The Institute for Bird Populations

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Non-profit_name = The Institute for Bird Populations (IBP)
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Non-profit_type = 501(c)(3)
founded_date = 1989
founder = David F. DeSante
location = PO Box 1346, Point Reyes Station, CA 94956
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key_people = Executive Director: David F. DeSante
area_served = United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, South America.
focus = Bird monitoring and research, avian conservation science, bird-banding and monitoring training.
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Non-profit_slogan = Dedicated to the research and dissemination of information onchanges in the abundance, distribution, and ecology of bird populations
homepage = [http://www.birdpop.org www.birdpop.org]
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footnotes = Newsletter: [http://www.birdpop.org/DownloadDocuments/MAPSChat8.pdf MAPS Chat] Membership: [http://www.birdpop.org/membership.htm Join IBP]

The Institute for Bird Populations, based in Marin County, California, is a non-profit organization dedicated to studying and monitoring bird populations, and providing land managers and policy makers with information needed to better manage those populations.

The Institute was founded in 1989 by Executive Director Dr. David DeSante to develop and coordinate the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship Program ( [http://www.birdpop.org/maps.htm MAPS] ), a network of approximately 500 standardized bird banding stations across North America. Other major initiatives include the development of the Monitoreo de Sobreviviencia Invernal Program ( [http://www.birdpop.org/mosi/MoSI.htm MoSI] ), a cooperative effort among agencies, organizations, and individual bird-banders in Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean to monitor overwintering survival rates of both Neotropical migratory and resident bird species; research and conservation efforts on behalf of birds in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains ( [http://www.birdpop.org/sierra.htm Sierra Nevada Research and Conservation Program] ); a coordinated effort to assist land managers in the development and deployment of bird monitoring programs on public lands; and the publication of [http://www.birdpop.org/birdpop.htm Bird Populations] , an online, peer-reviewed journal of global avian research.

Institute scientists ( [http://www.birdpop.org/staff.htm staff list] ) develop standardized bird monitoring techniques and tools for land managers and researchers studying bird populations, coordinate large-scale networks for monitoring vital rates of birds, conduct original research on the abundance, distribution, and ecology of birds, and convey their findings in scientific papers and reports to public and private land managers. The Institute also trains individuals, organizations, and agencies in the United States and abroad, in effective bird monitoring techniques ( [http://www.birdpop.org/internships.htm Internships and Training] ).

External links

The Institute for Bird Populations ( [http://www.birdpop.org www.birdpop.org] )