations in forests of the Pacific Northwest region. Web-based management decision-support tools for Pacific Northwest forest managers. A report to the Pacific Joint Venture. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA.

Nott, M.P., and T. Morris. 2007. Performance measure analysis: examples of comparing and contrasting installation-specific demographics with regional demographics and landscape characteristics. Technical report to the U.S. Department of Defense Legacy Resources Management Program. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

Nott, M.P., P. Pyle, and D.R. Kaschube. 2007. The 2006 annual report of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program on two texas National Guard and U.S. Army Installations: Camp Bowie and Camp Swift. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA.

Nott, M.P., P. Pyle, and D.R. Kaschube. 2007. The 2006 report of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program on Fort Bragg. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

Nott, M.P., Pyle, P., and D.R., Kaschube. 2007. The 2006 annual report of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program at Naval Air Station Brunswick and Redington Training Facility. PDF

Nott, M.P., Pyle, P., and D.R., Kaschube. 2007. The 2006 annual report of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program at the Naval Security Group Activity (NSGA), Sugar Grove. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

U.S. North American Bird Conservation Initiative Monitoring Subcommittee. 2007. Opportunities for Improving Avian Monitoring. U.S. North American Bird Conservation Initiative Report. Division of Migratory Bird Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Arlington, VA.

DeSante, D.F., and M.P. Nott. 2006. Integrating guidelines to reverse avian declines into actions to enhance military readiness and range sustainment: report on 2006 Monitoring avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) data collected on five Department of Defense installations in southeastern United States. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA.

Froehlich, D., N. Michel, D.F. DeSante, and P. Velez. 2006. MAPSPROG Version 4.1 User's Guide and Manual. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA.

Gahbauer, M., and A.R. Hudson. 2006. McGill Bird Observatory spring migration monitoring program, 2006 report. McGill Bird Observatory, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. PDF

Hudson, A.R., and M.A. Gahbauer. 2006. McGill Bird Observatory fall migration monitoring program, 2006 report. McGill Bird Observatory, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. PDF

Nott, M.P. 2006. Management strategies for reversing declines in landbirds of conservation concern on military installations: enhanced species-landscape models of avian demographics. Technical report to the U.S. Department of Defense Legacy Resources Management Program. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

Nott, M.P., and K. Gordon. 2006. Management strategies for reversing declines in landbirds of conservation concern on military installations: analysis of MAPS data from military installations outside of the legacy-funded network. Technical report to the U.S. Department of Defense Legacy Resources Management Program. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

Nott, M.P., and N. Michel. 2006. Management strategies for reversing declines in landbirds of conservation concern on military installations: updating predictive models of land management. Technical report to the U.S. Department of Defense Legacy Resources Management Program. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

Nott, M.P., P. Pyle, and D.R. Kaschube. 2006. The 2006 report of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program on Fort Leonard Wood. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

Nott, P., P. Pyle, and D. Kaschube. 2006. The 2006 report of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program on Texas Army National Guard installations Camp Bowie and Camp Swift. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

P. Pyle, D.R. Kaschube, M.P. Nott, and D.F. DeSante. 2006. The 2005 Report of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program on Fort Leonard Wood. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

Pyle, P., D. Kaschube, P. Nott, and D.F. DeSante. 2006. The 2005 report of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program on Texas Army National Guard installations Camp Bowie and Camp Swift. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

Pyle, P., D.R. Kaschube, M.P. Nott, and D.F. DeSante. 2006. The 2005 annual report of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program at the Naval Security Group Activity (NSGA), Sugar Grove. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

Pyle, P., D.R. Kaschube, R.B. Siegel, and D.F. DeSante. 2006. The 2005 annual report of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program on two texas National Guard and U.S. Army Installations: Camp Bowie and Camp Swift. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA.

Pyle, P., D.R. Kaschube, R.B. Siegel, and D.F. DeSante. 2006. The 2005 report of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program on Fort Bragg. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

Pyle, P., D.R., Kaschube, and M.P. Nott. 2006. The 2005 annual report of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program at Naval Air Station Brunswick and Redington Training Facility. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

Saracco, J.F., and D.F. DeSante. 2006. Sampling landbirds for avian influenza in Alaska: a synopsis of the 2006 Dillingham, Umiat, and Nome Projects. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

Saracco, J.F., D.F. DeSante, and D.R. Kaschube. 2006. Modeling overwintering survival of declining landbirds: a technical analysis of the Monitoring Avian Winter Survival (MAWS) Program on four DoD installations in the Southeastern United States. Submitted to the Legacy Resources Management Program for the DoD Legacy Project. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

