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x
Population genetics of selected Appalachian species
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Yes
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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
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Cleveland Museum of Natural History
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Andrew W. Jones
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Microsoft Access
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No
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North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
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Still collecting data in NE states.
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Bird Conservation Region 28
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Point count survey
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Andrew W. Jones
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2009
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2006
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Red-eyed Vireo
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One grad student will analyze VEER song differences across range and relate to genetic data.
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Appalachian Mountains
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Nest monitoring
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John Gerwin
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Swainson's Warbler
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Transect
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Veery
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Spot map
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Dark-eyed Junco
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more ▼
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x
Cherokee National Forest Fall Migrant Bird Banding
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Objective: To pool the data of 3 volunteers from long-term high elevation banding stations and examine species trends, relate trends with habitat variables, and examine trends within individual species such as longevity, return data, differences in...
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Yes
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Bird
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United States Forest Service
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Laura Lewis
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SAS
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No
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Tennessee Ornithological Society
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Just beginning trend analysis.
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Bird Conservation Region 28
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Mist net
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Mark Ford
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1990
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Cherokee National Forest
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x
Northern Saw-whet Owl Surveys
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We surveyed sites where others (notably Mark Simpson) had found birds in years past and some new sites. Primary objective was to see if birds were still at same locations and to see if we could find any new locations.
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Yes
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Northern Saw-whet Owl
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U.S. National Park Service
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Robert Cherry
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Microsoft Word
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No
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Narrative available for 2005
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Blue Ridge Parkway
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Point count with callback recordings
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Robert Cherry
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2006
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2004
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Bird
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Microsoft Access
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Bird Conservation Region 28
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x
Hermit Thrush, Catharus guttatus, and Veery, C. fuscescens, habitat associations in a dynamic Southern Appalachian Spruce-fir Forest
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Yes
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Andrew Laughlin
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Hermit Thrush
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East Tennessee State University
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Fred Alsop
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Yes
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Study will begin in spring 2009
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Bird Conservation Region 28
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Nest monitoring
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Fred Alsop
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Spruce-fir forest
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Aug 2010
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Apr 2009
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Veery
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Appalachian Mountains
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Bird
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x
The Common Raven (Corvus corax) in Tennessee
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No
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Allan Trently
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Common Raven
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East Tennessee State University
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Fred Alsop
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Yes
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Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
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Results published as an MS thesis. Title unknown at this time.
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Bird Conservation Region 28
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Opportunistic sightings
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Fred Alsop
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Documentation of Common Raven nest location and breeding success in southern Appalachian Mountains
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1999
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1997
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Results published in The Migrant.
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Tennessee
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Nest monitoring
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x
Behavorial Study of the Breeding Season of the Alder Flycather, Empidonax alnorum, on Roan Mountain
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Project Objective: To determine the breeding history on Roan Mt (TN/NC), behavior, and habitat requirements
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No
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Brenda Hull
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MS thesis
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Alder Flycatcher
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East Tennessee State University
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Fred Alsop
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Yes
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MS thesis contains details.
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Roan Mountain
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Nest monitoring
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Fred Alsop
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Flycatcher arrival dates established, territories were located, bird’s behavior observed, nest monitored
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1988
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1987
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Bird
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Bird Conservation Region 28
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Opportunistic sightings
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x
Natural History of the Northern Saw-Whet Owl, Aegolius acadicus, in the Southern Appalachian Mountains
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Placement of nest boxes on Roan & Unaka mountains, monitoring of singing owls, monitoring of breeding success, recording prey items brought to nest, record of nest parasites, comparison with outer populations, some birds captured and measured.
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No
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Mark Barb
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MS thesis
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Northern Saw-whet Owl
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East Tennessee State University
|
Fred Alsop
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Yes
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United States Forest Service
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Study published in MS thesis
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Roan Mountain
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Nest monitoring
|
Fred Alsop
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Data collected on nesting cycle, clutch size, incubation times, egg sizes, food cached and brought to nests, parasites, surrounding vegetation.
