This
report provides an update on marsh bird and amphibian population
trends from 1995 – 2000 derived from six years of MMP implementation
across the Great Lakes basin. It provides an overview not only of
general trends and annual variation in marsh bird and amphibian annual
population indices, but also provides insight into how annual water
level changes of the Great Lakes have been related to annual changes
in several species of marsh birds and amphibians commonly encountered
at Great Lakes coastal marshes and at more isolated interior marshes.
This report demonstrates the value of MMP data collected to
date and how citizen scientists throughout the Great Lakes region are
playing an important role to address many previously unanswered
question pertaining to marsh bird and amphibian population
conservation. This report
provides further appreciation to the agencies and foundations
supporting the program through the years. Most importantly, this
report compliments the previous MMP Five-year report by conveying to
the hundreds of Great Lakes citizens who have volunteered with the
program that their contributions are both highly valued and extremely
important.
Download the full report in
five sections.
Part
1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
