Sagebrush Bird Conservation Network
Project Name: Use of Stable Isotopes Ratios to Link Wintering and Breeding Ranges of Shrubsteppe Birds
Objectives:
- To link wintering and breeding areas used by shrubsteppe birds.
- To relate wintering strategies of shrubsteppe birds to habitat use and population dynamics of shrubsteppe birds
Location: Winter: Southwestern United States; Summer: Northern intermountain west
Project duration: Pilot study completed in Jan-Mar 2003. Currently developing proposal for full project funding
Project contact:
Steve Knick
Research Ecologist
USGS Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center
970 Lusk Street
Boise, ID 83706
email: steve_knick@usgs.gov
phone: (208) 426-5208
Matthias Leu
Post-doctoral Associate, National Research Council
USGS Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center
970 Lusk Street
Boise, ID 83706
email: mleu@usgs.gov
phone: (208) 426-2598
Bird sampling methods: Birds captured in mist-nets are banded and feathers collected for isotope analysis on winter and summer range. Interested in developing contacts to collect additional samples.
Vegetation sampling: Multi-scale measures of wintering habitat currently being developed