Lead Scientists/Collaborators
TITLE
Development and Evaluation of a National Protocol for Monitoring
Vertebrate Populations and their Habitats at the Ecoregional
Scale
LEAD SCIENTISTS/COLLABORATORS
Manley, Patricia N.(1), Van Horne, Beatrice (2), Hargis,
Christina (3)
1. USDA Forest Service
Research Wildlife Biologist
Sierra Nevada Research Center
Pacific Southwest Research Station
2121 Second St., Suite A-101
Davis, CA 95616
e-mail: pmanley@fs.fed.us
ph: (703)-605-5294
2. USDA Forest Service
Wildlife Research Program Leader
Wildlife, Fish, Watershed, and Air Research
Rosslyn Plaza C - 4th floor
1601 N. Kent St.
Arlington, VA 22209
3. USDA Forest Service
Assistant National Wildlife Ecologist
Rocky Mountain Research Station
2500 S. Pine Knoll, Flagstaff, AZ 86001
OBJECTIVES
1. To develop and evaluate sampling designs, detection protocols,
and analysis procedures for multiple species of vertebrates
and their habitats at ecoregional scales.
2. To develop national guidance in the form of a NFS technical
guide that outlines how to monitor populations and habitats
of multiple species in one integrated design.
PILOT LOCATION
The target application of the MSIM protocol is at the national
scale; testing and evaluation is being conducted in the Sierra
Nevada in California.
DESCRIPTION
Monitoring is required of land management agencies to assess
the success of management activities in meeting legal, regulatory,
and policy objectives, including sustaining populations of
native and desired non-native species. The National Forest
System (NFS), and other land management agencies, require
a monitoring protocol that can efficiently obtain population
and habitat data on a moderate number and variety of management
indicator species. We have developed and are testing the Multiple
Species Inventory and Monitoring (MSIM) Protocol, which is
intended to
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meet basic population and habitat monitoring information
needs for NFS, and which can also serve as a foundation for
conducting more detailed monitoring or research programs.
Specifically, the MSIM Protocol consists of several detection
methods employed in association with systematic grid of Forest
Inventory and Analysis monitoring sites to obtain presence/absence
data for a broad suite of birds, mammals, amphibians, reptiles,
and plant species. Research is focused on testing the efficiency
of various sampling design and analysis approaches. Examples
include determining the relative statistical power to detect
change of various sampling configurations for mist netting
bats, evaluating the sampling intensity required to reliably
and effectively estimate the probability of detection and
proportion of sites occupied by individual species, and designing
efficient habitat measurements that facilitate the development
of habitat relationship models and accomplish habitat monitoring.
Results of the research directly inform development of the
national MSIM protocol.
Publications and Reports
(all files are in .pdf format)
Manley, P. N., W. J. Zielinski, M. D. Schlesinger, and S.
R. Mori. In Press. Evaluation of a multiple-species approach
to monitoring species at the ecoregional scale. Ecological
Applications.
Manley, P. N., M. D. Schlesinger, M. M. Manning, and M. M.
McKenzie. Unpubl. rept. 2001 Field Pilot Test Report: Multiple
Species Monitoring. Sierra Nevada Framework Project, Pacific
Southwest Region, Vallejo, CA.
Manley, P. N. et
al. In prep. Multiple- Species Inventory and Monitoring National
Protocol Technical Guide. FSM Technical Guide. Draft
Abstracts:
--Developing Geographic
Range and Habitat Models for "Survey and Manage"
Species by Sampling at FIA locations in Northern California--William
J. Zielinski
--Evaluation of a
Multiple-Species Approach to Monitoring Species at the Ecoregional
Scale--Patricia Manley, William J. Zielinski, Matthew D. Schlesinger,
and Sylvia R. Mori
--Multiple-Species Monitoring
in Associatoin with FIA Points in the Sierra Nevada--Patricia
Manley
--Using an Augmented FIA
Structure to Evaluate Wildlife Habitat Relationships in North
Idaho--Kevin S. McKelvey
--Linking Frog Population Monitoring
with the FIA Grid: Data Efficiencies and Sample Design Challenges--Cathy
Brown
--Statistical Design Issues
for Sampling Wildlife Populations on FIA Sites--Larissa Bialey,
John R. Sauer, and Paul Geissler
MSIM Powerpoint Presentation
Download MSIM Powerpoint Presentation
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