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The North American Breeding Bird Survey, Analysis Results 1966 - 2023
This data product consists of a database of population change and abundance estimates for North American birds, estimated from North American Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) data. Data are presented for 546 species of birds in 4 spreadsheets containing trend estimates and annual indices for 2 time periods. Estimates are derived for each species using the 1 of 4 alternative models, and a cross-validation model selection procedure was used to select the best model for each species. Metadata associated with this data product provides information specific to the associated analysis results; metadata for the BBS data are available at Ziolkowski, D.J., Lutmerding, M., English, W.B., Aponte, V.I., and Hudson, M-A.R., 2023, North American Breeding Bird Survey Dataset 1966 - 2023: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P136CRBV.
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Jeffrey A Hostetler |
Publication Date | 2025-02-25 |
Beginning Date of Data | 1966 |
Ending Date of Data | 2023 |
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DOI | https://doi.org/10.5066/P1F2X4WH |
Citation | Hostetler, J.A., Sauer, J.R., Hines, J.E., Ziolkowski, D., and Lutmerding, M., 2025, The North American Breeding Bird Survey, Analysis Results 1966 - 2023: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P1F2X4WH. |
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Metadata Date | 2025-02-25 |
Related Publication | There was no related primary publication associated with this data release. |
Citations of these data | No citations of these data are known at this time. |
Access | public |
License | http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/ |
Harvest Date: 2025-02-26T21:09:54.738Z