Data and Model-Based Estimates from Black Brant (Branta bernicla nigricans) Fall Age Ratio Surveys at Izembek Lagoon, Alaska

These data are in two tables relating to fall age ratios (number of juvenile birds : total birds aged) of Black Brant (Branta bernicla nigricans) staging in Izembek Lagoon, Alaska, since 1963. The first table is observation data for the age classes of Black Brant during surveys, and associated survey characteristics. The second table contains model-based estimates of age ratios by year along with Standard Error (SE), and 95% Bayesian credible intervals around estimates.

Tags: Alaska, Animal populations, Animals/Vertebrates, Biota, Birds, All tags... Black Brant, Brent Goose, Computational methods, Ecological dynamics, Environment, Izembek Lagoon, Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, Mathematical modeling, Migratory birds, Population dynamics, Species life history, Species/population interactions, USGS:ASC256, Waterfowl, Wildlife biology, Fewer tags

North Platte River Sandhill Crane and Waterfowl Surveys 2014-2016

Aerial surveys with locations, habitat type, and count estimates for Sandhill Cranes (Grus canadensis) and waterfowl. Waterfowl were distinguished between ducks, dark geese, and light geese. Habitat types described include: main channel, side channel, pond or wetland, and field adjacent to river, pond, or wetland. Crane and waterfowl habitat use was collected on the North and South Platte Rivers from the confluence of the North and South Platte River near North Platte, Nebraska to the Nebraska state line. Survey data was used to create habitat use models for ducks, geese, and sandhill cranes.

Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: CRANES AND ALLIES, DUCKS/GEESE/SWANS, Data, Datasets/Database, Federal resource managers, All tags... LCC Network Science Catalog, Nebraska, Platte River, RIVERS/STREAM, Regional & county planners, ScienceBase Great Plains LCC, State agencies, biota, biota, completed, data.gov Great Plains LCC, environment, environment, inlandWaters, inlandWaters, sandhill cranes, waterfowl, Fewer tags

Bird Species Checklists from USGS Alaska Science Center Field Camps

These data are daily summary checklists of all bird species observed at U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center (ASC) field camps. Data include species observation details such as observers, dates, location, and number of individuals seen. Field camps were located in Northern, Western, Interior, Southwest, Southcentral, and Southeast Alaska, Baja California Sur Mexico, and northern Russia.

Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Albatrosses/Petrels and Allies, Animals/Vertebrates, Bahia San Quintin, Baja California Sur, All tags... Biota, Birds, Coastal ecosystems, Cranes, Ducks/Geese/Swans, Eagles/Falcons/Hawks and Allies, Environment, Fowl, Game birds, Laguna Ojo de Liebre, Laguna San Ignacio, Loons, Mexico, Migration (organisms), Migratory birds, Migratory rates/routes, Migratory species, Owls, Perching Birds, Raptors, Russia, Sakha Republic, Sandpipers, Santa Rosalia, Seabirds, Seasonal distribution, Shorebirds, Songbirds, Tundra ecosystems, USGS:ASC367, United States, Waders/Gulls/Auks and Allies, Waterfowl, Wetland ecosystems, Wildlife, Fewer tags

Bird Species Checklists from USGS Alaska Science Center Field Camps: Western Alaska

These data are daily summary checklists of all bird species observed at U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center (ASC) field camps in Western Alaska. Data include species observation details such as observers, dates, location, and number of individuals seen. Included are data from three camps along the Kashunuk River within the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge ("Old Chevak", "River Camp", and "Square Bend") during the summer field seasons: 1985-2012.

Tags: Alaska, Albatrosses/Petrels and Allies, Animals/Vertebrates, Biota, Birds, All tags... Coastal ecosystems, Cranes, Ducks/Geese/Swans, Eagles/Falcons/Hawks and Allies, Environment, Fowl, Game birds, Kashunuk River, Kusilvak Census Area, Loons, Migration (organisms), Migratory birds, Migratory rates/routes, Migratory species, Owls, Perching Birds, Raptors, Sandpipers, Seabirds, Seasonal distribution, Shorebirds, Songbirds, Tundra ecosystems, USGS:ASC368, United States, Waders/Gulls/Auks and Allies, Waterfowl, Wetland ecosystems, Wildlife, Yukon Delta, Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge, Fewer tags

Brackish Marsh Zones as a Waterfowl Habitat Resource in Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Beds in the Northern Gulf of Mexico.

Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Plants, Sea-Level Rise and Coasts, South Central CASC, Water, Coasts and Ice, Wetlands, All tags... Wildlife and Plants, sea-level rise, seed biomass, submerged aquatic vegetation, waterfowl, Fewer tags

Proportion of the Central Valley and Suisun Marsh in California classified by date for October-March of 2014-15 through 2017-18 as wet waterfowl habitat in three maps derived using open-water data from Point Blue Conservation Science

Tabular data that represent the proportion of area classified as waterfowl habitat for each of three series of habitat maps were developed based on water distributed across the Central Valley and Suisun Marsh in California during October-March of 2014-15 through 2017-18. We used open water data (version without cloud-filling) publicly available on Point Blue Conservation's California Water Tracker web site and which Point Blue derived at 16-18 day intervals from mosaics of Landsat 8 imagery for the region including the Central Valley and Suisun Marsh. Each record in the data set represents a mosaic within a specific range of dates of imagery that together bound the Central Valley and Suisun Marsh spatial extent....

Categories: Data; Tags: California, Central Valley, Suisun Marsh, biota, birds, All tags... habitats, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, surface water (non-marine), waterfowl, Fewer tags

Integrated models for estimating influences of climate change on waterfowl populations, waterfowl habitat, and hunter opportunity and demographics

Waterfowl are ecologically, culturally, and economically important and their annual and long-term distributions in North America can substantially impact ecological relationships and have economic impacts. In Mississippi, Arkansas and Louisiana alone, recent annual sales of Federal Duck Stamps equal $2.4 million. An intensive study in Mississippi estimated the annual total economic impact of waterfowl hunting in that state was $86.8 million. North American waterfowl number in the millions, use a diversity of aquatic and terrestrial foraging niches, and can feed at rates capable of depleting local food resources. In recent years, waterfowl appear to be wintering at more northern latitudes. Sustained northern...

Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Applications and Tools, Conservation NGOs, EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LANDSCAPE, Federal resource managers, Informing Conservation Delivery, All tags... LCC Network Science Catalog, Project, State agencies, Tribes, climate change, completed, environment, environment, migration, waterfowl, Fewer tags

Spatial and Temporal Habitat Suitability of Ephemeral Playas for Migratory Waterbirds

Land-use change, invasive species, and climate change have dramatically impaired ecosystem function worldwide. Understanding how changes to ecosystems impact species of conservation concern is essential for effective conservation delivery. Of particular importance are environments that provide disproportionate ecosystem services. Throughout the Great Plains Landscape Conservation Cooperative, playas provide disproportionate ecological services, including essential stopover habitat for migratory waterbirds. Anthropogenic change to playa distribution, abundance, and function may impact the ecosystem services provided, with demographic consequences for priority species. We will address partner needs by developing a...

Categories: Data, Project; Tags: 2013, BIRDS, CO-01, CO-02, CO-03, All tags... CO-04, CO-05, CO-06, CO-07, Colorado, Conservation NGOs, Datasets/Database, FY 2013, FY 2013, Federal resource managers, GPLCC, GPLCC, Great Plains, Great Plains Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Informing Conservation Delivery, KS-01, KS-02, KS-04, Kansas, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Map, Migratory Birds, Migratory Birds, NE-01, NE-03, NM-02, NM-03, Nebraska, New Mexico, OK-03, OK-04, OK-05, Oklahoma, Playas, Playas, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Project, Report, SD-00, Shorebirds, Shorebirds, State agencies, TX-11, TX-13, TX-19, TX-23, Texas, WETLANDS, WY-00, Waterfowl, Waterfowl, Wetlands, Wetlands, Wildlife Management, Wildlife Management, Wyoming, biota, environment, inlandWaters, onGoing, Fewer tags

BLM REA SLV 2013 ShorebirdWaterfowl PFC 1km Poly Near Term Potential for Change

Shorebird - waterfowl assemblage conservation element. Created through the union of several hydrologic datasets and waterfowl distributions: NWI wetlands polygons, Riparian areas, Canada goose ranges, White pelican ranges, Stream centerlines (buffered by 250 m).This dataset presents current and future change agent models and combined future potential for change (PFC) within waterfowl/shorebird assemblage potentially suitable habitat. The waterfowl/shorebird asemblage potentially suitable habitat extent was determined through the union of several hydrologic datasets:NWI wetlands polygons, water bodies, riparian areas, Canada goose ranges (CPW), white pelican ranges (CPW), and stream centerlines (buffered by 250 m).This...

