Useful reading

Outputs of EBBA2

List of publications using the PECBMS results

Bird monitoring

Bennun, L. et Howell, K. (2002): Birds. In: Davies G. et Hoffmann M. [eds.]: African Forest biodiversity: a field survey manual for vertebrates. Earthwatch, Europe.

Bibby, C.J., Burgess, N.D. et Hill, D.A. (2000): Bird Census Techniques. Academic Press, London, 2^nd edition.

Bibby, C., Jones, M., Marsden, S. (1998): Expedition Field Techniques. Bird Surveys. Expedition Advisory Centre, Royal Geographical Society, London. PDF

Buckland, S.T., Anderson, D.R., Burnham, K.P., Laake, J.L. et Borchers, D.L. (2001): Introduction to Distance sampling: estimating abundance of biological populations. Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Conway, C.J. (2003): Standardized North American marshbird monitoring protocols. U.S. Geological Survey, Arizona Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Tucson, Arizona, USA.

Gibbons, D.W. et Gregory, R.D. (2005): Birds. In: Sutherland W.J. [ed.]: Ecological Census Techniques: a handbook. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2^nd edition.

Gilbert, G., Gibbons, D.W. et Evans, J. (1998): Bird Monitoring Methods – a manual of techniques for key UK species. RSPB, Sandy.

Greenwood, J.J.D. (2005): Basic techniques. In: Sutherland W.J. [ed.]: Ecological Census Techniques: a handbook. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2^nd edition.

Gregory, R.D., Gibbons, D.W. et Donald, P.F. (2004): Bird census and survey techniques. In: Sutherland W.J., Newton I. et Green R. E. [eds.]: Bird Ecology and Conservation; a Handbook of Techniques. Oxford University Press, Oxford: 17-56. PDF

Javed, S. et Kaul, R. (2002): Field methods for bird surveys. Bombay Natural History Society, Department of Wildlife Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University and World Pheasant Association, New Delhi India.

Komdeur, J., Bertelsen, J. et Cracknell, G. (1992): Manual for airplane and ship surveys of waterfowl and seabirds. IWRB Special Publication 19. Slimbridge, U.K.

Koskimies, P. et Väisänen, R.A. [eds.] (1991): Monitoring Bird Populations. – Finnish Museum of Natural History, Helsinki.

Lehikoinen, A., Brotons, L., Calladine, J., Campedelli, T., Escandell, V., Flousek, J., Grueneberg, Ch., Haas, F., Harris, S., Herrando, S., Husby, M., Jiguet, F., Kalas, J. A., Lindstrom, A., Lorrilliere, R., Molina, B., Pladevall, C., Calvi, G., Sattler, T., Schmid, H., Sirkiä, P. M., Teufelbauer, N., Trautmann, S. (2019): Declining population trends of European mountain birds. Global Change Biology, 25(2), 577-588. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14522. PDF

Steinkamp, M., Peterjohn, H., Bryd, V., Carter, H. et Lowe, R. (2003): Breeding season survey techniques for seabirds and colonial waterbirds throughout North America. PDF

Underhill, L. et Gibbons, D. (2002): Mapping and monitoring bird populations; their conservation uses. In: Norris K. et Pain D. [eds.]: Conserving bird biodiversity; general principles and their application. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: 34-60.

Van Strien, A.J., Pannekoek, J. et Gibbons, D.W. (2001): Indexing European bird population trends using results of national monitoring schemes: a trial of a new method. Bird Study 48: 200-213. PDF

van Strien, A.J., Soldaat, L.L., Gregory, R.D. (2011): Desirable mathematical properties of indicators for biodiversity change. Ecological Indicators 14: 202-208. PDF

Voříšek, P., Klvaňová, A., Wotton, S., and R. D. Gregory 2008: A best practice guide for wild bird monitoring schemes. First edition. RSPB/CSO. PDF (14 MB).

Walsh, P.M., Halley, D.J., Harris, M.P., del Nevo, A., Sim, I.M.W. et Tasker, M.L. (1995): Seabird Monitoring Handbook for Britain and Ireland. – JNCC, Peterborough.

Wiens, J.A. (2009): Is ´monitoring´ a dirty word? – Bulletin of the British Ecological Society 2009: 40/2. PDF

The proceedings of EBCC conferences

The proceedings also contain numerous useful references.

The 22nd EBCC Conference Bird Numbers 2022: Beyond the Atlas: challenges and opportunities, Luzern, Switzerland, organised by The Swiss Ornithological Institute in Sempach – Proceedings were published by Ala, Swiss Society for the Study and Conservation of Birds, in the December 2022 issue of its journal Ornithologischer Beobachter. Pdfs of the ten articles from the conference can also be downloaded here.

The 21st EBCC Conference Bird Numbers 2019: Counting birds counts, Évora, Portugal, hosted by the LabOr – Laboratory of Ornithology, Évora – Download the book of abstracts

The 20^th International Conference of the EBCC Bird Numbers 2016: Birds in a changing world, Halle (Saale), Germany – Proceedings of the 20^th International Conference of the EBCC. Bird Numbers 2016: Birds in a changing world. Die Vogelwelt 2017/137 – 1, 2. Download the Proceedings of the conference in Heft 1 in pdf (in English, 38,1 MB) and Heft 2 in pdf (in English, 26,4 MB).

18^th International Conference of the EBCC, Bird Numbers 2010: Monitoring, indicators, and targets, Cáceres, Spain – Proceedings in Ardeola 2010/57 (2). Additional papers in Bird Census News 2010/23

17^th International Conference of the EBCC, Bird Numbers 2007: Monitoring for Conservation and Management, Chiavenna, Italy – Proceedings in Avocetta 2009/33 (2).

16^th International Conference of the EBCC, Bird Numbers 2004: Monitoring in a Changing Europe, Kayseri, Turkey, – An abstract book (here in pdf) has been published. The proceedings were published as Volume 24 of the Revista Catalan d´Ornitologia; link to PDFs

15^th International Conference of the EBCC. Bird Numbers 2001: Monitoring for Nature Conservation, Nyiregyhaza, Hungary – Ornis Hungarica 2003/12-13. link to PDFs, link 2