This is a very good example, but it is not specifically about birds as bioindicators. https://extranet.fao.org/fpmis/FPMISReportServlet.jsp?type=PRJ_EU
We need this material (about new and old funded projects, preferably complete of total budget) for a degree thesis.
Thank you very much,
I'm also really interested in this same issue, particularly with respect to mining impacts, the following references might help but these studies need to be collated
Read, J.L., Kovac, K-J and Fatchen, T.J. (2005) ‘Biohyets’: a method for displaying the extent and
severity of environmental impacts. Journal of Environmental Management 77: 157-164.
Read, J.L., Reid, N and Venables, W.N. (2000). Which bird species are useful bioindicators of mining and grazing impacts in arid South Australia? Environmental Management 26: 215-232.
Dear John, the question is really interesting. And thank you very much for the suggested papers...Maybe should be nice articulate a discussion-paper on this topic, that will be useful both for Naturalists and politicians, who several times deliver funding for these studies.
Thanks,
Federico