Internet resources to accompany:

References and bibiographies

• Monitoring References -- compiled by the Hawaii Natural Resources Monitoring Working Group
• The National Park Service Natural Resource Bibliography -- includes reports of monitoring studies.
• Bibliography of Biodiversity Assessment Methodologies -- Environment Australia Department of the Environment and Heritage. Extensive bibliography of biodiversity-related literature including flora and fauna. Searchable. Some entries directly applicable to monitoring.

Monitoring Programs and Examples

• USGS Patuent Wildlife Research Center's Monitoirng Program A veritable fount of information on wildlife monitoring.
• Channel Islands National Park Inventory and Monitoring Site
• Monitoring Natural Resources in our National Parks
  Contains an overview of concepts pertaining to development of a natural resource monitoring program. Includes a number of reports that can be downloaded, an extensive bibliography and links to other sites and reports.
• US Geological Survey - National Park Service Vegetation Mapping Program. Overview of the program, description of protocols, links.
• The Smithsonian Institution's Monitoring and Assessment of Biodiversity (SI/MAB) Program. Overview of program, description of protocols.
• British Columbia Species Inventory Project. The Resource Inventory Committee has developed standardized inventory and monitoring methods for birds, mammals, herptiles, and arthropods as well as general guidance for sampling vertebrate populations. Also included are manuals on macrofungi and collecting and curating plants. Over 40 detailed manuals are available in .pdf or other formats for downloading from their website.
  See also the general Species Inventory Project
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP)
• Environment Canada's Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network (EMAN)