Lessons learned from comparing spatially explicit models and the Partners in Flight approach to estimate population sizes of boreal birds in Alberta, Canada
Estimating the population abundance of landbirds is a challenging task complicated by the
amount, type, and quality of available data. Avian conservationists have relied on population
estimates from Partners in Flight (PIF), which primarily uses roadside data from the North
American Breeding Bird Survey (BBS). However, the BBS was not designed to estimate
population sizes. Therefore, we set out to compare the PIF approach with spatially explicit
models incorporating roadside and off-road point-count surveys. We calculated population …
amount, type, and quality of available data. Avian conservationists have relied on population
estimates from Partners in Flight (PIF), which primarily uses roadside data from the North
American Breeding Bird Survey (BBS). However, the BBS was not designed to estimate
population sizes. Therefore, we set out to compare the PIF approach with spatially explicit
models incorporating roadside and off-road point-count surveys. We calculated population …
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