Materials for Managers and GIS Specialists
Here we provide selected materials intended for land managers and GIS support specialists. These materials provide the background material for this project and GIS software tools for implementing demographic monitoring, modeling, and management of landbird populations. This project is documented in:

Managing Landbird Populations in Forests of the Pacific Northwest Region Download Full Report (5.3mB) or Executive Summary (412KB).

Species Management Accounts:

These accounts provide management information concerning each of 13 species of conservation concern that are focal species across the USFS Region Six MAPS demographic monitoring network. Each account (clickable as available) also provides a brief assessment of the species' sensitivity to climate change.

• Hammond's Flycatcher (Empidonax hammondii)
• "Western Flycatcher (Empidonax difficilis/occidentalis)
• Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus)
• Swainson's Thrush (Empidonax virescens)
• MacGillivray's Warbler (Catharus ustulatus)
• Wilson's Warbler (Wilsonia pulsilla )
• Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)
• Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii)
• Chestnut-backed Chickadee (Poecile rufescens)
• Winter Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
• Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
• Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hymenalis)
• Pine Siskin (Carduelis pinus)

Presentation Materials: Fact Sheets, PowerPoint presentations and other materials that summarize the project and report some results.

• Avian Conservation in Pacific Northwest Forests: Monitoring, Modeling, and Management - PowerPoint Presentation outlining the project (14mB).
• Monitoring, Modeling, and Management of Landbird Populations in Forests of the Pacific Northwest - PDF Fact Sheet outlining the project.
• Google Earth file of MAPS Stations on National Forest Boundaries - GE format files displaying the network of MAPS stations on national forests.
• MAPS Operator Materials - MAPS protocol, forms, etc.
• "Demographic Landbird Monitoring: A Precision Tool for Land Stewards" outlines advantages of demographic monitoring.

Decision-support Tools: Tools for managers and GIS support specialists to assess the impact of proposed management upon landbird populations. These include instructions for predicting the effects of management on landbird populations, ArcView GIS scripts for spatial analysis using FragStats, and pre-programmed Excel spreadsheets for pre- and post-management prediction of multiple-species demographics. To apply these tools download and read:

• How-to Notes for Managers and GIS Specialists; outline for using the decision-support tools.
• Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet for predicting pre-management and post-management demographics.
• IBP Super Tools ESRI ArcView scripts for FRAGSTATS (U. Mass.) batch analysis of "cookie-cuts" of land cover (or other) raster data provided in Bird and Spatial Datasets. - under construction.

Reference Documents: Documents that reference the use of demographic monitoring techniques (including MAPS) in forested land management.

• Altman, B., Hagar, J.C., 2007, Rainforest Birds - A Land Manager's Guide to Breeding Bird Habitat in Young Conifer Forests in the Pacific Northwest: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5304, p. 60.
• Manley, Patricia 1993. USDA Forest Service goals and programs for monitoring Neotropical migratory birds In: Finch, Deborah M.; Stangel, Peter W. (eds.). Status and management of neotropical migratory birds: September 21-25, 1992, Estes Park, Colorado. Gen. Tech. Rep. RM-229. Fort Collins, Colo.: Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service: 252-257.

Relevant Reports and Manuscripts: Reports and manuscripts that a) provide demographic summaries of species monitored by MAPS on six national forests of Washington (2) and Oregon (4) - (see map), b) document the construction of the management decision-support tools, and c) report on the relationships between reproductive success and climate/weather phenomena. Other relevant documents are also available.

• Survival Rate Estimates for Landbirds of Northwest MAPS Region - Survival rate estimates derived from MAPS data collected throughout the Northwest MAPS Region during the period 1992 to 2003.
• Nott, M.P., Pyle, P., D.R. Kaschube. 2006. The 2006 Annual Report of the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program in USDA Forest Service Region Six. Report Submitted to the USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region Six.
• 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., 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 only - contact IBP for full report.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.