EMAP and other tools for measuring biodiversity, habitat conditions, and environmental trends

Abstract

We describe research efforts that contribute to assessment and monitoring of neotropical migratory birds, including: I) use of neotropical migrants in the Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP) as potential indicators of general environmental condition and biodiversity; 2) EPA's Habitat/Biodiversity Research Initiative to assess comparative risks to biodiversity, including neotropical migrant birds; and 3) other EPA research to develop tools for assessing status and trends of neotropical migratory birds at various spatial scales.

Parent Publication

• Status and management of neotropical migratory birds

Citation

Preston, Eric M.; Ribic, Christine A. 1993. EMAP and other tools for measuring biodiversity, habitat conditions, and environmental trends. In: Finch, Deborah M.; Stangel, Peter W. (eds.). Status and management of neotropical migratory birds: September 21-25, 1992, Estes Park, Colorado. Gen. Tech. Rep. RM-229. Fort Collins, Colo.: Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service: 223-228