Site characterization and regeneration attributes of managed and unmanaged ponderosa pine sites in the southwestern United States

These data consist of environmental covariates, measured plot-level and tree characteristics for seven coniferous tree species across the southwestern United States. The objectives of the study were to assess how growth characteristics of conifer tree species vary across environmental gradients and across the different tree species. These data represent conifer growth under a variety of stand and site characteristics. These data were collected in the summer of 2019, from sites across Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado, and collected by field crews directed by Matt Petrie (University of Nevada Las Vegas), Rob Hubbard (USDA Forest Service), Tom Kolb (Northern Arizona University) and John Bradford (U.S. Geological...

Categories: Data; Tags: Arizona, Botany, California, Climatology, Colorado, All tags... Ecology, Forestry, Geography, Geomorphology, Idaho, Information Sciences, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, Soil Sciences, South Dakota, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), USGS:645abf44d34ec179a8378de3, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, biogeography, biota, climate change, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, conifer forests, conifer growth, conifer regeneration, conifer tree regeneration, coniferous tree, daily meteorological estimates, data release, dryland forests, ecological processes, ecosystem management, effects of climate change, environment, environmental conditions, environmental covariates, estimates, field inventory and monitoring, field-measured, forest ecosystems, forest management, geoscientificInformation, meteorology, plot sampling, ponderosa forests, predictor variable, recruitment, regeneration failure, simulations, site characteristics, soil moisture, soil resources, soil temperature, southwestern United States, stand characteristics, tree characteristics, tree growth, vegetation, vegetation cover, vegetation type, western United States, Fewer tags

Catalogue of the literature assessing climate effects on ungulates in North America (1947-2020)

This dataset contains information from 674 publications (academic and grey literature) that assessed the effects of climate variability and climate change on the 15 ungulate species that are native to the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Greenland. The publication contains literature published between 1947 and September 2020. Information documented includes study location, climate variables assessed, and ungulate outcomes measured (e.g., life history characteristics, population demographics, migratory behavior).

Categories: Data, Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Canada, Greenland, Mexico, North America, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... United States, biota, climate change, effects of climate change, none, Fewer tags

CoRE (Contractions or Range Expansions) Database: Global Database of Species Range Shifts from 1802-2019

The CoRE (Contractions or Range Expansions) database contains a library of published literature and data on species range shifts in response to climate change. Through a systematic review of publications returned from searches on Google Scholar, Web of Science, and Scopus, we selected primary research articles that documented or attempted to document species-level distribution shifts in animal or plant species in response to recent anthropogenic climate change. We extracted data in four broad categories: (i) basic study information (study duration, location, data quality and methodological factors); (ii) basic species information (scientific names and taxonomic groups); (iii) information on the observed range shifts...

Categories: Data, Data Release - Under Revision; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, GLOBAL, ATLANTIC OCEAN, PACIFIC OCEAN, ARCTIC OCEAN, All tags... North America, South America, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, biodiversity, boundaries, climate change, depth, distribution, distribution shift, effects of climate change, elevation, global change, global warming, habitat extent, latitude, occupancy, precipitation, range, species, species redistribution, temperature, vulnerability, warming, Fewer tags

Observations of 12 fish species from Minnesota Department of Natural Resources fish surveys of inland lakes between 1968-2022

The data comprise observations of 12 species of fish from Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) fish survey data. Surveys were conducted between 1968 & 2022 generally for the purposes of assessing fishery statuses in inland lakes. The species in these data represent only a subset of all species present in DNR surveys, and were selected for our study because of relevance to stakeholders and relative vulnerability to the gears used to survey the populations.

Categories: Data; Tags: Minnesota, effects of climate change, freshwater ecosystems, inland fishery resources