Saracco, J.F., D.F. DeSante, D.R. Kaschube, J.E. Hines, M.P. Nott, and R.B. Siegel. 2006. An analysis of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program and a vision for its integration into North American coordinated bird monitoring. Submitted to the U.S. Geological Survey. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

Saracco, J.F., D.F. DeSante, D.R. Kaschube. 2006. Identifying causes of population change in landbirds: phase I progress report to National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Washington D.C. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

DeSante, D.F., J.F. Saracco, and D.R. Kaschube. 2005. Modeling overwintering survival of declining landbirds: the 2004-05 Annual Report of the Monitoring Avian Winter Survival (MAWS) Program on four DoD Installations in the southeastern United States, 2004-05 annual technical report to the Legacy Resources Management Program. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

DeSante, D.F., P. Pyle, and D.R. Kaschube. 2005. The 2004 report of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program on Fort Bragg. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

DeSante, D.F., P. Pyle, and D.R. Kaschube. 2005. The 2004 Report of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program on Fort Leonard Wood. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

DeSante, D.F., P. Pyle, and D.R. Kaschube. 2005. The Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program in Sequoia and Kings Canyon and Yosemite National Parks and Devils Postpile National Monument: a comparison between time periods and locations. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

DeSante, D.F., P. Pyle, and D.R. Kaschube. 2005.The 2004 annual report of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program at the Naval Security Group Activity (NSGA), Sugar Grove. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

Gahbauer, M. 2005. McGill Bird Observatory fall migration monitoring program, 2005 report. McGill Bird Observatory, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. PDF

Gahbauer, M. 2005. McGill Bird Observatory spring migration monitoring program, 2005 report. McGill Bird Observatory, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. PDF

Nott, M.P., and N. Michel. 2005. Management strategies for reversing declines in landbirds of conservation concern on military installations: predictive modelling of landbird populations on military installations. A report to the Legacy Resources Management Office, Washington. D.C. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

Nott, M.P., D.F. DeSante, P. Pyle, and N. Michel. 2005. Pacific Northwest forest bird population declines: formulating population management guidelines from landscape-scale ecological analysis of MAPS data from avian communities on seven national forests in the Pacific Northwest. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

Pyle, P., D.F. DeSante, M.P. Nott, and D.R. Kaschube. 2005. The MAPS Program in the Pacific Northwest: current status and future direction. Report submitted to the Bureau of Land Management, Oregon State Office for Order HAP044166. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

Siegel, R.B., and D. Kaschube. 2005. Status of Grasshopper Sparrow and other grassland-associated bird species at Naval Air Station Brunswick, Maine. Report to Naval Air Station Brunswick, Maine. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

Siegel, R.B., and D.R. Kaschube. 2005. The Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks: a report to accompany the 2005 data verification. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

The Institute for Bird Populations. 2005. The 2004 annual report of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program at Camp Swift. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA.

DeSante, D.F., P. Pyle, and D.R. Kaschube. 2004. The 2003 annual report of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program at Naval Air Station Brunswick and Redington Training Facility. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

DeSante, D.F., P. Pyle, and D.R. Kaschube. 2004. The 2003 annual report of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program in Region 1 of the U.S.D.A. Forest Service. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA.

DeSante, D.F., P. Pyle, and D.R. Kaschube. 2004. The 2003 annual report of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program in Shenandoah National Park. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA.

DeSante, D.F., P. Pyle, and D.R. Kaschube. 2004. The 2003 report of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program on Texas Army National Guard Installations Camp Bowie and Camp Swift.The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

DeSante, D.F., P. Pyle, and D.R. O'Grady. 2004. The 2003 annual report of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program at the Naval Security Group Activity (NSGA), Sugar Grove. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

DeSante, D.F., P. Pyle, and D.R. O'Grady. 2004. The 2003 annual report of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program on Fort Bragg. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

DeSante, D.F., P. Pyle, and D.R. O'Grady. 2004. The 2003 report of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program on Fort Leonard Wood. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

Gahbauer, M. 2004. McGill Bird Observatory fall migration monitoring program, 2004 report. McGill Bird Observatory, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. PDF

Saracco, J F., D.F. DeSante, C. Romo de Vivar Alvarez, S. Morales, B. Mila, D.R. Kaschube and N. Michel. 2004. Modeling overwintering survival of declining landbirds: final report on four years of the Monitoring Avian Winter Survival (MAWS) Program on southeastern U.S. DoD installations. Technical report submitted to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

DeSante, D.F., P. Pyle, and D.R. Kaschube. 2003. The 2002 annual report of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program at the Naval Security Group Activity (NSGA), Sugar Grove. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

DeSante, D.F., P. Pyle, and D.R. O'Grady. 2003. The 2000-3 report of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program on Fort Bragg. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA.

