Developing a partnership in the NBII Bird Conservation Node

The Institute for Bird Populations (IBP) is dedicated to fostering a global approach to research and the dissemination of information on changes in the abundance, distribution, and ecology of bird populations. IBP operates a number of avian research programs in North America and the Neotropics. The results of the research are reported in various peer-reviewed publications and reports. IBP created and coordinates the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program, a network consisting of nearly 500 mist netting and banding stations distributed across North America and operated annually.

The Institute for Bird Populations (IBP) has become a partner with the United States Geological Survey (USGS) / Biological Resources Division (BRD) in the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) web-based electronic information network. This has allowed IBP to make available on-line the annual reports of the MAPS (Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship) program. (Click this link to go directly to the NBII/MAPS Web-based Query Interface for MAPS Data). Previously these data have been published only in IBP's peer-reviewed publication Bird Populations. This avian demographics query interface includes the following components:

1. Regional between-year changes in adult population size and productivity indices for 144 species from analyses of MAPS banding data (1992-2003).

2. Regional annual adult apparent survival rate estimates for 179 species from mark-recapture analyses of MAPS data (1992-2003).

3. MAPS Station information:

• Geographic locations and operating history of 873 MAPS stations operated during the years 1989-2003.
• Brief habitat descriptions summarized from the MAPS Habitat Structure Assessment data collected at each station. This includes USGS National Vegetation Classification Standard classifications of major habitat types to formation level. Further information on the USGS - NPS National Vegetation Classification Standard (NVCS) is available on the USGS - NPS Vegetation Mapping Program home page.

4. Cumulative, composite breeding status of each species captured, seen, or heard at each station during the years 1989-2003.

IBP ensures that species names provided through the web-based query interface conform to the taxonomic nomenclature provided by the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

5. Metadata. IBP has developed metadata records for the MAPS database and geospatial data layers that are made available electronically. Metadata records follow the format of the Biological Data Profile of the FGDC Metadata Content Standard. View the Metadata for the NBII/MAPS Avian Demographics Query Interface.

The project was coordinated at The Institute for Bird Populations by Phil Nott and David F. DeSante and implemented by Nicole Michel.

IBP Contact details

Postal Address: P.O. Box 1346; Point Reyes Station, CA 94956-1346; USA.
Shipping Address: 11435 State Route One, Suite 23; Point Reyes Station, CA 94956; USA.
Telephone: (415) 663-1436 FAX: (415) 663-9482

Go to the NBII/MAPS Avian Demographics Query Interface for MAPS Data.

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