The data of the European Birds Census
Council (EBCC) Atlas of Breeding Birds in Europe containing
900 distribution maps for 495 European bird species can
now be accessed via the Internet.
Over the past 10 years, the atlas data
has been used by a wide variety of researchers and conservationists
for purposes ranging from estimating hotspots of species
occurrence to predicting the effects of climate change.
Use of the data is administered via the EBCC Executive Committee
and the data extraction and handling is currently done by
staff at SOVON
(Dutch Centre for Field Ornithology) in the Netherlands
or the BTO
(The British Trust for Ornithology) in the
UK.
For more information on this valuable resource
and to view the EBCC Online Atlas please visit:
http://www.sovon.nl/ebcc/eoa
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