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User's Manual:
Avian Richness Evaluation Method (AREM)
for Lowland Wetlands of the Colorado Plateau

1. "AREM" AND WHAT IT CAN DO
2. INSTRUCTIONS
   2.1 Field Phase
   2.2 Program Installation and Analysis Phase
   2.3 Summary of the AREM Program Steps
   2.4 Interpretation Phase
   2.5 Editing Options
   2.6 Possible Applications of the Editing Program
   2.7 Adapting AREM for a New Region or Ecosystem Type
3. LITERATURE DOCUMENTATION FOR AREM
   3.1 Documentation of Indicator Thresholds

   3.1.1 Introduction
   3.1.2 Area Thresholds
   3.1.3 Width Thresholds
   3.1.4 Distance Thresholds
   3.1.5 Other Thresholds

   3.2 Documentation of Weighting Factors

   3.2.1 Species Dependency on Wetland/Riparian Habitat
   3.2.2 Relative Abundance
   3.2.3 Taxonomic Uniqueness
   3.2.4 Neotropical Migrant Status
   3.2.5 Official Conservation Designations
   3.2.6 Hunted Status
4. LITERATURE CITED
   
   Appendix A. Field Form: Site Documentation
   Appendix B. Field Form (Long)
   Appendix C. Field Form (Short)

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1.	Advantages of using AREM
Table 2.	Limitations and assumptions of AREM
Table 3.	The context for properly using AREM
Table 4.	Example showing how AREM scores are calculated.
Table 5.	Use of AREM to select wetland combinations that optimize protection of regional avian diversity
Table 6.	Instructions for AREM's editing program (EDITAREM).
Table 7.	Meaning of codes used in the species habitat relationships database.

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1.	Subregions of the Colorado Plateau addressed by this report.
Figure 2.	AREM's four introductory screens.
Figure 3.	Part of AREM's indicator list.
Figure 4.	AREM's menu for selecting subregion and seasonal period.
Figure 5.	Example of output in AREM's score table.
Figure 6.	Menu for specifying the seasonal period upon which species are to be weighted by abundance
Figure 7.	Menu for finishing the AREM analysis or changing the weights.
Figure 8.	Menu for changing weights of a species characteristic
Figure 9.	AREM's concluding instructions.
Figure 10.	Example of documentation output file from an AREM evaluation.
Figure 11.	Menu for combining bird lists and scores from multiple wetlands.
Figure 12.	Menu for selecting AREM databases to edit.
Figure 13.	Part of AREM's wildlife habitat relationships database (WHRBASE).
Figure 14.	Part of AREM's WEIGHTS database.
Figure 15.	Part of AREM's REGIONS database.
Figure 16.	Part of AREM's TAXINF database.
Figure 17.	Menu for adding indicator conditions.

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