The North American Breeding Bird Survey 1966–2011: Summary Analysis and Species Accounts
By John R. Sauer, W. Link, Jane E. Fallon, K. Pardieck, David J Ziolkowski. 2013
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Abstract The North American Breeding Bird Survey is a roadside, count-based survey conducted by volunteer observers. Begun in 1966, it now is a primary source of information on spatial and temporal patterns of population change for North American birds. We analyze population change for states, provinces, Bird Conservation Regions, and the entire survey within the contiguous United States and southern Canada for 426 species using a hierarchical log-linear model that controls for observer effects in counting. We also map relative abundance and population change for each species using a spatial smoothing of data at the scale of survey routes. We present results in accounts that describe major breeding habitats, migratory status, conservation status, and population trends for each species at several geographic scales. We also present composite results for groups of species categorized by habitats and migratory status. The survey varies greatly among species in percentage of species' range covered and precisio...
Subfields: Ecology, Economics and Econometrics
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In Ecology
- W. Link
- John R. Sauer
- D. Niven
- David J Ziolkowski
- K. Pardieck
- Adam C. Smith
- Margaret Kosmala
- A. Swanson
In Economics and Econometrics
- John R. Sauer
- David J Ziolkowski
- K. Pardieck
- W. Link
- D. Niven
- Adam C. Smith
- Marie-Anne R. Hudson
- V. Rodriguez
Citations in the corpus
- The first 50 years of the North American Breeding Bird Survey (2017, methodology): “…on 17 Apr 2020 Terms of Use: https://bioone.org/terms-of-use Sauer et al. 1994); ongoing assessments include modeling the effects of experimental protocol changes (e.g., collect- ing time-distance information; Twedt 2015) and phenology change (Sauer et al. 2013).”
- Assessing data quality in citizen science (preprint) (2016, background): “The Breeding Bird Survey, for example, relies upon skilled birders, who have gained their expertise over a lifetime of bird watching (Sauer et al. 2013).”