Identification_Information:
  Citation:
    Citation_Information:
      Originator: University of Montana
      Originator: USDA Forest Service
      Publication_Date: Unknown
      Title: Landbird Monitoring Program (UMT-LBMP)
      Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: database
      Online_Linkage: http://avianscience.dbs.umt.edu/research_landbird.htm
  Description:
    Abstract: Point counts are used to monitor birds in primarily forested habitats.  The data are used to assess management effects (landscape factors affecting cowbird parasitism, effects of partial-cut timber harvest); also the effects of forest restoration on wildlife (in progress).
    Purpose: To determine: 1) the status and long-term trends of common species;  2) the habitat associations for all diurnal (primarily forest) landbirds detected through point counts; 3) the effects of specific management practices on the abundance of selected bird species, through one-year studies targeted on one specific management practice, in alternating years with Level 1) monitoring.
  Time_Period_of_Content:
    Time_Period_Information:
      Range_of_Dates/Times:
        Beginning_Date: 1993
        Ending_Date: 2006
    Currentness_Reference: ground condition
  Status:
    Progress: In work
    Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
  Spatial_Domain:
    Description_of_Geographic_Extent: Montana and northern Idaho.
  Keywords:
    Theme:
      Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
      Theme_Keyword:
    Place:
      Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
      Place_Keyword: United States
      Place_Keyword: U.S.A.
      Place_Keyword: US
      Place_Keyword: Montana
      Place_Keyword: MT
      Place_Keyword: Idaho
      Place_Keyword: ID
  Taxonomy:
    Keywords/Taxon:
      Taxonomic_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
      Taxonomic_Keywords: multiple species
      Taxonomic_Keywords: birds
      Taxonomic_Keywords: landbirds
    Taxonomic_System:
      Classification_System/Authority:
        Classification_System_Citation:
          Citation_Information:
            Originator: American Ornithologists' Union
            Publication_Date: 1998
            Title: Check-list of North American Birds
            Edition: Seventh
            Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: book
            Online_Linkage: http://www.aou.org/checklist/index.php3
        Classification_System_Modifications: The check-list is revised and updated on an annual basis by the American Ornithologists' Union. Revisions are published in The Auk.
      Taxonomic_Procedures: Observers have pre-existing knowledge of bird identification or they use published field guides.
    General_Taxonomic_Coverage: Forest landbirds.
    Taxonomic_Classification:
      Taxon_Rank_Name: Kingdom
      Taxon_Rank_Value: Animalia
      Applicable_Common_Name: animals
      Taxonomic_Classification:
        Taxon_Rank_Name: Phylum
        Taxon_Rank_Value: Chordata
        Applicable_Common_Name: chordates
        Taxonomic_Classification:
          Taxon_Rank_Name: Subphylum
          Taxon_Rank_Value: Vertebrata
          Applicable_Common_Name: vertebrates
          Taxonomic_Classification:
            Taxon_Rank_Name: Class
            Taxon_Rank_Value: Aves
            Applicable_Common_Name: birds
  Access_Constraints: None
  Use_Constraints: None
  Point_of_Contact:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Person_Primary:
        Contact_Person: Jock Young
        Contact_Organization: University of Montana
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type:
        City:
        State_or_Province:
        Postal_Code:
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 406-243-6499
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jock.young@mso.umt.edu
  Data_Set_Credit: Lead institution: University of Montana.  Partner institutions: US Forest Service, University of Montana.  The LBMP is principally funded by the Northern Region of the US Forest Service, with major contributions from the Bureau of Land Management, Glacier National Park, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, Potlatch Timber Co., Plum Creek Timber Co., and the University of Montana.
  Native_Data_Set_Environment: The database is maintained by the University of Montana.
Data_Quality_Information:
  Attribute_Accuracy:
    Attribute_Accuracy_Report: Dedicated crews are hired and trained by University of Montana.
  Logical_Consistency_Report: not applicable
  Completeness_Report: Habitat associations for 83 species; 50-60 species for trends.  About 3500 points monitored annually.  700 transects (7,000 points in total).
  Lineage:
    Methodology:
      Methodology_Type: Field
      Methodology_Identifier:
        Methodology_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
        Methodology_Keyword: point counts
      Methodology_Description: Count duration = 10 minutes, with distance estimates (in 10 m intervals) for each individual detected.  Each point sampled once per year.  Dedicated crews hired and trained by University of Montana.
    Process_Step:
      Process_Description: No process steps have been described for this data set
      Process_Date: Unknown
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
  Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Point
Metadata_Reference_Information:
  Metadata_Date: 20070503
  Metadata_Contact:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Person_Primary:
        Contact_Person: Jim Lowe
        Contact_Organization: Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: mailing and physical
        Address: 159 Sapsucker Woods Road
        City: Ithaca
        State_or_Province: NY
        Postal_Code: 14850
        Country: USA
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 607-254-2413
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: JDL6@cornell.edu
      Contact_Instructions: E-Mail is preferred
  Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Biological Data Profile of the Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
  Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001.1-1999