Yukon High Elevation Monitoring Program (HEMP) - human point counts

The High Elevation Monitoring Program (HEMP) - Yukon is a multi-species terrestrial bird monitoring program to support the Boreal Monitoring Strategy and conservation planning of terrestrial birds (landbirds, shorebirds) in southern boreal ecoregions in Yukon. The absence of long-term monitoring data from structured (e.g. North American Breeding Bird Survey) and unstructured (e.g. Christmas Bird Count, eBird) monitoring programs in regions characterized by remote, rugged mountains, sparse trail and road access, and small human populations limits efforts to detect distribution shifts and population declines for northern mountain bird species. We used a modified version of the BOSS sampling design and the Boreal Bird Monitoring Program (BBMP) design implemented throughout Yukon ecoregions to create the High Elevation Monitoring Program (HEMP) design. We restricted the sampling frame to (1) mountains in southwest Yukon with a hiking or access trail, and (2) a sampling area of two km total width on each mountain (one km on each side of the hiking/access trail). To conduct sampling across elevational gradients at each of our 10 HEMP mountains and achieve habitat representation and…

Publisher

Environment and Climate Change Canada

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2026-03-13