Abstract
Birds can be used as a tool in environmental monitoring. This statement results from relevant research and planning work done in Finland in recent years. Monitoring is seen as continuous quantitative research using standardized methods, which will reveal changes and causes of changes in the abundance and ecology of birds. The changes caused by human activities are of most interest, but the natural dynamics also have to be studied in order to separate these two from each other.
The data gathered for environmental monitoring can be used also for other purposes, e.g. for ecological research and conservation of bird populations.
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