Pacific Southwest Research Station

• The Partners in Flight's Landbird Monitoring Strategy
  National Monitoring Working Group, Partners in Flight. October 1998.
• The Partners In Flight Species Assessment Database is in the process of finishing a major revision of the Partners In Flight Species Assessment Database which guides PIF conservation planning and action in North America. The database now includes all breeding birds in the United States and is available on their web site. Also on their home page are several papers which explain the priority scores and the priority setting process.
• Needs Assessment of the Monitoring Working Group
  Ralph, C. John and Gregory S. Butcher, and members of the Monitoring Working Group. 1997. Monitoring Landbirds in the Americas: a report of the Monitoring Working Group of Partners in Flight.
• Intensive Monitoring Recommendations
  Hussell, David J.T, and C. John Ralph. 1998. Recommended methods for monitoring bird populations by counting and capture of migrants. Newly revised 8/16/98.
• Extensive Monitoring Recommendations
  Dunn, Erica H. 1995. Recommended methods for regional checklist programs.
• Goals of the Monitoring and Inventory Working Group
  Ralph, C. John and Gregory S. Butcher.
• Canadian Landbird Monitoring Strategy
  Environment Canada

Other Publications of Interest

Blancher, P., A. Cyr, S. Droege, D. Hussell, and L. Thomas. 1994. Results of a U.S./Canada workshop on monitoring of landbirds during migration and recommendations towards a North American Migration Monitoring Program (MMP). Unpublished report available from Peter Blancher, Canadian Wildlife Service, Ottowa. 27 p. (PDF, 4.3 MB)

Ralph, C.J., G.R. Geupel, P. Pyle, T.E. Martin, and D.F. DeSante. 1993. Handbook of field methods for monitoring landbirds. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-144. Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. 41 p.

Ralph, C.J., G.R. Geupel, P. Pyle, T.E. Martin, D.F. DeSante, and B. Mila. 1996. Manual de metodos de campo para el monitereo de aves terrestres. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-159. Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; 44 p.

Ralph, C.J., J.R. Sauer, and Sam Droege, technical editors. 1995. Monitoring bird populations by point counts. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-149. Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. 197 p.

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Research Contact:

• C.J. Ralph