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Effects of wind-energy facilities on breeding grassland bird distributions - data release

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
2003
End Date
2012

Citation

Shaffer, J.A., and Buhl, D.A., 2018, Effects of wind-energy facilities on breeding grassland bird distributions: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7T43SDG.

Summary

This data release contains breeding-bird densities in native mixed-grass prairie collected from 2003 to 2012 at and adjacent to wind farms in North and South Dakota, USA, for one year prior to turbine construction and several years post-construction. One dataset contains breeding-bird densities per 100 ha by distance from turbines for categories of 0-100 m, 100-200 m, 200-300 m, and greater than 300 m from turbines and for reference (i.e., control) sites. A second dataset contains breeding-bird density overall for turbine and reference sites, without the distance-category breakdown. A third dataset contains measurements that characterize average vegetation structural measurements on each study plot. This data release supports the following [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Jill A Shaffer
Originator :
Jill A Shaffer, Deborah A Buhl
Metadata Contact :
Jill A Shaffer
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
SDC Data Owner :
Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
USGS Mission Area :
Ecosystems
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase

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WindTurbineEffectsOnGrasslandBirds_DensityDataByBuffer_2003to2012_3WindFarms_ConsBiol_Dataset.csv 92.23 KB text/csv
WindTurbineEffectsOnGrasslandBirds_DensityData_2003to2012_3WindFarms_ConsBiol_Dataset.csv 38.77 KB text/csv
WindTurbineEffectsOnGrasslandBirds_SumVegetationDataPercent_2003to2012_3WindFarms_ConsBiol_Dataset.csv 9.99 KB text/csv

Purpose

Breeding-bird densities were obtained in order to conduct a before-after-control-impact (BACI) assessment to determine if wind facilities placed in native mixed-grass prairies in North Dakota and South Dakota caused the avoidance or attraction of nine species of breeding grassland birds. Vegetation data were collected to determine if there were differences in vegetation structure between wind facility sites and reference sites.

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