Monitoring
Research Activities
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.
Long-Term Programs
Biomonitoring
of Environmental Status and Trends (BEST) - Patuxent participates in this
national program designed to measure and assess the responses of organisms,
populations and communities to contaminants.
Bird
Banding Laboratory – Providing numbered leg bands to bird banders
and managing huge databases of bandings and recoveries essential for many
migratory bird management and research applications (in partnership with the
Canadian Wildlife Service)
Breeding
Bird Survey – 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 - a collaborative effort among regional
partners and the USGS to monitor populations of vocal amphibians using a calling
survey technique
The North American Bird Phenology Program - houses a unique and largely forgotten collection of six million Migration Observer Cards that illuminate migration patterns and population status of birds in North America.
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.
Resources and References
Managers'
Monitoring Manual – describes how to design a wildlife monitoring
program
National Amphibian Atlas - county-based distribution
maps of all amphibians known to occur in the United States
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, Breeding
Bird Atlas Explorer (some features of these databases are password-protected)
Standard
Methods for Measuring Biodiversity – a series of manuals presenting
inventory and monitoring methods for various animal and plant taxa
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