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SWITZERLAND

Name of scheme: Monitoring Häufige Brutvögel (Monitoring of abundant breeding birds)
Organisation: Swiss Ornithological Institute
Status: ongoing
Start: 1999
Number of fieldworkers: 200
Species: 75
Habitats recorded: no
Methods: territory mapping
Selection of plots: systematic
Sustainable support: yes
Website:
http://www.vogelwarte.ch/home.php?lang=e&cap=projekte&subcap=ueberwachung
Reference: Keller, V., M. Kéry, H. Schmid & N. Zbinden (2009): Swiss Bird Index SBI : Update 2008. Fiche Info Station ornithologique suisse, Sempach. 4 S. (in French or German)
National indicators: Farmland Bird Index, Swiss Bird Index (in German, French or English)

Contact: Hans Schmid & Verena Keller, Swiss Ornithological Institute, Sempach, CH-6204, Switzerland, e-mail: hans.schmid (at) vogelwarte.ch, verena.keller (at) vogelwarte.ch

Indicators produced are used as official indicators in the country: yes

18.08.2009