Abstract
A field census was conducted in 384 study meshes each with the size of approximately 500 by 500 meters. Number of great tits (Parus major) was recorded in each mesh. The results of the census showed that the great tits tended to use forested area in the breeding season and moved to river and urban areas in the non-breeding season. Using the same data, multiple regression models were constructed to predict the relative abundance of great tits from several environmental factors relating to land use and forested area read from 15m-grid satellite imagery taken by EOS Terra / ASTER sensor. One of the models explained more than sixty percent of the variation in great tit numbers. Utilization of the evaluation method such as this model in wide area land use and urban planning was discussed.
