RADAR TECHNOLOGY APPLIEDTO MIGRATORY CONSERVATIONAND MANAGEMENT -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE* -- WORKSHOP ATTENDEES -- WORKSHOP PLANNING COMMITTEE -- WORKSHOP AGENDA -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTORY PRESENTATIONS:HISTORY OF THE USGS-USFWS"RADAR COLLABORATIVE" AND GOALS ANDFOCUS OF THE WORKSHOP -- THE USGS-USFWS "RADAR COLLABORATIVE" -- Goals and Focus of the Workshop -- RADAR AS A TOOL TO FULFILL INFORMATIONNEEDS-PARTNERING WITH STAKEHOLDERS -- RADAR USE AND ITS APPLICATIONS TO OUR CLIENTS -- QUESTIONS BEING ASKED ABOUT RADAR -- FULFILLING MANAGEMENT NEEDS -- THE COLLABORATIVE EFFORT -- SUMMARY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABSTRACTS OF WORKSHOPRESEARCH PRESENTATIONS -- Disclaimer -- PRIMER ON RADAR BIOLOGY ANDAPPLICATIONS TO CONSERVATION ISSUES -- TERMINOLOGY -- WAVELENGTH -- ASPECT -- THE SIZE OF THE EARTH -- BIOLOGICAL DETAILS -- BROAD-SCALE HABITATRELATIONS FOR BIRDS -- THE NEED FOR BROAD-SCALE RESEARCH -- OUR APPROACH -- Gulf Coast Joint Venture -- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service -- U.S. Department of Agriculture -- USE OF RADAR DATA TO SUPPORT MIGRATORYBIRD CONSERVATION -- NOCTURNAL MIGRATION THROUGH THECENTRAL APPALACHIANS, WITH STOPOVERSON LOWER DELMARVA -- REGIONAL STRUCTUREIN MIGRATORY PATTERNSACROSS THE SOUTHWEST -- COMMENT ON A NEW APPROACH TOMODELING MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR -- CAN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BE USEDTO DETECT BIRDS IN NEXRAD DATA? -- INCORPORATING NEXRAD WEATHER RADARINTO MIGRATION STUDIES IN THE UPPERMISSISSIPPI RIVER SYSTEM -- THE USE OF THERMAL IMAGING ANDVERTICALLY-POINTING FIXED-BEAMRADAR TO QUANTIFY BIRD MOVEMENTSDISPLAYED ON RADAR -- APPLICATIONS OF PENCIL-BEAM ANDTRACKING RADAR TO UNDERSTANDINGFLYING BIOTA -- ADAPTING A MILITARY TRACKING RADARFOR ORNITHOLOGICAL RESEARCH-THECASE OF THE "SUPERFLEDERMAUS" -- THE "SUPERFLEDERMAUS" AND ITS USE IN ORNITHOLOGY -- MAJOR STEPS OF METHODOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT -- 1968-1970 -- 1971 - 1980.

1981 - 1990 -- 1991 - 2000 -- 2001 - 2006 -- QUANTIFICATION OF BIRD MIGRATIONBY FIXED PENCIL-BEAM RADAR -- POSSIBLE APPLICATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- APPLICATION OF WSR-88D (NEXRAD)TO QUANTIFY BIRD DISTRIBUTIONS DURINGMIGRATORY STOPOVER -- CHARACTERIZING BIRD AND BATMOVEMENT PATTERNS BY USINGPORTABLE X-BAND RADAR -- WILDLIFE RADAR RESEARCHAND DEVELOPMENT -- THE AHAS SYSTEM -- SMALL MOBILE AVIAN RADAR SYSTEMS -- CONCLUSIONS -- PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE USESOF RADAR FOR STUDYING BATS -- NEXRAD PROGRAM UPDATE -- INTRODUCTION -- PLANNED CHANGES -- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION -- DETECTION OF BIRDS AND INSECTS WITH APOLARIMETRIC WSR-88D RADAR -- RADAR ORNITHOLOGY-THE PAST, PRESENT,AND FUTURE: A PERSONAL VIEWPOINT -- THE BEGINNING OF RADAR ORNITHOLOGY -- THE WSR-57 YEARS (1957-1993) -- THE ASR-4, 5, AND 7 YEARS (1971-1998) -- MOBILE RADAR LABORATORY DAYS (1980-1 991) -- THE DECLINE OF NEOTROPICAL MIGRANTS -- WSR-88D YEARS (1992-PRESENT) -- HIGH-RESOLUTION MARINE RADAR (1998-PRESENT) -- THERMAL IMAGING AND VERTICALLY POINTINGFIXED-BEAM RADAR (1996-PRESENT) -- THE FUTURE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND CREDITS -- RADAR WORKSHOP-KEY ISSUES,THEMES, AND QUESTIONS -- AGENCY NEEDS AND CHALLENGES -- RADAR TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS-TECHNICAL QUESTIONS AND ISSUES -- Target Identity -- Ground-Truthing -- Linking Migrants to Habitat -- Radar Resources Outside the United States -- TOOLS AND RESOURCES FOR MANAGERSAND RESEARCHERS -- Software Tools -- Tools and Resources for Managers -- STANDARDIZATION OF PROTOCOLS -- COLLABORATIVE OPPORTUNITIES -- ACTION ITEMS ENDORSEDBY WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS -- ACTION ITEM #1 -FOR RESEARCHERS (ENDORSED) -- Working Subgroup-Large-Scale Surveillance Radars Standardization -- ACTION ITEM #2 -FOR RESEARCHERS (ENDORSED) -- Working Subgroup-Small-Scale Radar Standardization -- ACTION ITEM #3 -FOR MANAGEMENT ANDREGULATORY AGENCIES (ENDORSED).

ACTION ITEM #4 -FOR RESEARCHERS (ENDORSED) -- ACTION ITEM #5 (ENDORSED) -- ACTION ITEM #6 (ENDORSED) -- ACTION ITEM #7 (ENDORSED) -- SUMMARY OBSERVATIONS FROM THEWORKSHOP: A RESEARCH PERSPECTIVE OFTHE 2006 RADAR BIOLOGY WORKSHOP -- SOME REFLECTIONS ON THE ALBUQUERQUERADAR ORNITHOLOGY WORKSHOP -- REFERENCES CITED -- WEB SITES THAT PROVIDEADDITIONAL INFORMATION -- CONTACT INFORMATION -WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS AND(OR) INVITEES -- INDEX.