Recent Christmas Bird Count Publications

13 December 2006

Link, W. A., J. R. Sauer, and D. K. Niven. 2006. A hierarchical model for regional analysis of population change using Christmas Bird Count data, with application to the American Black Duck. Condor 108(1):13-24.

Link, W. A. and J. R. Sauer. 1999. On the importance of controlling for effort in analysis of count survey data: Modeling population change from Christmas Bird Count data. Pages 119-124 in Andreas J. Helbig and Martin Flade. Bird numbers 1998: where monitoring and ecological research meet: proceedings of the 14th International Conference of the European Bird Census Council (EBCC) in Cottbus (Brandenburg), Germany, 23-31 March 1998. Vogelwelt 120 Suppl. AULU-Verlag, Wiebelsheim, Germany.

Link, W. A. and J. R. Sauer. 1999. Controlling for varying effort in count surveys --an analysis of Christmas Bird Count Data. Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics 4(2):116-125.

Niven, D. K., J. R. Sauer, G. S. Butcher, and W. A. Link. 2004. Christmas Bird Count provides insights into population change in land birds that breed in the boreal forest. American Birds 58:10-20.

Niven, D. K., J. R. Sauer, and G. S. Butcher. 2005. Population trends of North American sea ducks as revealed by the Christmas Bird Count. Page 133 (abstract 174) in One Hundred and Twenty-Third Stated Meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union: abstract book.

Niven, D. K., J. R. Sauer, and G. S. Butcher. 2005. Population trends of North American sea ducks based Christmas Bird Count and Breeding Bird Survey data. Page 101 (abstract) in Doug Bliss, Brian Millsap, Alicia M. Wells-Berlin, and Matthew C. Perry. Second North American Sea Duck Conference, November 7-11, 2005, Annapolis, Maryland. Program and Abstracts.

Sauer, J. R. and W. A. Link. 2002. Using Christmas Bird Count data in analysis of population change. American Birds The 102nd Christmas Bird Count:10-14.

Sauer, J. R., W. A. Link, and D. K. Niven. 2004. Statistical analyses make the Christmas Bird Count relevant for conservation. American Birds 58:21-25.

Sauer, J. R., W. A. Link, and J. D. Nichols. 2003. Estimation of change in populations and communities from monitoring data. Pages 227-253 in David E. Busch and Joel C. Trexler. Monitoring ecosystems: interdisciplinary approaches for evaluating ecoregional initiatives. Island Press, Washington, DC.