Selected publications, reports, and software
from the MAPS Program

A partial categorized list of IBP Publications may be downloaded as an Adobe or Microsoft Word Document

In addition, our annual or bi-annual newsletter MAPSChat provides useful or interesting articles for MAPS operators.

• 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. Pp. 651-658 in: Proceedings of the Fourth International Partners in Flight Conference: Tundra to Tropics (T. D. Rich, C. D. Thompson, D. Demarest, and C. Arizmendi, editors). University of Texas-Pan American Press.
• 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. Pp. 659-661 in: Proceedings of the Fourth International Partners in Flight Conference: Tundra to Tropics (T. D. Rich, C. D. Thompson, D. Demarest, and C. Arizmendi, editors). University of Texas-Pan American Press.
• DeSante, D. F., D. K. Kaschube, J. F. Saracco, and J. E. Hines. 2009. Power to detect differences and trends in apparent survival rates. Bird Populations 9:29-41.
• DeSante, D. F. and J. F. Saracco. 2009. Power of the MAPS program to detect differences and trends in survival and a vision for future program expansion. Bird Populations 9:42-75.
• Robinson, R. A., R. Julliard, and J. F. Saracco. 2009. Constant effort: monitoring avian population change though standardised ringing. Ringing and Migration 24:199-204.
• DeSante, D. F., K. M. Burton, P. Velez, D. Froehlich, and D. R. Kaschube. 2008. MAPS Manual: 2008 Protocol. Contribution No. 127 of The Institute for Bird Populations.
• DeSante, D. F., J. F. Saracco, P. Pyle, D. R. Kaschube, and M. K. Chambers. 2008. Integrating the MAPS Program into Coordinated Bird Monitoring in the Northeast (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5). Report Submitted to the Northeast Coordinated Bird Monitoring Partnership and the American Bird Conservancy. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA.
• Nott, M. P., K. Gordon, D. R. Kaschube, and T. Morris. 2008. Landbird 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. Contribution No.294 of The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA.
• Saracco, J. F., and D. F. DeSante. 2008. Identifying proximate causes of population trends in migratory birds. Submitted to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. The Institute for Bird Populations, Pt. Reyes Station, CA.
• Saracco, J. F., D. F. DeSante, and D. R. Kaschube. 2008. Assessing landbird monitoring programs and demographic causes of population trends. Journal of Wildlife Management 72:1665-1673.
• 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. http://www.birdpop.org/usfsr6/usfspnwr6.htm
• Nott, M. P. and T. Morris. 2007. Performance Measure Analysis: Examples of Comparing and Contrasting Installation-specific Demographics with Regional Demographics and Landscape Characteristics. (Tech. report to the U.S. Department of Defense Legacy Resources Management Program, Contribution No.324 of The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA.)
• Saracco, J. F., D. R. Kaschube, and D. F. DeSante. 2007. 2006 Report of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) program in Dillingham, Nome, and Umiat, Alaska. Submitted to the US Fish and Wildlife Service. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. 36 pp.
• Siegel, R. B., P. Pyle, D. R. Kaschube, and D. F. DeSante. 2007. The 2006 Annual Report of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program in Yosemite National Park. Contribution No. 299 of The Institute for Bird Populations.
• Siegel, R. B. and D. R. Kaschube. Landbird Monitoring Results from the Monitoring Avian Producitivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program in the Sierra Nevada. Contribution No. 300 of The Institute for Bird Populations.
• MAPSPROG Version 4.0 (latest version) HTML
• Michel, N., D. F. DeSante, D. R. Kaschube, and M. P. Nott, 2006. The Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program Annual Reports, 1989-2003. NBII/MAPS Avian Demographics Query Interface. Web-based database of continental and regional demographics. for USGS/NBII Washington, D.C. http://www.birdpop.org/nbii/NBIIHome.asp
• Nott, M. P. and K. Gordon. 2006. Analysis of MAPS Data from Military Installations outside of the Legacy-funded Network. Tech. report to the U.S. Department of Defense Legacy Resources Management Program, Contribution No.295 of The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. ()
• Nott, M. P. and N. Michel. 2006. Updating Predictive Models of Land Management. Tech. report to the U.S. Department of Defense Legacy Resources Management Program, Contribution No.294 of The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA.
