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Demonstrate an approach for monitoring the ecological health of bird populations and communities across federal lands of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE).
- Compile data from the USFWS Breeding Bird Survey and the USFS Integrated Monitoring in Bird Conservation Regions programs
- Select bird species for which these data sets allow rigorous statistical modeling of population trends
- Use species distribution modeling techniques to develop spatially explicit models of bird abundance as a function of biophysical and human pressure factors for the period of 1990-2024
- Use statistical techniques to evaluate trend past to present and into the future and compile the results into a color-coded report card for communication with diverse stakeholders.
Some data used for this project are not public, and as such cannot be included (such as IMBCR data). However, when available, links to data request forms will be given. Any public data used are provided here: https://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/BBS/PublicDataInterface/index.cfm?fuseaction=PublicDataInterface.viewPublic
IMBCR data request: https://forms.monday.com/forms/80217ca03b7de4ed366dce0a608172d8?r=use1