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This web-based decision support tool ...

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://birdpop.org/usfsr6/usfspnwr6.htm

... is associated with a report submitted to the USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region Six:

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. Download Full Report (5.3mB) or Executive Summary (412KB)

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. (PDF).

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.

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. (December 2006) from which Rate Estimates for Landbirds of Northwest MAPS Region1992-2003) was derived.

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.

U.S. North American Bird Conservation Initiative Monitoring Subcommittee. 2007. Opportunities for Improving Avian Monitoring. U.S. North American Bird Conservation Initiative Report. 50 pp. Available
from the Division of Migratory Bird Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Arlington, VA; on-line at http://www.nabci-us.org/aboutnabci/monitoringreportfinal0307.pdf.

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The Institute for Bird Populations (IBP) is dedicated to fostering a global approach to research and the dissemination of information on changes in the abundance, distribution, and ecology of bird populations. IBP operates a number of avian research programs in North America and the Neotropics. The results of the research are reported in various peer-reviewed publications and reports. IBP created and coordinates the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program, a network consisting of nearly 500 mist netting and banding stations distributed across North America and operated annually.

The Institute for Bird Populations (IBP) has become a partner with the United States Geological Survey (USGS) / Biological Resources Division (BRD) in the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) web-based electronic information network. This has allowed IBP to make available on-line the annual reports of the MAPS (Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship) program. (Click this link to go directly to the NBII/MAPS Web-based Query Interface for MAPS Data). Previously these data have been published only in IBP's peer-reviewed publication Bird Populations. This avian demographics query interface includes the following components:

1. Regional between-year changes in adult population size and productivity indices for 144 species from analyses of MAPS banding data (1992-2003).

2. Regional annual adult apparent survival rate estimates for 179 species from mark-recapture analyses of MAPS data (1992-2003).

3. MAPS Station information:

Geographic locations and operating history of 873 MAPS stations operated during the years 1989-2003.
Brief habitat descriptions summarized from the MAPS Habitat Structure Assessment data collected at each station. This includes USGS National Vegetation Classification Standard classifications of major habitat types to formation level. Further information on the USGS - NPS National Vegetation Classification Standard (NVCS) is available on the USGS - NPS Vegetation Mapping Program home page.

4. Cumulative, composite breeding status of each species captured, seen, or heard at each station during the years 1989-2003.

IBP ensures that species names provided through the web-based query interface conform to the taxonomic nomenclature provided by the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

5. Metadata. IBP has developed metadata records for the MAPS database and geospatial data layers that are made available electronically. Metadata records follow the format of the Biological Data Profile of the FGDC Metadata Content Standard. View the Metadata for the NBII/MAPS Avian Demographics Query Interface.

The project was coordinated at The Institute for Bird Populations by Phil Nott and David F. DeSante and implemented by Nicole Michel.

IBP Contact details

Postal Address: P.O. Box 1346; Point Reyes Station, CA 94956-1346; USA.
Shipping Address: 11435 State Route One, Suite 23; Point Reyes Station, CA 94956; USA.
Telephone: (415) 663-1436 FAX: (415) 663-9482

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