Types: Downloadable; Tags: BLM, Bureau of Land Management, Conservation Element, DOI, Disturbance, All tags... Geospatial, Potential for Change, REA, Rapid Ecoregional Assessment, SLV 2013, San Luis Valley, Shorebird, Waterfowl, Wildlife, biota, environment, Fewer tags

Spatial Integration of Biological and Social Objectives to Identify Priority Landscapes for Waterfowl Habitat Conservation

The information and data presented herein serve as the supplement to the report, “Spatial Integration of Biological and Social Objectives to Identify Priority Landscapes for Waterfowl Habitat Conservation”. The purpose of this supplemental material is to encourage exploration of the methods used to develop the spatially explicit products presented in the report. The in depth step-by-step methodology is complemented with a geodatabase to facilitate future refinement of the model as new information becomes available in the future. To repeat the process of developing the spatially explicit products (or to create other composite spatial products by varying objectives and weights), follow the methodology described in...

Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Agriculture, American Black Duck, Biological Objectives, Black Ducks, Breeding Waterfowl, All tags... Canada, Dabbling Ground Nester Guild, Diversity, Diving Cavity Nester Guild, Diving Ground Nester Guild, Diving Overwater Nester Guild, Duck Use Days (DUD), Ducks, Ecology, Fertilizer Application, Geese, Geographic Information Systems, Geospatial Analysis, Harvest, Human Dimensions, Hunting Days Afield, Impermeable Surfaces, Mallard, Migratory Birds, Nitrogen, Non-breeding Waterfowl, North America, Northern Pintail, Obligate Wetland Birds, Percent Developed Land, Phosphorus, Scaup, Simpson's Diversity Index (SDI), Social Objectives, Spatial Value Model, Swans, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, Urban Centers, Waterbirds, Waterfowl, Watershed Impairment, Wildlife Biology, Wood Duck, Fewer tags

BLM REA MBR 2010 Terrestrial Group Species Assemblage Status - Migratory Shorebirds Waterfowl Stopovers

In addition to current distribution of each terrestrial group species, this map shows their current and near-term status within the ecoregion. Current, long-term, and summary bioclimate data is also include for several of these terrestrial group species. The input datasets used in the distribution model are also included. These data are provided by Bureau of Land Management (BLM) "as is" and may contain errors or omissions. The User assumes the entire risk associated with its use of these data and bears all responsibility in determining whether these data are fit for the User's intended use. These data may not have the accuracy, resolution, completeness, timeliness, or other characteristics appropriate for applications...

Types: Live Data; Tags: Assemblage, BLM, Bureau of Land Management, Current, DOI, All tags... Distribution, Geology, Geospatial, Group, MBR, MBR 2010, MapServer, Migratory, Mojave Basin and Range, Near Term, REA, Rapid Ecoregional Assessment, Sensitive Soils, Shorebird, Soil, Species, Status, Stopover, Terrestrial, Waterfowl, environment, liveData, service, Fewer tags

Current and Future Projected Distributions of Wetland-Dependent Birds Across the Great Plains in Response to Climate Change

Playas and other wetlands within the Great Plains Landscape Conservation Cooperative (GPLCC) provide essential habitat for many wetland-dependent vertebrate species and are especially important as migration and wintering areas for waterfowl and shorebirds. Playas in the GPLCC are at risk of unsustainable sediment accumulation, reduced inundation frequency, and declining hydroperiods due to agricultural intensification and a changing climate with expected decreases in annual precipitation, changing precipitation patterns, and higher summer temperatures. We propose to project distribution shifts and/or range reductions of several focal migrating shorebird, waterfowl, and waterbird species in response to climate change,...

