Managers' Monitoring Manual home page

   WHY are you creating a monitoring program?
      Measuring long-term population change
      Adaptive Management -- Integrating Monitoring and Management

   WHAT are you going to measure?
      Which species, or set of species should I be monitoring?
      What types of information do I need to collect about those species?

   WHERE are you going to put your sampling points?

   HOW are you going to measure it?
      Choosing a monitoring approach
      Choosing a counting technique
      Figuring out how many samples you need
         Tips on decreasing variability

   Worksheets

Estimates of Count Variability

   Coefficients of Variation Tool for Amphibian Count Database

   Coefficients of Variation Tool for Breeding Density Estimates of North American Birds from Select Territory Mapping Plots

   Coefficients of Variation Tool for Point Counts of North American Birds from Breeding Bird Survey routes