10.5281/zenodo.3251935
https://zenodo.org/records/3251935
oai:zenodo.org:3251935
Sólymos, Péter
Péter
Sólymos
Bayne, Erin
Erin
Bayne
Mahon, Lisa
Lisa
Mahon
Development of Predictive Models for Migratory Landbirds and Estimation of Cumulative Effects of Human Development in the Oil Sands Areas of Alberta
Zenodo
2014
2014-05-07
eng
10.5281/zenodo.3251934
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
The Boreal Avian Modelling Project (BAM), Environment Canada (EC), and the Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute (ABMI) collaborated under the Joint Oil Sands Monitoring (JOSM) on using the most extensive standardized point count data collected and compiled by these agencies (BAM, EC, ABMI) and the North American Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) program. The avian data set was combined with available geospatial information to build predictive models for bird species.
The models were used to (1) describe the habitat associations of the bird species and their responses to human footprint at different spatial scales; (2) determine change in suitable habitats for bird populations in the Boreal region of Alberta in general, and specifically in the oil sands region based on current and “backfilled” habitat data; (3) compare estimated population sizes for birds within Boreal Alberta and compare these to existing estimates by Partners in Flight.