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1994
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1993
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Bird
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Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
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Manuscript in preparation for submission.
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Cherokee National Forest
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Opportunistic sightings
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Unaka Range
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Bird Conservation Region 28
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x
Avian Populations of the High Altitude Red Spruce Forest and Associated Northern Hardwoods on Unaka Mountain, Unicoi County, Tennessee
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No
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George Radford Mayfield III
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MS Thesis
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Bird
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East Tennessee State University
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Fred Alsop
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Yes
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ETSU Research Development Committee
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Nesting of Saw-Whet Owl published in The Migrant; thesis unpublished
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Bird Conservation Region 28
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Opportunistic sightings
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Fred Alsop
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Annotated species list compiled, 9.9 hectare breeding bird plot established, species densities computed/compared with similar locations in the literature, Magnolia Warblers detected in breeding seasons, first nesting of N. Saw-Whet Owl confirmed in nesting box for Tennessee.
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1993
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1991
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Magnolia Warbler
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Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
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Southern Appalachian Mountains
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Nest monitoring
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Northern Saw-whet Owl
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United States Forest Service
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Transect
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x
Habitat analysis and survey of the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Sphyrapicus varius, in the Southern Appalachians
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No
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C. Jason Osborne
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MS Thesis
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Bird
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East Tennessee State University
|
Fred Alsop
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Yes
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United States Forest Service
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Results published in M.S. Master Thesis: electronic version on line ETSU
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Southern Appalachian Mountains
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Nest monitoring
|
Fred Alsop
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Several sapsucker territories were located in Washington Co., VA, some nests were monitored, habitat descriptions were compiled.
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2001
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1999
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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
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Bird Conservation Region 28
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x
Changes in the spruce-fir avifauna of Mt. Guyot, Tennessee, 1967-1985
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Comparative breeding bird census
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No
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T. F. Laughlin
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Changes in the spruce-fir avifauna of Mt. Guyot, Tennessee, 1967-1985
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Bird
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East Tennessee State University
|
Fred Alsop
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Yes
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U.S. National Park Service
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Transect
|
Fred Alsop
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Breeding birds on 60 acre plot compared with previous work on same plot w/changes in vegetation noted
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Spruce-fir forest
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1985
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Mount Guyot
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Opportunistic sightings
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Bird Conservation Region 28
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x
Breeding habitats and biology of the Golden-winged Warbler in the Appalachian highlands of upper East Tennessee
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Objective: Estimate breeding population, locate and describe nests & contents, describe vegetation/habitat
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No
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|
|
Melinda Wilson
|
MS Thesis
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Golden-winged Warbler
|
East Tennessee State University
|
Fred Alsop
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|
|
Yes
|
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
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|
Study described in MS thesis
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Appalachian Mountains
|
Nest monitoring
|
Fred Alsop
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Population estimate, number of territorial males, nest searches/monitoring, vegetation data.
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1997
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1996
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Bird
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Hampton Creek Cove Natural Area
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Opportunistic sightings
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|
Bird Conservation Region 28
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x
A breeding bird census of the spruce habitat on Whitetop Mountain, Virginia
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Objective: Estimate breeding population, locate and describe nests & contents, describe vegetation/habitat on Whitetop Mountain, VA.
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No
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|
Elizabeth A. Wright
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MS thesis
|
Bird
|
East Tennessee State University
|
Fred Alsop
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|
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Yes
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United States Forest Service
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|
Study described in MS thesis
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Whitetop Mountain
|
Nest monitoring
|
Fred Alsop
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Breeding bird survey, population estimate, number of territorial males, nest searches/monitoring, vegetation data.
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Spruce-fir forest
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1994
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1993
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Resident bird
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Bird Conservation Region 28
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Opportunistic sightings
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Transect
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x
A breeding bird census of boreal forest habitat on Roan Mountain, Mitchell County, North Carolina
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Objective: Estimate breeding population, locate and describe nests & contents, describe vegetation/habitat
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No
|
|
|
Steven H. Hale
|
MS Thesis
|
Bird
|
East Tennessee State University
|
Fred Alsop
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|
|
Yes
|
United States Forest Service
|
|
Study summarized in MS thesis
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Mitchell County
|
Opportunistic sightings
|
Fred Alsop
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Breeding bird survey, population estimate, number of territorial males, nest searches/monitoring, vegetation data.
