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Monitoring the shorebirds of North America: Towards a unified approach

S. K. Skagen·J. Bart·B. Andres·S. Brown·G. Donaldson·B. Harrington·V. Johnston·S.L. Jones·R. I. G. Morrison
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The Program for Regional and International Shorebird Monitoring (PRISM) has recently developed a single blueprint for monitoring shorebirds in Canada and the United States in response to needs identified by recent shorebird conservation plans. The goals of PRISM are to: (1) estimate the size of breeding populations of 74 shorebird taxa in North America; (2) describe the distribution, abundance, and habitat relationships for these taxa; (3) monitor trends in shorebird population size; (4) monitor shorebird numbers at stopover locations, and; (5) assist local managers in meeting their shorebird conservation goals. The initial focus has been on developing methods to estimate trends in population size. A three-part approach for estimating trends includes: (1) breeding surveys in arctic, boreal, and temperate regions, (2) migration surveys, and (3) wintering surveys.

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S. K. Skagen, J. Bart, B. Andres, S. Brown, G. Donaldson, B. Harrington, V. Johnston, S.L. Jones, R. I. G. Morrison. 2003. Monitoring the shorebirds of North America: Towards a unified approach. https://pubs.usgs.gov/publication/1015113

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