CBS06 Line transects surveys of breeding birds throughout Konza Prairie

Like CPB01 and PBG051, this dataset includes records of bird species based on line transect sampling. These surveys re-initiate most of the original KNZ transects surveyed from 1981-2009 (initiated by Zimmerma), continue the two focal 300-m transects conducted from 2011-2016 by Sandercock on watersheds C3A, C3B, C3C, C1A, and 1D, (but not the peripheral segments which have been dropped), and adds two new 300-m transects to additional watersheds with the goals of (i) replicating all surveyed treatments at the watershed level, (ii) adequately sampling the grassland habitats present on Konza as of 2017, (iii) capturing transitions in bird community in response to woody encroachment and fire reversal treatments. The goals are to document and quantify long-term changes in the population sizes of breeding birds at Konza prairie by obtaining a standardized measure of annual breeding bird abundance at the site level and individual watershed or treatment level.