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Spruce-fir forest
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1980
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1979
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Resident bird
|
Bird Conservation Region 28
|
Transect
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Roan Mountain
|
Nest monitoring
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|
x
Virginia Avian Heritage
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|
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|
Virginia is unique in that it is considered the birthplace of ornithology in this country. It has become the incomparable benefactor for the most extensive collection of archives that describe avifaunal change. Much of the ornithological...
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Yes
|
|
|
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Peregrine Falcon
|
Center for Conservation Biology
|
Michael D. Wilson
|
Microsoft Excel
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|
No
|
Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
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Archive of Historical information from 1900-present
|
Bird Conservation Region 28
|
Opportunistic sightings
|
Michael D. Wilson
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|
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1900
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|
Bewick's Wren
|
Virginia
|
|
Northern Saw-whet Owl
|
|
Swainson's Thrush
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Golden-winged Warbler
|
|
more ▼
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|
x
U.S. Nightjar Survey Network
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|
|
|
The Nightjar Survey Network is a new and statistically powerful monitoring program, coordinated by the Center for Conservation Biology, which is designed to collect information on the population status of Nightjar species across the United States....
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Yes
|
|
|
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|
Nightjar
|
Center for Conservation Biology
|
Michael D. Wilson
|
STATISTICA
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|
No
|
|
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|
Bird Conservation Region 28
|
Point count survey
|
Michael D. Wilson
|
|
|
|
Jul 28, 2007
|
May 12, 2007
|
|
Whip-poor-will
|
Microsoft Excel
|
United States of America
|
Point count with callback recordings
|
Jul 26, 2008
|
May 18, 2008
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|
Chuck-will's-widow
|
ArcGIS
|
Transect
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|
x
Investigation of Cliffs and Cliff-nesting Birds of the Southern Appalachians
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|
|
|
A systematic aerial survey of cliffs and cliff use by birds was conducted throughout a significant portion of the southern Appalachian Mountains covering nearly all of the mountains of Virginia a small portion of Kentucky, and the spine of the...
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Yes
|
|
|
|
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Turkey Vulture
|
Center for Conservation Biology
|
Bryan Watts
|
ArcGIS
|
|
No
|
U.S. National Park Service
|
|
|
Bird Conservation Region 28
|
Aerial survey
|
Bryan Watts
|
One of the benefits of the systematic approach used in this survey is the documentation that exposed rock surfaces are not evenly or randomly distributed throughout the study area. The survey allowed for the delineation of 6 geographic areas that contain dominant rock formations that will not be degraded over time by vegetation and multiple surfaces that appear appropriate for nesting.
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Cliff
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|
Jul 4, 2006
|
May 5, 2006
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|
Common Raven
|
Microsoft Excel
|
Southern Appalachian Mountains
|
|
Peregrine Falcon
|
|
American Black Vulture
|
|
Bird
|
|
x
Allegheny Highlands IBA Golden-winged Warbler Surveys
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|
|
|
Determine distribution and abundance of Golden-winged Warblers to support IBA nomination
|
Yes
|
|
|
|
|
Blue-winged Warbler
|
Virginia Important Bird Area Program
|
Mary Elfner
|
ArcGIS
|
|
No
|
United States Forest Service
|
|
Digital locations available but may not have been collected by GPS.
