long term and large scale multispecies dataset tracking population changes of common european breeding birds

• DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4015969
• Publication Date: 2021-03-26
• Authors: Tom van der Meij; Benjamin Seaman; Petras Kurlavičius; Ainars Aunins; Anna Staneva; Aleksi Lehikoinen; Alain Paquet; Svetoslav Spasov; Aris Manolopoulos; Renno Nellis; Jean-Yves Paquet; Jozef Ridzoň; Eva Šilarová; Cindy Redel; Sven Trautmann; Hany Alonso; Marc Anton; Glenn Vermeersch; Elisabetta de Carli; Alena Klvaňová; Przemysław Chylar...; Leo Soldaat; Iordan Hristov; Primož Kmecl; Antoine Derouaux; Virginia Escandell; Sergi Herrando; Arco J. van Strien; Hans Schmid; Sarah J. Harris; Tomasz Chodkiewicz; Thomas Vikstrøm; Charlotte M. Moshøj; Ruud P. B. Foppen; Iván Ramírez; Richard D. Gregory; Richard D. Gregory; David Martí; Johannes Kamp; Danae Portolou; Daniel P. Eskildsen; Norbert Teufelbauer; John Atle Kålås; Chris A. M. van T...; Petr Voříšek; Jana Škorpilová; Jiří Reif; Jiří Reif; David G. Noble; Magne Husby; Guido Tellini Flo...; Zdeněk Vermouzek; Zoltan Benko; Juan C. del Moral; Anne Weiserbs; Tibor Szép; Dario Massimino; Dick Coombes; Laura Silva; Christina Ieronym...; Gilles Biver; Åke Lindström; Benoît Fontaine; Vojtěch Brlík; Vojtěch Brlík; Malte Busch; Frédéric Jiquet; Lesley J. Lewis; Anna Gamero
• Keywords: Statistics and Probability; 0106 biological sciences; Data Descriptor; Conservation of Natural Resources; Databases, Factual; Animal Ecology and Physiology; Science; Population Dynamics; continental data; Library and Information Sciences; 01 natural sciences; Education; Birds; citizen science; Pan-European Common Bird Monitoring Scheme; population dynamics; Animals; species index; Q; methodology; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Zoogeografi: 486; species trend; 15. Life on land; Computer Science Applications; Europe; Ecology, evolutionary biology; birds; biodiversity monitoring; bird monitoring; Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Informasjons- og kommunikasjonsvitenskap: 420::Databaser og multimediasystemer: 428; Information Systems

AbstractAround fifteen thousand fieldworkers annually count breeding birds using standardized protocols in 28 European countries. The observations are collected by using country-specific and standardized protocols, validated, summarized and finally used for the production of continent-wide annual and long-term indices of population size changes of 170 species. Here, we present the database and provide a detailed summary of the methodology used for fieldwork and calculation of the relative population size change estimates. We also provide a brief overview of how the data are used in research, conservation and policy. We believe this unique database, based on decades of bird monitoring alongside the comprehensive summary of its methodology, will facilitate and encourage further use of the Pan-European Common Bird Monitoring Scheme results.