• Posts tagged with long-term monitoring

    Field Report: What Is Loud and Clear in the Quiet of the Deep Forest

    Field Report: What Is Loud and Clear in the Quiet of the Deep Forest

    As I walk between survey points, I think about how loud the bird chorus must have been when the points were first established in 1989, and then how quiet the chorus might become in the coming decades.

    In the Silence of Whip-poor-wills

    In the Silence of Whip-poor-wills

    I’m neither bored nor disappointed on zero-count nights. I relish the chance to pay close attention outside at night, and to do so as part of a community ritual.

    VCE’s Champions of Long-term Monitoring Count Up the Benefits to Conservation

    VCE’s Champions of Long-term Monitoring Count Up the Benefits to Conservation

    How does monitoring contribute to conservation? We asked a few of VCE’s leading proponents of regular surveys, and they explained how long-term datasets contribute to every stage of the conservation process.