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Mountain birdwatch: developing a coordinated monitoring program for high-elevation birds in the Atlantic northern forest

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Abstract

Birds occupying high-elevation forests in the northeast are perceived to be at risk from a variety of external forces, most notably the potential loss and alteration of habitat associated with global climate change and the increased deployment of wind-energy facilities. However, the Breeding Bird Survey (BBS), a standardized national monitoring scheme widely used to monitor trends in the size of bird populations, does not adequately sample populations in high-elevation forests.

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Citation

Lloyd, John D.; Hart, Julie; Lambert, J. Dan. 2010. Mountain birdwatch: developing a coordinated monitoring program for high-elevation birds in the Atlantic northern forest. In: Rentch, James S.; Schuler, Thomas M., eds. 2010. Proceedings from the conference on the ecology and management of high-elevation forests in the central and southern Appalachian Mountains. 2009 May 14-15; Slatyfork, WV. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-64. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 214.
https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/36351