Handbook for Atlasing
North American Breeding Birds

Edited by Charles R. Smith
Laboratory of Natural Resources and Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University

Originally published in September 1990 by the Vermont Institute of Natural Science

Original publication of this Handbook and its translation into Spanish was made possible by a grant from The Merck Family Fund

Contents


Introduction
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by C.R. Smith

Standardized Breeding Criteria Codes
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by S.B. Laughlin, J.R. Carroll, and S.M. Sutcliffe

Planning a Biological Atlas
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by P.F.J. Eagles and David Balser

Survey Methods & Mapping Grids
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by C.S. Robbins and P.B. Geissler

Computer Guidelines
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by D.W. Brauning, L.A. Payzant, and L.P.M. Payzant

Publishing the Breeding Bird Atlas
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J.R. Carroll

Uses of Atlas Data
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by P.F.J. Eagles


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