|
Bird Conservation Region 28
|
Point count survey
|
Mary Elfner
|
|
|
|
Jun 7, 2005
|
Jun 1, 2005
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|
Golden-winged Warbler
|
Allegheny Mountains
|
Jun 7, 2006
|
Jun 1, 2006
|
|
Bird
|
|
x
Pine Mountain, Powell Mountain, Stone Mountain IBA Surveys
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|
|
|
|
Yes
|
|
|
|
|
Bird
|
Virginia Important Bird Area Program
|
Mary Elfner
|
ArcGIS
|
|
No
|
|
|
|
Bird Conservation Region 28
|
Point count survey
|
Mary Elfner
|
|
|
|
Jun 23, 2006
|
May 8, 2006
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|
Stone Mountain
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|
Pine Mountain
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|
Powell Mountain
|
|
x
Status Assessment of Golden-winged Warblers and Bewick’s Wrens in Virginia
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|
|
|
The purpose of this report is to provide a rapid assessment of Golden-winged Warblers and Bewick’s Wren in Virginia. Specifically we determined 1) species’ distributions, 2) habitat use and requirements, and 3) the amount of geographic...
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Yes
|
|
|
|
|
Blue-winged Warbler
|
Center for Conservation Biology
|
Michael D. Wilson
|
Microsoft Excel
|
|
Yes
|
Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
|
|
|
Bird Conservation Region 28
|
Point count survey
|
Michael D. Wilson
|
Blue-winged Warblers were detected in all but one county where Golden-winged Warblers occurred. The two species distributions overlapped in elevation but differed somewhat in habitat use.
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|
|
2006
|
2006
|
|
Bewick's Wren
|
Appalachian Mountains
|
|
Golden-winged Warbler
|
Virginia
|
|
Bird
|
|
x
VA Department of Game and Inland Fisheries Wildlife Management Area (WMA) Breeding Bird Surveys
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|
|
|
Provide baseline inventory of avian community, evaluate effects of management actions and assess habitat use
|
Yes
|
|
|
|
|
Bird
|
Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
|
Sergio Harding
|
Microsoft Access
|
|
Yes
|
|
|
|
Bird Conservation Region 28
|
Point count survey
|
Sergio Harding
|
Data have not been analyzed
|
|
|
Jul 2005
|
May 2005
|
|
Virginia
|
|
x
Shenandoah NPS Priority Bird Species Monitoring
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|
|
|
|
Yes
|
|
|
|
|
Cerulean Warbler
|
Virginia Important Bird Area Program
|
Mary Elfner
|
ArcGIS
|
|
No
|
The Nature Conservancy
|
|
Breeding season 2007 - temporarily suspended.
|
Bird Conservation Region 28
|
Transect
|
Mary Elfner
|
|
|
|
2007
|
2007
|
|
Winter Wren
|
U.S. National Park Service
|
Shenandoah Mountains
|
|
Canada Warbler
|
|
Kentucky Warbler
|
|
Worm-eating Warbler
|
|
more ▼
|
|
x
Inventory of Bird Communities within High Elevation Sites of Virginia
|
|
|
|
Objective: to conduct baseline surveys of high-elevation bird communities in Virginia
|
Yes
|
|
|
|
|
Bird
|
Smithsonian Institution Conservation and Research Center
|
William McShea
|
Microsoft Excel
|
|
Yes
|
Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
|
|
2005-2007 breeding seasons
|
Bird Conservation Region 28
|
Point count survey
|
Heather Lessig
|
|
|
|
2007
|
2005
|
|
Analysis in progress
|
Virginia
|
|
Appalachian Mountains
|
|
x
Comparison of Black-capped and Carolina Chickadee
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|
|
|
An extensive project (my MS Thesis) to map the ranges of Black-capped and Carolina Chickadees and their hybrids over the full extent of the the former's range in North Carolina. Method was by mapping their calls (the "...
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|
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|
Taxonomic and distributional relationships of Black-capped (Parus atricapillus) and Carolina (P. carolinensis) chickadees in the southern Blue Ridge Province, North Carolina
|
Black-capped Chickadee
|
Western Carolina University
|
Michael H. Tove
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Appalachian Mountains
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Carolina Chickadee
|
Bird Conservation Region 28
|
|
Bird
|
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
|
|
North Carolina
|
|
Plott Balsams
|
|
more ▼
|
|
x
Survey of Northern Saw Whet Owls during autumn migration in the Southern Appalachians
|
|
|
|
Objective: Identify, quantify and gather health condition data on Northern Saw Whet Owls in the blue ridge of the southern Appalachians, specifically on Big Bald Mountain, Madison County, NC
|
Yes
|
|
|
|
|
Northern Saw-whet Owl
|
Southern Appalachian Raptor Research
|
Mark Hopey
|
Bandit
|
|
No
|
United States Forest Service
|
|
Project ongoing as of Fall 2008
|
Big Bald Mountain
|
Trapping
|
Mark Hopey
|
NSWO may nest on Big Bald. An investigation of probable nest locations is planned.
