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Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) Satellite Telemetry and Observational Data, Western North America, 1993-1997 The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Data at Risk (DaR) team partnered with the Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center (FRESC) to preserve and release a subset of their golden eagle telemetry data. In the 1990’s, researchers from what is now FRESC worked with Boise State University (BSU) and collected telemetry and ground observation data that documented the local and migratory movements and behaviors of golden eagles. Over the course of this study 21 golden eagles in the conterminous western US were captured and marked with Argos platform terminal transmitters (PTTs) and tracked by satellite as they moved between breeding and wintering locations (individuals marked with Argos PTTs and tracked by satellite are... Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Alaska, Aquila chrysaetos, Argos System, Arizona, British Columbia, All tags... California, Canada, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, North America, Oregon, Snake River Bird of Prey Natural Area, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, Utah, VHF radio tags, Washington, Wyoming, Yukon Territory, biota, bird banding, birds, birds of prey, breeding, eagles, habitat connectivity, migration (organisms), plant and animal tagging, radio telemetry, satellite telemetry, telemetry, Fewer tags Favorability of environmental conditions for coral reefs in Guam and American Samoa under multiple climate scenarios This dataset consists of raster geotiff outputs of relative environmental favorability for coral growth and survival in the United States territories of Guam and American Samoa across 3 climate scenarios: Present, Intermediate Emissions (Representative Concentration Pathway 4.5), and Worst Case Emissions (Representative Concentration Pathway 4.5). These datasets were generated from a synthesis of spatial variability in many environmental conditions, including thermal stress, wave power, irradiance, chlorophyll concentrations, macroalgal cover, calcite concentrations, turbidity, and erosion. Input conditions were classified as “Managed” or “Non-managed” based on whether the condition could be managed at the island... Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: American Samoa, American Samoa, Ecology, Guam, Guam, All tags... PICASC, Pacific Islands Climate Adaptation Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), WGSC, Western Geographic Science Center, Wildlife Biology, corals, Fewer tags Variation in pollen transport, Badlands NP, 2018 This dataset consists of data collected at Badlands National Park (Interior, SD) that were used in the analysis in support of the article titled "Conserving all the pollinators: Variation in probability of pollen transport among insect taxa," which has been submitted to "Natural Areas Journal." Data collected between May-October, 2010 and 2011, and June-July 2012 included insects found in contact with floral reproductive parts of focal plant species, or plant species within a 1 ha plot surrounding focal plant, and pollen species removed from the collected insects' bodies. Focal plant species included Astragalus barrii (May-June 2010-11), Eriogonum visheri (July-August, 2010-11), Chrysothamnus parryi (September-October... Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Badlands National Park, Ecology, Great Plains, Hymenoptera, Jackson County, All tags... Oglala Lakota County, Pennington County, South Dakota, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, biota, flower-visitors, non-Hymenoptera insects, pollination, Fewer tags Mortality trends in northern sea otters (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) collected from the coast of Washington and Oregon during 2002—2015: Data During 2002−2015 we examined the causes of mortality in beachcast northern sea otters (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) collected from the coasts of Washington and Oregon states. A total of 333 moribund or dead sea otters were reported through opportunistic observations and 93 otter carcasses were collected for necropsy. Retrieved carcasses received a full diagnostic evaluation to determine cause of death when carcass condition permitted. Otter stranding reports were received from the entire Washington coast and northern Oregon coast, but carcasses located near areas populated by humans were most often in suitable condition for cause of death determination. Data in this release include basic demographic information on the... Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Clallam County, Washington, USA, Clatsop County, Oregon, USA, Enhydra lutris, Grays Harbor County, Washington, USA, Jefferson County, Washington, USA, All tags... Lincoln County, Oregon, USA, Oregon, USA, Pacific County, Washington, USA, Sarcocystis neurona, Tillamook County, Oregon, USA, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Washington, USA, leptospirosis, morbillivirus, mortality, population trends, salvage of beachcast carcasses, sea otter, Fewer tags Development of a Multimetric Index (MMI) for Integrated Assessment of Salt Marsh Ecosystem Condition NCBN Vegetation & Nekton Data This dataset is comprised of eight files related to salt marsh monitoring data or measures of of human disturbance (i.e. human impacts in terms of physical, chemical, and land-use stressors) collected at 33 marsh study units (MSUs) in five National Parks within the NPS Northeast Coastal and Barrier Network (NCBN) along the northeastern coast of the US. Two files contain data related to the species and coverage of salt marsh vegetation observed in MSUs (1 data file, 1 definitions file). Two files contain data related to the species and abundance of nekton collected from creeks, pools and ditches in MSUs (1 data file, 1 definitions file). Two files contain data related to the height of key salt marsh vegetation species... Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Active, Aquatic Vegetation, Assateague Island National Seashore, Worcester County, Maryland, USA, Cape Cod National Seashore, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA, Coastal and Estuarine, All tags... Ecological Stressors, Ecology, Fire Island National Seashore, Suffolk County, New York, USA, Gateway National Recreation Area, Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA, Land Use Change, Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, Nassau County, New York, USA, Salt Marsh, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), ecological monitoring, human impacts, nekton, vegetation, wetland ecosystems, Fewer tags Supporting data: Spatial network clustering reveals elk population structure and local variation in prevalence of chronic wasting disease at Wind Cave National Park, 2005--18 These data were used for preparation of Sargeant et al. (2021), "Spatial network clustering reveals elk population structure and local variation in the prevalence of chronic wasting disease." They include locations of elk that were monitored with global positioning system collars at Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota (WICA) during 2005--08 and 2011--13; coordinates of a polygon describing the boundary of WICA; and results of tests for chronic wasting disease for elk culled at WICA during 2016--18. Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Custer County, Ecology, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, Wildlife Disease, All tags... Wind Cave National Park, chronic wasting disease, statistical analysis, wildlife disease, wildlife population management, Fewer tags Site and Survey Data for Amphibian Surveys in Yosemite National Park, 2018 These data represent occupancy surveys conducted in long-term monitoring sites in Yosemite National Park in 2018 for three anurans, the Yosemite Toad (Anaxyrus canorus), the Sierran Treefrog (Pseudacris sierra), and the Sierra Nevada Yellow-legged Frog (Rana sierrae). The data include independent double-observer surveys and time-to-detection data to calculate detection probabilities and account for false negatives, or the failure to detect a species at a site where it occurs. These data support the following publication: Schimel, D.S., 2018, Editorial: Ecological Applications, v. 28, no. 4, p. 869–870, https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.1735. Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), USGS-EMA-LOW-SB SMC: Amphibians/ARMI, Wildlife Biology, Yosemite National Park, amphibians, All tags... biota, field sampling, frog, occupancy, survey efficiency, time-to-detection, toad, Fewer tags Data release—Decision-support framework for linking regional-scale management actions to continental-scale conservation of wide-ranging species This data release presents the data, JAGS models, and R code used to manipulate data and to produce results and figures presented in the USGS Open File Report, "Decision-Support Framework for Linking Regional-Scale Management Actions to Continental-Scale Conservation of Wide-Ranging Species, (https://doi.org/10.5066/P93YTR3X). The zip folder is provided so that other can reproduce results from the integrated population model, inspect model structure and posterior simulations, conduct analyses not present in the report, and use and modify the code. Raw source data can be sourced from the USGS Bird Banding Laboratory, USFWS Surveys and Monitoring Branch, National Oceanic and Atmospheric administration, and Ducks Unlimited... Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Bird Banding Laboratory, Decision Science and Populations, Decision-Support for Wide-Ranging Species, Ducks, Ecology, All tags... North America, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, biota, Fewer tags Density and Fledging Success Data from Conservation Reserve Program Fields in North Dakota and Minnesota, 1991-1993 Field crews from Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center from 1991-1993 in Stutsman County, North Dakota and Pope and Stevens Counties, Minnesota, gathered nest success and fledgling data from nests found within Conservation Reserve Program fields and Waterfowl Production Areas. This dataset includes nesting observations of bird species found within these two field types. The dataset includes genus and species, vegetation height, distance to edge and perch, host nesting and fledgling variables, and parasitic nesting and fledgling variables. Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Conservation Reserve Program, Ecology, Minnesota, North Dakota, Pope County, All tags... Stevens County, Stutsman County, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Waterfowl Production Area, biota, grassland ecosystems, migratory species, nest success, productivity, Fewer tags Site and Survey Data for Dixie Valley Toads in Churchill County, Nevada, 2019 These data include site- and survey-specific information for occupancy surveys of Dixie Valley Toads (Anaxyrus williamsi) collected in the Dixie Valley, Churchill County, Nevada, in May 2019. The data include both multiple surveys of the same sites and time-to-detection information to quantify detection probabilities and account for imperfect detection in assessments of Dixie Valley Toad occupancy. These data support the following publication: Schimel, D.S., 2018, Editorial: Ecological Applications, v. 28, no. 4, p. 869–870, https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.1735. Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Churchill County, Dixie Valley, Nevada, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), USGS-EMA-LOW-SB SMC: Amphibians/ARMI, All tags... Wildlife Biology, amphibians, biota, field sampling, frogs, occupancy, survey design, time-to-detection, toads, Fewer tags Fire Regimes in the Mojave Desert (1972-2010) This U.S. Geological Survey data release consists of 3 raster datasets representing estimates of probability of ignition (ProbIgnitPredict.tif), fire frequency (FrequencyPredictRF.tif), and burn severity (dNBRPredictRF.tif) in the Mojave Desert from 1984 to 2010. The data include: (1) A shapefile of the Mojave Desert that was used as our study area boundary (MojaveEcoregion_TNS_UTM83.shp). The original shapefile was obtained from NatureServe in 2009; (2) Three Tagged-Interchange Format (TIF) raster datasets representing probability of ignition, fire frequency, and burn severity. Resolution equals 30 meters, projection equals UTM Zone 11N. These data support the following publication: Klinger, R., Underwood, E.C.,... Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Ecology, Environmental Health, Mojave Desert, Remote Sensing, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... biota, burn severity, co-occurence invasives, desert ecosystems, ecosystems, environmental gradients, field methods, fire disturbance, fire frequency, fires, geographic gradients, geographic information systems, grass-fire cycle, habitat alteration, ignition, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, invasive plant species, invasive species, machine learning, maximum entropy, plants (organisms), random forests, remote sensing, spatial dynamics, vegetation, Fewer tags Influence of wildfire and beetle-caused canopy mortality on water temperature regimes in cutthroat trout streams, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO This dataset was collected to build on past and ongoing monitoring and research efforts within Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP). Specifically, the data were collected to test the hypothesis that reductions in canopy cover due to natural disturbances (i.e. wildfire and beetle kill) result in increases in water temperature, or the longitudinal thermal gradient of a stream. Data values include stream temperature paired with light intensity data, and air temperature data to determine the influence of riparian canopy condition and longitudinal warming across a 1 km reach. Two control streams were selected: Ouzel Creek, which has virtually no riparian canopy due to a previous wildfire; and Hunters Creek,... Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Aquatic Biology, Bowen Gulch, Climatology, Colorado, All tags... Columbine Creek, Coney Creek, Ecology, Estes Park, Freshwater Ecosystems, GGGSC, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Grand County, Grand Lake, Hunters Creek, Larimer County, MRP, Mineral Resources Program, Ouzel Creek, Rocky Mountain National Park, Surface water (non-marine), Temperature (water), U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Quality, Water Quality, Water sampling, Wild Basin, 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 Standardization and Application of an Index of Community Integrity for Waterbirds in the Chesapeake Bay This data set is comprised of five files related to the modification and scoring of Index of Waterbird Community Integrity (IWCI) scores for all waterbirds of the Chesapeake Bay. One Excel file (A) contains a list of 100+ Chesapeake waterbird species and their species attribute and IWCI scores. Another Excel file (B) contains case study data from recent surveys of breeding and migratory waterbirds in Chesapeake Bay and shoreline delineations across a disturbance gradient that were used to demonstrate the utility of the modified index. Finally, three supplemental files include an Access database (C), R code (D) and a protocol (E) for running the complex steps to calculate index scores. Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Anthropogenic Disturbance, Biological Indicators, Chesapeake Bay, Ecological Integrity, Estuaries, All tags... USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Waterbirds, Fewer tags Electrical Resistivity Tomography in the Anza-Terwilliger Valley, Riverside County, California 2018 The Cahuilla Valley and Terwilliger Valley groundwater basins, 9-006 and 7-026 respectively (California Department of Water Resources 2016) located approximately 25 miles southwest of Palm Springs, are the sole-source for groundwater supply for the rural disadvantaged community and two Native American Tribes, the Ramona Band of Cahuilla and the Cahuilla. The characteristics and sustainable yield of the Cahuilla Valley and Terwilliger Valley groundwater basins are not well understood and are threatened by increasing water use and potential changes in water sustainability related to climate change. Previous USGS studies of the Cahuilla-Terwilliger Valley groundwater basins defined the thicknesses and characteristics... Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Anza, California, California Water Science Center, Electrical Resistivity Tomography, Riverside, All tags... USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), bedrock geologic units, environment, geophysics, geoscientificInformation, groundwater, hydrologic processes, water resources, Fewer tags Investigating Detection and Roadside Bias in Surveys of Grassland Birds in the Northern Great Plains, ND 2015, MT 2017-2018 A biologist and field crew from Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center visited sites nine times throughout the breeding season (late May to mid-July) to record counts of grassland birds. Surveyors applied North American Breeding Bird Survey methodology to obtain counts at On-, Near-, and Off-road Stops, but unlike the North American Breeding Bird Survey, which features a single survey at each site, three replicate surveys were conducted on back-to-back-to-back days during each survey period to facilitate estimation of detection and occupancy probabilities. Assignment of surveyors to individual sites followed a design protocol that allows observer effects to also be estimated. The biologist visited each site once... Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Ecology, Land ownership, Montana, North American Breeding Bird Survey, North Dakota, All tags... Phillips County, Relative abundance, Songbirds, Stutsman County, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Valley County, biota, birds, detection probability, migratory species, native species, observer effect, occupancy probability, roadside bias, Fewer tags Body size estimates for slider turtles in the United States, 1944-2010—Data These data are compiled from published studies of various subspecies of the slider turtle (Trachemys scripta) from throughout the native range of the species in the United States. Data include sample sizes of adult male and female turtles as well as various estimates of their body size as noted in the Comments column. Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Body size, Central USA, Demography, Georgia, Illinois, All tags... Mean size, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Plastron length, Reproductive females, Sexual size dimorphism, Size of maturity, Size of reproductive females, Size of sexual maturity, South Carolina, Texas, Turtle, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Fewer tags Effects of local shoreline and subestuary watershed condition on waterbird use influences of geography scale and season in the Chesapeake Bay This dataset is comprised of six files related to waterbird surveys and resulting Index of Waterbird Community Integrity (IWCI) scores in 21 subestuaries of the Chesapeake Bay from 2010-2014. Two .csv files (1 data file: Prosser et al 2017_IWCI Results MS_Bird Survey Raw Data.csv, 1 definitions file: Prosser et al 2017_IWCI Results MS_Bird Survey Raw Data_Definitions.csv) contain data related to raw waterbird survey data from two seasons (summer and fall). Two .csv files (1 data file: Prosser et al 2017_IWCI Results MS_Species List.csv, 1 definitions file: Prosser et al 2017_IWCI Results MS_Species List_Definitions.csv) contain data related to 60+ Chesapeake waterbird species observed in surveys and their species... Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Anthropogenic Disturbance, Biological Indicators, Chesapeake Bay, Ecological Integrity, Estuaries, All tags... USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Waterbirds, Wildlife Disease, Fewer tags Preliminary evaluation of behavioral response of nesting waterbirds to small unmanned aircraft flight This dataset is comprised of 3 .csv files related to the use of unmanned aerial systems over waterbird colonies. Specifically, data detail the disturbance observed in birds during flights, the time required for traditional ground surveys to be conducted, and the distance at which birds flush during traditional ground surveys. Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Chesapeake Bay, Chesapeake Bay, Human Impacts, Poplar Island, Species Biology, All tags... USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, waterbirds, Fewer tags Remotely sensed variables analyzed and reported in the paper titled "Multi-year data from satellite- and ground-based sensors show details and scale matter in assessing climate’s effects on wetland surface water, amphibians, and landscape conditions" The comma-delimited fields in this dataset provide values for the remotely sensed variables analyzed for landscape blocks described in the paper, "Multi-year data from satellite- and ground-based sensors show details and scale matter in assessing climate’s effects on wetland surface water, amphibians, and landscape conditions," by Sadinski et al. (submitted). The field labeled “BlockSite” links the records in this file with a set of boundaries in a shapefile called “Study_Block_Boundaries.shp” The records represent weekly measurements of normalized difference vegetation index (BlockNDVI) values and total evapotranspiration (BlockETmm), as well as the annual snow-off date (BlockDOYsnowfree) for the study blocks from... Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Climate, Environment, Evapotranspiration, Hydrology, Minnesota, All tags... Normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), Remote sensing, Snow, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Vegetation, Wisconsin, Fewer tags 1 2 »