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Title | Streamside Bird Surveys in Appalachian Mountains (2) |
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IMPORTANT: This Advertiser has requested that applicants MUST be National Residents / Valid Work Permit-holders. Other applicants need not apply.
Justification/Issue being addressed: Louisiana waterthrush (Seiurus motacilla) is the only bird species in the ERMN that depends on flowing waters for food and reproduction. Waterthrushes feed on benthic macroinvertebrates many of which decline following human impacts such as sedimentation or acidification. Waterthrushes are also more likely to occur along streams embedded within wide (e.g., > 80 m) tracts of older (e.g., > 50 years) deciduous or mixed deciduous-coniferous forest. As such, waterthrushes can serve as indicators of local riparian forest ecosystem integrity. Monitoring other bird species that occur along streams can also serve as cost-effective indicators due to their relative conspicuousness and responsiveness to ecological gradients and changes. Therefore, monitoring the occupancy and abundance of select bird species or guilds that are known to respond to landscape and patch-scale changes can serve as indicators of watershed conditions throughout the ERMN. This protocol will provide park managers with comprehensive long-term data about the status and trends in the bird community along headwater streams potentially including the effects of ecological and anthropogenic stressors. Permanent transects will be used to document changes in the bird community over time while accounting for species detectability. The overarching objective of the protocol is to characterize the current status of Louisiana waterthrush populations and other streamside bird species/guilds and document changes over time.
Protocol Status: The streamside bird protocol has been under development for two years with peer-reviewd drafts of both the protocol narrative and all standard operating procedures (SOPs) available. Data collection for protocol development occurred during spring of 2007 and 2008 and will continue in 2009. Principal investigators and NPS lead: Drs. Brady Mattson and Robert Cooper, University of Send in one document (Word or PDF) a cover letter stating your interests, a resume that includes dates of relevant experience, and contact information for three references that can describe your abilities in the field to DR. BRADY MATTSSON, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602. Positions will be filled as soon as suitable applicants are found. Please write ”NPS application” on the subject line of your email (EM: bjmatt@uga.edu ). |