Categories: Data, Project; Tags: 2013, BIRDS, CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT MODELS, CO-01, CO-02, All tags... CO-03, CO-04, CO-05, CO-06, CO-07, Climate Change, Climate Change, Colorado, Colorado, Datasets/Database, Decision Support, FY 2013, FY 2013, Federal resource managers, GPLCC, GPLCC, Great Plains, Great Plains, Great Plains Landscape Conservation Cooperative, KS-01, KS-02, KS-04, Kansas, Kansas, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Map, Migratory Birds, Migratory Birds, NE-01, NE-03, NM-02, NM-03, Nebraska, Nebraska, New Mexico, New Mexico, OK-03, OK-04, OK-05, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, Playas, Playas, Policy makers & regulators, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Project, Report, SD-00, Shorebirds, Shorebirds, State agencies, TX-11, TX-13, TX-19, TX-23, Texas, Texas, WETLANDS, WY-00, Waterbirds, Waterbirds, Waterfowl, Waterfowl, Wetlands, Wetlands, Wyoming, Wyoming, biota, environment, inlandWaters, onGoing, Fewer tags

Final Report: Sandhill Cranes and Waterfowl of the North Platte River Valley

Advancement in Geographical Information System (GIS) data development, management, and analysis has allowed conservation practitioners to apply ecological theory into conservation delivery at broad landscape scales. This project demonstrated that process with the creation of Decision Support Tools (DST) to guide on-the-ground habitat delivery to those areas on the landscape that, if managed, will provide the greatest biological return for the conservation dollar invested. This project focused on the habitat needs of Sandhill cranes and waterfowl, as a guild, during spring migration. Understanding the species habitat relationships for these priority species/guild will allow the conservation community to more effectively...

Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2013, CRANES AND ALLIES, DUCKS/GEESE/SWANS, FY 2013, Federal resource managers, All tags... GPLCC, Great Plains, Great Plains Landscape Conservation Cooperative, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Migratory Birds, Nebraska, Platte River, Prairie Rivers and Streams, RIVERS/STREAM, Regional & county planners, Report, Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis), ScienceBase Great Plains LCC, State agencies, Waterfowl, Wetlands, biota, completed, environment, inlandWaters, Fewer tags

BLM REA SLV 2013 ShorebirdWaterfowl PFC 1km Poly Near Term Fire

Shorebird - waterfowl assemblage conservation element. Created through the union of several hydrologic datasets and waterfowl distributions: NWI wetlands polygons, Riparian areas, Canada goose ranges, White pelican ranges, Stream centerlines (buffered by 250 m).This dataset presents current and future change agent models and combined future potential for change (PFC) within waterfowl/shorebird assemblage potentially suitable habitat. The waterfowl/shorebird asemblage potentially suitable habitat extent was determined through the union of several hydrologic datasets:NWI wetlands polygons, water bodies, riparian areas, Canada goose ranges (CPW), white pelican ranges (CPW), and stream centerlines (buffered by 250 m).This...

Types: Downloadable; Tags: BLM, Bureau of Land Management, Conservation Element, DOI, Fire, All tags... Geospatial, Potential for Change, REA, Rapid Ecoregional Assessment, SLV 2013, San Luis Valley, Shorebird, Waterfowl, Wildlife, biota, environment, Fewer tags

BLM REA SLV 2013 ShorebirdWaterfowl PFC 1km Poly Near Tern Human Development

Shorebird - waterfowl assemblage conservation element. Created through the union of several hydrologic datasets and waterfowl distributions: NWI wetlands polygons, Riparian areas, Canada goose ranges, White pelican ranges, Stream centerlines (buffered by 250 m).This dataset presents current and future change agent models and combined future potential for change (PFC) within waterfowl/shorebird assemblage potentially suitable habitat. The waterfowl/shorebird asemblage potentially suitable habitat extent was determined through the union of several hydrologic datasets:NWI wetlands polygons, water bodies, riparian areas, Canada goose ranges (CPW), white pelican ranges (CPW), and stream centerlines (buffered by 250 m).This...

Types: Downloadable; Tags: BLM, Bureau of Land Management, Conservation Element, DOI, Disturbance, All tags... Geospatial, Potential for Change, REA, Rapid Ecoregional Assessment, SLV 2013, San Luis Valley, Shorebird, Waterfowl, Wildlife, biota, environment, Fewer tags

BLM REA SLV 2013 ShorebirdWaterfowl PFC 1km Poly Near Term Climate

Shorebird - waterfowl assemblage conservation element. Created through the union of several hydrologic datasets and waterfowl distributions: NWI wetlands polygons, Riparian areas, Canada goose ranges, White pelican ranges, Stream centerlines (buffered by 250 m).This dataset presents current and future change agent models and combined future potential for change (PFC) within waterfowl/shorebird assemblage potentially suitable habitat. The waterfowl/shorebird asemblage potentially suitable habitat extent was determined through the union of several hydrologic datasets:NWI wetlands polygons, water bodies, riparian areas, Canada goose ranges (CPW), white pelican ranges (CPW), and stream centerlines (buffered by 250 m).This...

