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Science Team Update RMBO Staff Meeting. Conserving Birds & Their Habitats. IMBCR. 2012 data has been proofed Automation of data analyses Expansion in AZ, NM, ID and UT DOD?. IMBCR Survey Area. IMBCR Funding Partners. IMBCR Implementation Partners. Sage Obligate Bird Modeling.
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Science Team UpdateRMBO Staff Meeting Conserving Birds & Their Habitats
IMBCR • 2012 data has been proofed • Automation of data analyses • Expansion in AZ, NM, ID and UT • DOD?
South Dakota Breeding Bird Atlas 2 • Sampling completed • Building database • Searching for money for publication
Publications • Microclimate at Northern Black Swift Colonies in Colorado, New Mexico, and California: Temperature and Relative Humidity: Wilson • "Popular Press" article about BLSW research: Colorado Birds (CFO Quarterly). • Inundation of Playa Wetlands in the Western Great Plains Relative to Landcover Context: Wetlands
NABCI Monitoring Subcommittee Goal 1: Integrate monitoring into bird management and conservation practices. Goal 2: Coordinate monitoring programs among organizations and integrate them across spatial scales. Goal 3: Increase the value of monitoring information by improving statistical design. Goal 4: Maintain bird population monitoring data in modern data management systems.
Avian Knowledge Alliance • New Ning site to communicate • Developed a work plan • Outlined priority actions until 2014
AKN 2.0 • Meeting in Portland, Oregon • Cornell initiated with NSF grant • PRBO now taking lead
RMBO Avian Data Center • Working to ensure that the ADC meets the partners’ information needs • Release anticipated for February 2013 • Working with PRBO to transfer tools • Compiling data from other programs • RMBO, BBS, Ebird, other datasets