Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Patuxent Wildlife Research Center scientists are currently conducting research on a wide variety of scientific topics. To view and search Patuxent's projects and other work by USGS staff, click on the following link: Research Topics.
Bird
Banding Laboratory (BBL)– Banding and recovery data are essential
elements for estimating and monitoring waterfowl populations.
Breeding
Bird Survey (BBS) – Monitoring the status of breeding bird populations
in the United States and Canada, in partnership with the Canadian Wildlife Service:
data, analyses, analytical software, information for participants
North
American Amphibian Monitoring Program (NAAMP) – monitoring populations
of vocal frogs and toads in the eastern United States
Northeast
Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative (ARMI) – Patuxent participates
in this intensive monitoring and associated research studies on Department of
the Interior lands in the northeastern United States.
Whooping
Cranes: The Patuxent Wildlife Research Center has been a leader in Whooping
Crane research and recovery and is an active partner in the Whooping Crane Eastern
Partnership.
Bird
Identification: The Patuxent Wildlife Research Center provides some learning
tools for bird identification. These tools include: Patuxent's
Bird ID InfoCenter, Patuxent
Bird Quiz, Bird Identification
Tips, and Seasonal
Bird Checklists.
Declining,
Threatened, and Endangered Species Database - Species Decline: Contaminants
as a Contributing Factor Database
Pollution and Contaminants Contributing to Species Decline as Outlined in Species Recovery Plans - This database lists and ranks the effects of environmental contaminants and pollutants contributing to threatened and endangered species decline
Interactive
Tools for BBS Data Analysis
Population
Analysis Software – a variety of downloadable, statistical tools for
analyzing bird or other population data
Population
Databases – Audubon
Christmas Bird Count Analysis 1959-1988, Avian
Point Counts, Breeding
Bird Census, Breeding
Bird Survey, Colonial Waterbirds,
Grassland Bird Home Page, Maryland
Breeding Bird Atlas (some features of these databases are password-protected)
Products
of the USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Invasive
Species Science Projects
Populations-at-Risk
Science Projects
Waterfowl
Populations Science Projects
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National
Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) Bird Conservation Node Population
and Habitat Data