Types: Downloadable; Tags: BLM, Bureau of Land Management, Conservation Element, DOI, Disturbance, All tags... Geospatial, Potential for Change, REA, Rapid Ecoregional Assessment, SLV 2013, San Luis Valley, Shorebird, Waterfowl, Wildlife, biota, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, Fewer tags

BLM REA SLV 2013 ShorebirdWaterfowl PFC 1km Poly Vegetation Departure

Shorebird - waterfowl assemblage conservation element. Created through the union of several hydrologic datasets and waterfowl distributions: NWI wetlands polygons, Riparian areas, Canada goose ranges, White pelican ranges, Stream centerlines (buffered by 250 m).This dataset presents current and future change agent models and combined future potential for change (PFC) within waterfowl/shorebird assemblage potentially suitable habitat. The waterfowl/shorebird asemblage potentially suitable habitat extent was determined through the union of several hydrologic datasets:NWI wetlands polygons, water bodies, riparian areas, Canada goose ranges (CPW), white pelican ranges (CPW), and stream centerlines (buffered by 250 m).This...

Types: Downloadable; Tags: BLM, Bureau of Land Management, Conservation Element, DOI, Geospatial, All tags... Potential for Change, REA, Rapid Ecoregional Assessment, SLV 2013, San Luis Valley, Shorebird, Vegetation, Waterfowl, Wildlife, biota, environment, Fewer tags

Waterfowl occurrence and residence time as indicators of H5 and H7 avian influenza in North American Poultry

This data release contains model outputs depicting the probability of an H5 or H7 avian influenza outbreak at any given point in the continental United States for each week of the year.

Categories: Data; Tags: Avian Influenza, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States of America, Waterfowl, Wildlife Biology, All tags... Wildlife Disease, Wildlife Disease, avian influenza, Fewer tags

Distances (km) between primary sanctuaries and night feeding locations of ducks in California during fall-winter October-March of 2015-16, 2016-17, and 2017-18

In this data set, records (rows) represent the distance between primary daytime roosts and night (feeding) locations of ducks marked with telemetry in California in years 2015-16, 2016-17, and 2017-18, during October - March. Years 2015-16, 2016-17, and 2017-18 represented drought, non-drought, and non-drought, respectively. Matchett and company (2020; see Larger Work section for citation) summarized this data set in figures E3 and E4 to compare distances moved among months, years, and for two regions (Suisun Marsh and California except Suisun Marsh). Matchett and company examined the effect of drought on distributions of ducks by evaluating differences in spatial distributions of duck locations within and among...

Categories: Data; Tags: California, Central Valley, Global Positioning System (GPS) observations, Suisun Marsh, birds, All tags... duck, farming, habitats, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, surface water (non-marine), telemetry, waterfowl, Fewer tags

Decision Support Tools for Adaptive Management Projects in Prairie and Wetland Habitats on National Wildlife Refuges and Wetland Management Districts in USFWS Regions 3 and 6

The Invasion of native communities by cool-season introduced grasses, especially smooth brome and Kentucky bluegrass in upland prairies, reed canary grass in wetlands, is on one of the most important management issues on U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service)-owned lands. Two adaptive management projects, the Native Prairie and Reed Canary Grass Adaptive Management Projects were funded by USGS to examine restoration efforts on NWRs and WMDs in USFWS Regions 3 and 6. This project will support the completion of two decision support tools that are essential to long-term resource management success.

Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2011, 2012, Conservation NGOs, Decision Support, EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LANDSCAPE, All tags... Federal resource managers, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Landscape Conservation Cooperatives, Plains and Prairie Potholes Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Prairie Potholes, Prescribed burning, Project, Report, State agencies, Tribes, Wetlands, adaptive management, completed, environment, environment, grazing, plains and prairie potholes landscape conservation cooperative, waterfowl, wetlands, Fewer tags