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Elisabeth M. Ammon and Jen Ballard,
Great Basin Bird Observatory
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Regional Includes all birds Standardized methods
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Determine population size Detect major population changes
80% power to detect a 50% change in 20 years, for most species
Significance level of 0.10 (two-tailed) Incorporating removal of biases (detection ratios)
Determine habitat suitability criteria for priority landbirds
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Covered: Evaluation:Willow Flycatcher Bendire’s ThrasherVermilion Flycatcher Le Conte’s ThrasherPhainopepla Gray Vireo Summer TanagerBell’s VireoBlue Grosbeak
Bell’s Vireo(photo by Martin Meyers)
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Randomly selected point count transects (stratified by habitat)
Intensive area searches for double-sampling
Habitat and landscape assessments
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10 points per transects 10 minute counts (intervals 0-
3, 3-5, 5-10) At 3 distances (0-50, 50-100,
>100), unless DISTANCE is employed
Bendire’s Thrasher (photo by Martin Meyers)
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Habitat Type # Surveys2011
# Transects2011
Agricultural 3 3Aspen 0 0Coniferous Forest 5 5Joshua Tree/Yucca 18 18Lowland Riparian 15 11Mojave Desert Scrub 14 14Mesquite-Acacia 10 8Montane Riparian 2 2Montane Shrubland 5 5Pinyon-Juniper 10 10Salt Desert Scrub 8 8TOTAL 90 84
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Stand structure and floristics (field data)
Landscape layout (through remote sensing and field data)
Mojave Lowland Riparian and Mojave Desert Scrub(photos by Elisabeth Ammon)
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Clark County, 2008-11:
121 point count transects422 surveys
24 area search plots8-10 visits each
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Habitat Type Bell’s Vireo
Blue Grosbeak
Phaino-pepla
Vermilion Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Summer Tanager
Agricultural 5 8 27 10
AspenConiferous ForestJoshua Tree/Yucca 67
Lowland Riparian 133 63 398 51 6 16
Mojave Desert Scrub
Mesquite-Acacia 4 186 1
Montane RiparianMontane ShrublandPinyon-Juniper 8
Salt Desert ScrubTOTAL 142 71 703 62 6 16
Number of Detections (2008- 2011)
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Bell’s VireoDistribution
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Blue GrosbeakDistribution
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PhainopeplaDistribution
Photo by Scott Page
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Vermilion FlycatcherDistribution
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Willow FlycatcherDistribution
Photo by Martin Meyers
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Summer TanagerDistribution
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Habitat Type Bendire’s Thrasher
Le Conte’s Thrasher
Gray Vireo
AgriculturalAspenConiferous Forest 12
Joshua Tree/Yucca 2 1 12
Lowland Riparian 1 1 3
Mojave Desert Scrub 3 18
Mesquite-Acacia 2 25 2
Montane Riparian 25
Montane Shrubland 1 13
Pinyon-Juniper 122
Salt Desert Scrub 4 1TOTAL 8 50 190
Number of Detections (2008- 2011)
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Bendire’s ThrasherDistribution
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Le Conte’s ThrasherDistribution
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Gray VireoDistribution
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New Map Products:Wildlife Habitat Map
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Landscape Use Of Blue Grosbeak(n = 13)
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New Approaches to Range Mapping, Data Analyses, and Conservation Planning
(for more info:www.gbbo.orgSelect Bird Conservation Plan)
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Revise conceptual models for nine species
Statistical habitat suitability modeling
Population size estimation through detectability analyses
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Clark County Desert Conservation Program U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Park Service Bureau of Land Management U.S. Forest Service Bureau of Reclamation Southern Nevada Water Authority USGS Snake River Field Station Nevada Department of Wildlife Otis Bay Ecological Consultants University of Nevada, Las Vegas Many other Nevada Bird Count partners GBBO field crews and volunteers