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Trends from the Breeding Bird Survey in : Woodland

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Area 1970–2009
♦ 1973–2009
+ 1986–2009
1970–1989
♦ 1973–1989
1989–2009 1999–2009
  Trend P N Trend P N Trend P N Trend P N
Canada - 0.4 * 819 0.1 462 - 0.6 * 764 - 0.6 * 703
Province and Territory
Yukon 1.9 n 27 1.7 27 1.7 24
♦ British Columbia - 0.9 * 123 - 0.2 68 - 1.0 * 117 - 0.4 103
♦ Alberta 0.2 138 2.8 * 62 - 0.6 n 133 - 1.5 123
♦ Saskatchewan 0.5 75 3.3 * 47 - 0.7 62 - 1.0 56
♦ Manitoba 0.4 67 0.4 36 - 0.1 67 0.1 67
Ontario - 0.1 153 0.5 80 - 0.8 * 144 - 0.7 137
Quebec 0.1 124 0.4 68 0.1 111 - 0.1 97
New Brunswick - 1.5 * 37 - 0.8 29 - 1.8 * 33 - 0.5 31
Nova Scotia - 0.7 32 - 0.1 23 - 1.7 * 32 - 3.1 * 29
Bird Conservation Regions (BCR) 1970–2009
♦ 1973–2009
+ 1986–2009
1970–1989
♦ 1973–1989
1989–2009 1999–2009
Trend P N Trend P N Trend P N Trend P N
Northwestern Interior Forest 2.0 * 31 1.7 n 31 1.7 n 27
♦ Northern Pacific Rainforest - 1.0 * 37 - 1.8 * 22 - 0.5 n 35 0.0 30
♦ Boreal Taiga Plains - 0.1 114 2.4 * 51 - 0.3 105 - 1.0 97
Boreal Softwood Shield - 0.3 68 1.6 n 46 - 1.8 * 62 - 1.6 54
♦ Great Basin - 0.8 n 26 - 1.4 * 25 0.2 23
♦ Northern Rockies - 0.6 n 66 0.7 35 - 1.0 * 65 - 0.4 59
♦ Prairie Potholes 0.7 149 2.9 * 86 - 0.4 137 - 1.5 n 130
Boreal Hardwood Transition - 0.5 129 - 0.1 65 - 0.7 * 119 - 0.6 109
Lower Great Lakes/ St. Lawrence Plain 1.0 79 1.0 43 0.8 * 76 0.8 74
Atlantic Northern Forest - 0.8 * 109 - 0.6 75 - 1.0 * 102 - 1.2 * 95

Annual indices of population change for the Woodland in Canada based on Breeding Bird Survey data (1970 - 2009)

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Year Index Value
1970 151.350
1971 167.675
1972 159.936
1973 152.968
1974 150.522
1975 161.499
1976 162.828
1977 154.462
1978 150.235
1979 163.130
1980 161.024
1981 160.863
1982 158.195
1983 168.345
1984 166.642
1985 165.267
1986 158.795
1987 162.327
1988 158.214
1989 152.325
1990 155.957
1991 146.214
1992 153.385
1993 151.792
1994 153.143
1995 162.470
1996 152.091
1997 152.380
1998 151.897
1999 152.287
2000 145.053
2001 148.370
2002 141.358
2003 143.218
2004 139.289
2005 133.725
2006 136.310
2007 144.232
2008 146.114
2009 138.898

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