|
|
|
|
Aug 2004
|
|
Bird
|
Microsoft Excel
|
Falcon Research Group
|
Southern Appalachian Mountains
|
|
Bird Conservation Region 28
|
|
x
Survey of diurnal raptors during autumn migration in the Southern Appalachians
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bird of prey
|
Southern Appalachian Raptor Research
|
|
|
|
|
Falcon Research Group
|
|
|
Southern Appalachian Mountains
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bird
|
United States Forest Service
|
Bird Conservation Region 28
|
|
x
NCWRC Cold Mountain Game Land Bird Survey
|
|
|
|
Objective: Inventory and monitoring of bird community on mid to high elevation game land (Cold Mountain Game Land, Haywood County, NC).
|
Yes
|
|
|
|
|
Bird
|
North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
|
Christine Kelly
|
Microsoft Access
|
|
No
|
|
|
Project on-going
|
Cold Mountain Game Land
|
Point count survey
|
North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
|
|
Oak-hickory forest
|
|
|
2003
|
|
Black-throated Blue Warbler
|
Cold Mountain
|
Northern hardwood forest concept
|
|
Golden-crowned Kinglet
|
Bird Conservation Region 28
|
Acidic cove forest
|
|
Common Raven
|
Rich cove forest
|
|
Ruffed Grouse
|
|
more ▼
|
|
x
Monongahela National Forest Point Count Surveys
|
|
|
|
Point count survey routes run annually for 1) long-term trend data and 2) to assess changes in breeding bird community as related to land management activities.
|
Yes
|
|
|
Donna Mitchell
|
|
Bird
|
United States Forest Service
|
Catherine Johnson
|
Microsoft Excel
|
|
Yes
|
West Virginia Division of Natural Resources
|
|
WVDNR enters data in a combined database with their point counts
|
Monongahela National Forest
|
Transect
|
Catherine Johnson
|
|
Spruce-fir forest
|
|
2008
|
1993
|
|
Approximately 40 of the routes on the Forest are in NH/Spruce habitats (at least a portion of the route). Most of these are run by the Forest (i.e., routes are either run by Forest biologists, or contracted out by the Forest), but some are run out of the WVDNR. Of the Forest-run routes, six have been run for > 10 years, with another five having been run for 6-9 years.
|
Bird Conservation Region 28
|
Point count survey
|
Northern hardwood forest concept
|
|
x
Monongahela National Forest Northern Saw-whet Owl Surveys
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Northern Saw-whet Owl
|
United States Forest Service
|
Kevin Boyle
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Monongahela National Forest
|
Nest monitoring
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Maryland Department of Natural Resources
|
David Brinker
|
Bird Conservation Region 28
|
Mist net
|
|
x
Monongahela National Forest Northern Goshawk Surveys
|
|
|
|
Goshawk surveys conducted for: 1) clearance of project areas, 2) historical nest site checks, 3) high potential habitat forestwide surveys
|
Yes
|
|
|
David Brinker
|
|
Bird
|
United States Forest Service
|
Jay Martin
|
Microsoft Excel
|
|
No
|
Maryland Department of Natural Resources
|
|
Historic nest sites have been tracked since 1989
|
Bird Conservation Region 28
|
Opportunistic sightings
|
Catherine Johnson
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Northern Goshawk
|
Catherine Johnson
|
Some parallel research with banding and satellite transmitters.