• Nott, M. P. 2006. Enhanced Species-Landscape models of Avian Demographics. Tech. report to the U.S. Department of Defense Legacy Resources Management Program, Contribution No.293 of The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA.
• 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 in Yosemite National Park. Contribution No. 280 of The Institute for Bird Populations.
• Saracco, J. F., and D. F. DeSante. 2006. Sampling landbirds for avian influenza in Alaska: a synopsis of the Dillingham, Nome, and Umiat projects. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA.
• 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. ()
• Saracco, J. F., D. F. DeSante, D. R. Kaschbe, 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. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA.
• 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.
• Pyle, P., D. R. Kaschube, J. F. Saracco, and D. F. DeSante. 2005. The 2005 annual report of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) program on the Flathead Reservation of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai tribes. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA.
• Nott, M. P., D. F. DeSante, P. Pyle, and N. Michel. 2005. Managing Landbird Populations in Forests of the Pacific Northwest Region. Publication No. 254 of The Institute for Bird Populations. Executive Summary (412KB)
• 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. The Institute for Bird Populations, Pt. Reyes Station, CA. A report to the Legacy Resources Management Office, Washington. D.C..
• MAPS Chat (Spring 2004)
• DeSante, D.F., M. P. Nott, and D. R. Kaschube. 2004. MAPS Stations on National Wildlife Refuges in the USFWS Pacific Region : Current Status and Future Direction. A report to the US Fish and Wildlife Service.
• 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: Using Mist Nets to Monitor Bird Populations (C. J. Ralph and E. H. Dunn, Editors). Studies in Avian Biology 29:28-45.
• Nott, M. P., D. F. DeSante, and N. Michel. 2003. Management Strategies for Reversing Declines in Landbirds of Conservation Concern on Military Installations: A Landscape-scale Analysis of MAPS data. A report to the Legacy Resources Management Office, Washington. D.C. Executive Summary,
• MAPS Chat (Spring 2002)
• Nott, M.P., DeSante, D.F., Siegel, R.B., and P. Pyle. 2002. Influences of the El Niño/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. Read more about this study of climate and birds
• Nott M.P., and D.F. DeSante. 2002. Demographic monitoring and the identification of transients in mark-recapture models. In: Predicting Species Occurrences: Issues of Scale and Accuracy (Scott, J. M., P. J. Heglund, M. Morrison, M. Raphael, J. Haufler, B. Wall, Editors). Island Press. Covello, CA.
• Nott, M.P. 2002. Weather and landscape effects on landbird survival and reproductive success in Texas. (Tech. report to the Texas Army National Guard Command: Adjutant General's Department and U.S. Department of Defense Legacy Resources Management Program, Contribution No. 163 of The Institute for Bird Populations.)
• Nott, M.P. and D.F.DeSante. 2002. A proposed methodology for adjusting productivity indices given missing effort in constant-effort mist-netting data. (Tech. report to the U.S. Department of Defense Legacy Resources Management Program, Contribution No.163 of The Institute for Bird Populations.)
• DeSante, D.F. and M.P. Nott. 2001. An overview of the North American Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) program. In the 2001 EURING Newsletter (Volume 3) edited by Fernando Spina, Istituto Nazionale per la Fauna Selvetica "Alessandro Ghigi".
• 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.
• Nott, M.P. 2000. Identifying Management Actions on DoD Installations to Reverse Declines in Neotropical Birds. (Tech. report to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Contribution No. 133 of The Institute for Bird Populations, 21 p) This report documents the results of a landscape analysis of National Landcover Data surrounding MAPS stations located on Big Oaks NWR (formerly Jefferson Proving Ground). Importantly, this study quantifies forest patch size threshold values of maximum reproductive success for four forest-interior landbird species.
• DeSante, D. F. 1999. Patterns of productivity and survivorship from the MAPS program. In: Bonney, Rick, David N. Pashley, Robert J. Cooper, and Larry Niles, eds. Strategies for Bird Conservation: The Partners in Flight Planning Process. Cornell Lab of Ornithology.HTML
• 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. In: Bonney, Rick, David N. Pashley, Robert J. Cooper, and Larry Niles, eds. Strategies for Bird Conservation: The Partners in Flight Planning Process. Cornell Lab of Ornithology.HTML
• 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. Journal of Applied Statistics 22:935-947.