SGS-LTER Pawnee National Grassland avian road count field data in eastern Colorado, USA 1968-1990

This data package was produced by researchers
working on the Shortgrass Steppe Long Term
Ecological Research (SGS-LTER) Project,
administered at Colorado State University.
Long-term datasets and background information
(proposals, reports, photographs, etc.) on the
SGS-LTER project are contained in a comprehensive
project collection within the Digital Collections
of Colorado. The data table and associated
metadata document, which is generated in
Ecological Metadata Language, may be available
through other repositories serving the ecological
research community and represent components of the
larger SGS-LTER project collection. The Breeding Bird Survey is a large-scale
survey of North American birds. It is a roadside
survey, primarily covering the continental United
States and southern Canada, although survey routes
have recently been initiated in Alaska and
northern Mexico. The BBS was started in 1966, and
the over 3,500 routes are surveyed in June by
experienced birders. Routes 305, Nunn and 901,
Rockport are located in the area of the SGS
research site. The primary objective of the BBS
has been the estimation of population change for
songbirds. However, the data have many potential
uses, and investigators have used the data to
address a variety of research and management
objectives. In the USGS-BBS Home Page, results
from the BBS are summarized and pictures of birds
and other species are information. Data from 1966
- 2002 were managed by the SGS-LTER
project. Additional information and referenced materials can be found:
http://hdl.handle.net/10217/82150.