|
Monongahela National Forest
|
Transect
|
|
Nest monitoring
|
|
x
Characteristics of Golden-winged Warbler Nest Microhabitat
|
|
|
|
|
No
|
|
|
|
|
Bird
|
West Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
|
Petra Wood
|
|
|
Yes
|
United States Forest Service
|
|
In addition to the ongoing study, Forest biologists have begun doing callback surveys in potential habitat across the Forest
|
Bird Conservation Region 28
|
Nest monitoring
|
|
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
Golden-winged Warbler
|
West Virginia Division of Natural Resources
|
Monongahela National Forest
|
Point count with callback recordings
|
|
West Virginia University
|
|
x
Allegheny Front Migration Observatory
|
|
|
|
The Allegheny Front Migration Observatory (AFMO), located in Grant County, West Virginia, has completed its 49th year of bird banding. The 50th season starts August 11, 2007 and ends October 13, 2007.
|
Yes
|
|
|
|
|
Bird
|
Brooks Bird Club
|
Joan Bell Pattison
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bird Conservation Region 28
|
Mist net
|
|
|
|
|
|
1958
|
|
Ralph K. Bell
|
Grant County
|
|
x
Purchase Knob MAPS Station
|
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Objective: monitor bird productivity and survivorship in northern hardwood/red oak habitat, along with regenerating field species (4,700’ elevation)
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Yes
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Gray Catbird
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U.S. National Park Service
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Paul E. Super
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Yes
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The Institute for Bird Populations
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Run mostly by volunteers and GSMNP staff; was discontinued for lack of GSMNP staff time availability.
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Mist net
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Danielle Kaschube
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Northern hardwood forest concept
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2007
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2002
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Dark-eyed Junco
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Appalachian Highlands Science Learning Center
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Bird Conservation Region 28
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Veery
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Haywood County
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Blackburnian Warbler
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Bird
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Balsam Mountain MAPS Station
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Yes
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Canada Warbler
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U.S. National Park Service
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Paul E. Super
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Yes
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The Institute for Bird Populations
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One NSWO captured in 2008.
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Bird Conservation Region 28
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Mist net
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Danielle Kaschube
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Spruce-fir forest
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2008
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Bird
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Appalachian Highlands Science Learning Center
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Golden-crowned Kinglet
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Blue Ridge Parkway
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Dark-eyed Junco
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Haywood County
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Black-capped Chickadee
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Jackson County
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Mountian to Sea Trail construction effects on Northern Saw-whet Owl
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Objective: To assess impacts to the local saw whet owl population caused by construction of the Mountains To Sea Trail and by increased levels of human activity as a result of trail use. Attempted to document population density, territory placement,...
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Yes
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Northern Saw-whet Owl
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U.S. National Park Service
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Tim Milling
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No
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Year 1 study of planned three year study. I do not know if the subsequent, post-trail construction study was implemented.
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Bird Conservation Region 28
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Transect
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Tim Milling
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Results suggest that barred owl activity and certain types of human activity may discourage saw whet owls from locating their breeding season territories where these disturbances are present.
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2000
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2000
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Bird
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Density - Estimates based on area along transect encompassing maximum detection distance (i.e., distance within which detection is thought to be 100%).
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North Carolina
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Spot map
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Territory spacing in relation to disturbances- Disturbance categories included motor vehicles, daytime human pedestrian activity along trails and parking areas, night time human activity at camping and residential areas, and barred and great horned owl activity.
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Mountains-to-Sea Trail
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Nest monitoring
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Breeding biology of the Southern Appalachian Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
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Objective: Determine breeding habitat, distribution, nest site selection, territory sizes and gather any behavioral data.
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Robert Cherry
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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
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Mars Hill College
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John Gerwin
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U.S. National Park Service
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funding provided mainly by USFWS, NC Museum of Natural Sciences, and Mars Hill College; logistic help from NPS. We did a broad “So. App” survey with staff plus volunteers; also did the focal study at 3 sites in NC.
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Southern Appalachian Mountains
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Point count survey
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John Gerwin
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nests found from 3m to 20m high, but mostly below 15m; snag dbh’s were 25-35 cm; clutch size in 2004 was 6, for nearly 50 nests (almost no variation really); in 2005 it was 5, likely due to two hard freezes during nest excavation period.
