| | Accession Number | 5004263 |
| | Title | Estimation of bird relative abundance and habitat information at scales needed for |
| | management in FWS Region 5 |
| | Project Description | Appropriate management of National Wildlife Refuges and other protected lands requires |
| | information regarding resources both within the refuges and in regional landscapes. A primary |
| | emphasis of research at Patuxent has been development of appropriate methods for collection |
| | (e.g., Ralph et al. 1995) and summary (e.g., Link and Sauer 1997) of survey information on birds |
| | (Link and Sauer 1998a), amphibians (Mossman et al. 1998), and other taxa. However, managers |
| | require that information is available at several scales, to allow integration of information from local |
| | and regional populations for management. Research to allow integration of survey information has |
| | 2 components. First, information must be summarized in formats that make it accessible to |
| | managers. Second, methods need to be developed to allow integration of the information, and then |
| | applied to address management needs. In this project, we will summarize information in formats |
| | useful for managers, provide displays and analytical tools that integrate habitat and bird |
| | information, and supply information to managers using the internet. We will summarize information |
| | from regional surveys such as the North American Breeding Bird Survey (BBS), Christmas Bird |
| | Count (CBC), midwinter waterfowl inventory (Martin et al. 1986), International Shorebird Survey |
| | (ISS), allowing summary of these data into GIS coverages developed by FWS Region 5 for Refuge |
| | management. Georeferenced information has also been collected on landbird populations on |
| | National Wildlife Refuges in FWS Region 5 in a joint FWS, PWRC project. These data will also be |
| | integrated into the FWS Management GIS. Finally, remote-sensed data interpreted by the |
| | Multiresolution Landuse Consortium (MRLC, Jones et al. 1997) will be collected for both refuges |
| | and surrounding regions. Availability of both bird data collected at a variety of spatial scales and |
| | habitat (MRLC) data for FWS Region 5 provide a unique opportunity for both applying existing |
| | methods for spatial summary of biological data and for developing new procedures for summary. |
| | Keywords | bird, gis, map, modeling, national wildlife refuge, population, status and trends, |
| | Principal | John R Sauer, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center: john_r_sauer@usgs.gov; William A |
| | Investigators | Link, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center: WIlliam_Link@usgs.gov; |
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