DeSante, D.F., P. Pyle, and D.R. O'Grady. 2003. The 2002 (ten-year) annual report of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program in Yosemite National Park. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

DeSante, D.F., P. Pyle, and D.R. O'Grady. 2003. The 2002 annual report of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program in Denali National Park. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA.

DeSante, D.F., P. Pyle, and D.R. O'Grady. 2003. The 2002 annual report of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program in Region 1/FIR of the U.S.D.A. Forest Service. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA.

DeSante, D.F., P. Pyle, and D.R. O'Grady. 2003. The 2002 annual report of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program in Region 6 of the U.S.D.A. Forest Service. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA.

Nott, M.P., D.F. DeSante, and N. Michel. 2003. Management strategies for reversing declines in landbirds of conservation concerns on military installations: a landscape-scale analysis of MAPS data. Report to the U.S. Department of Defense Legacy Resource Management Program. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

Siegel, R.B., R. Wilkerson, D.R. Kaschube, and D.F. DeSante. 2003. Survival rates and productivity of landbirds on U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA.

DeSante, D.F., P. Pyle, and D.R. Kaschube. 2002. The 2001 annual report of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program at the Naval Security Group Activity (NSGA), Sugar Grove. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

DeSante, D.F., P. Pyle, and D.R. O'Grady. 2002. Ten-year (1992-2001) report of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program in Denali National Park. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

DeSante, D.F., P. Pyle, and D.R. O'Grady. 2002. The 2001 annual report of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program at Naval Air Station Brunswick and Redington Training Facility. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA.

Nott, M.P. 2002. Climate, weather and landscape effects on landbird survival and reproductive success in Texas. Technical report to the Texas Army National Guard Command: Adjutant General's Department and U.S. Department of Defense Legacy Resources Management Program. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

Nott, M.P., and D.F. DeSante. 2002. A proposed methodology for adjusting productivity indices given missing effort in constant-effort mist-netting data. Technical report to the U.S. Department of Defense Legacy Resources Management Program. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

DeSante, D.F., and M.P. Nott. 2001. An overview of the North American Monitoring Avian and Survivorship (MAPS) Program. EURING: The European Union for Bird Ringing. PDF

Nott, M.P. 2000. Identifying management actions on Department of Defense installations to reverse declines in neotropical birds. Technical report to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

Smith, H.A., J. McCracken, D. Sheperd, and P. Velez. 1997. The Bander's Safety Handbook: A North American Banders' Guide to Safe and Ethical Field Procedures, First Edition. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

DeSante, D.F. 1996. General Evaluation of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA.

Rosenberg, D.K. 1996. Evaluation of the statistical properties of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA.

DeSante, D.F. 1995. Estimating productivity and survivorship of neotropical landbirds by mist netting. In: J.A. Bissonette, and P.R. Krausman, editors. Integrating People and Wildlife for a Sustainable Future. The Wildlife Society.

Martin, T.E., D.F. DeSante, C.R. Paine, R. Dettmers, J. Manolis, and K.M. Burton. 1995. Breeding productivity and adult survival in nongame birds. Pages 24-27 in: E.T. Laroe, G.S. Farris, C.E. Puckett, P.D. Doran, and M.J. Mac, editors. Our Living Resources: Report to the Nation on the Distribution, Abundance, and Health of U.S. Plants, Animals, and Ecosystems. U.S. Department of Interior, National Biological Service. PDF

DeSante, D.F., and K.M. Burton. 1993. The 1992 annual report of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) program in Denali national Park. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA.

DeSante, D.F., and K.M. Burton. 1993. The 1992 annual report of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program in Region 6 of the U.S.D.A. Forest Service. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA.

DeSante, D.F., and K.M. Burton. 1993. The 1992 annual report of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) program on Flathead National Forest. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA.

DeSante, D.F., O.E. Williams, and K.M. Burton. 1993. The Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program: overview and progress. Pages 208-222 in: D.M. Finch and P.W. Stangel, editors. Status and Management of Neotropical Migratory Birds. U.S.D.A. Forest Service General Technical Report RM-229. PDF

DeSante, D.F., and K.M. Burton. 1992. The 1992 annual report of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) program in Shenandoah National Park. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA.

DeSante, D.F. 1991. The Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program: first annual report.The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA.

DeSante, D.F. 1990. An avian biomonitoring program for the national parks other natural areas to detect large-scale, long-term changes in the productivity and survivorship of land birds. Pages 285-296 in: Proceedings of the Yosemite Centennial Symposium. PDF