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Bird
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North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
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Bird Conservation Region 28
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Point count with callback recordings
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Scott Pearson
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birds are selecting northern hardwoods, and areas on slopes just below the rim, and NOT down in the “bowl”; nest sites are in the largest trees within a plot; cavities are made in dead or mostly dead snags in live trees.
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Opportunistic sightings
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Sugar Maple, Black Locust, and Red Maple were preferred nest trees; some nests within 100m of each other, but birds foraged wider; seemed to “skip” over territories to get to certain “feeding” trees; hickories used extensively early in spring, after which they used sugar and red maple’s, red oak, yellow poplar and others; Serviceberry a very important component of food to nestlings in June.
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Nest monitoring
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we noted intense nest competition/usurpation by the squirrels; at least one banded pair has returned to the same territory/snag 3 years in a row.
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Transect
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Ecology and Conservation of Neotropical Migrants in the Southern Appalachians
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Yes
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Ecology and Conservation of Neotropical Migrants in the Southern Appalachians 1999 Annual Report
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Bird
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United States Geological Survey
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Theodore R. Simons
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Microsoft Access
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Yes
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Point count survey
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Theodore R. Simons
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For all years combined we established and censused 4,159 independent plots and conducted 3,414 repeat counts. In total, we recorded 74,797 individuals of 115 species. The increase in the total number of species observed over time is due to increased census coverage of the park, particularly in unique areas such as Cades Cove and The Purchase.
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1999
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1996
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U.S. National Park Service
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Susan Shriner
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Bird Conservation Region 28
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We did not detect any major differences in bird community composition or abundance between years. The relative abundance of some species did change from year to year, but these changes are consistent with differences in the sampling locations for each year.
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In 1998 we combined census data with variables from the GRSM Geographic Information System (GIS) database to develop a logistic regression model for Wood Thrush. The model predicts the probability of detecting a Wood Thrush as a function of several habitat and topographic variables.
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The effects of landscape pattern, core areas, and forest managment practices on avian communities in the Southern Appalachians
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This study expands an avian community study in Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GRSM) to include U.S. Forest Service lands adjacent to the Park. GRSM will be used as a control site to examine breeding populations of forest...
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Yes
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The Effects of Landscape Pattern, Core Areas, and Forest Managment Practices on Avian Communities in the Southern Appalachians 1999 Annual Report
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Bird
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United States Forest Service
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Theodore R. Simons
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Microsoft Access
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Yes
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U.S. National Park Service
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Nest monitoring
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Theodore R. Simons
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1999
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1997
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United States Geological Survey
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Jeremy Lichstein
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Bird Conservation Region 28
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Point count survey
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Kendrick Weeks
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Kathleen E. Franzreb
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Effects of Atmospheric Pollution on High Elevation Fauna in Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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The goal of this research is to examine the effects of atmospheric pollution on two groups of high elevation terrestrial animals. Air pollution such as acid precipitation and mercury toxicity remains high in eastern forests, and is considered a...
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Yes
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Effects of Atmospheric Pollution on High Elevation Fauna in Great Smoky Mountains National Park Progress Report 2008
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Dark-eyed Junco
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North Carolina State University
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Theodore R. Simons
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Microsoft Access
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No
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U.S. National Park Service
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Nest monitoring
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Theodore R. Simons
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Spruce-fir forest
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2006
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Snail
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United States Geological Survey
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Becky Keller
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Bird Conservation Region 28
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Landscape level habitat characteristics of Cerulean Warblers
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Cerulean Warbler
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West Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
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Petra Wood
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Appalachian Mountains Joint Venture
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Bird Conservation Region 28
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Effects of gas well development on birds in the Appalachian Mountains
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Drilling Oil and Gas Wells
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Cerulean Warbler
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West Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
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Petra Wood
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Bird Conservation Region 28
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Stream assessment
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Louisiana Waterthrush
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Bird conservation
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Bird
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