IFAS Extension
Building for Birds Evaluation Tool: Breeding and Wintering Habitat for Forest Birds
Mark Hostetler and
Release Date: 10/12/2025
Natural Resources
Abstract
The "Building for Birds" online tool is designed to help decision makers evaluate different development scenarios and how they affect habitat for different species of forest birds that can use fragmented areas. The tool is most useful for small developments or developments in already fragmented landscapes. This publication explains how the tool can be used for forest birds in fragmented landscapes in any part of the United States.
About this Publication
This document is WEC372, one of a series of the Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date June 2016. Revised March 2019, March 2021, and February 2025. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.
How to Cite
Hostetler, M., & Archer, J.-M. (2017). Building for Birds Evaluation Tool: Breeding and Wintering Habitat for Forest Birds. EDIS, 2017(1), 17. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-uw417-2017
Authors
Mark Hostetler
Specialist
University of Florida
professor and Extension specialist, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Gainesville, FL
Jan-Michael Archer
former graduate student; Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
Publication #WEC372
