Effects of Bio-control and Restoration on Wildlife in Southwestern Riparian Habitats (Not listed in the LCC Science Catalog due to Desert LCC co-funding and catalog administering)

Resource managers must often balance the management goals of protecting wildlife species and habitats with control of non-native and invasive plants. This project will determine if the introduction of the biocontrol agent (tamarisk leaf beetle, Diorhabda spp.) as an insect consumer and defoliator of saltcedar influences wildlife populations and communities via alterations to food resources and/or habitat. By taking advantage of an unprecedented natural experiment and two years of pre-biocontrol monitoring, the researchers will track changes in amphibian and reptile (herpetofauna), and avian communities as biocontrol enters a system dominated by a non-native plant species. The investigators predict that the introduction...

Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: AZ-04, Arizona, Arizona, Decision Support, Federal resource managers, All tags... Informing Conservation Delivery, LCC, NV-04, Nevada, Nevada, Project, SRLCC, Southwest Riparian, State agencies, Tribes, Utah, Virgin River, amphibians, amphibians, birds, birds, completed, invasive species, invasive species, reptiles, reptiles, riparian, riparian, tamarisk, tamarisk, tamarisk beetle, tamarisk beetle, Fewer tags

Prairie Rattlesnake.

Conclusions: Habitat associations of prairie rattlesnakes appear to differ depending on whether snakes are hibernating, foraging, or reproducing. Most rattlesnake hibernacula occur within 4 km of a major river, drainage, or coulee, on relatively gentle slopes, but they migrate as far as 25 km away from dens in summer. High road densities present unfavorable habitat conditions for snakes because they are a significant cause of mortality. *Note that this study generated landscape level models with coarse variables, and the thresholds and values used may not be directly applicable to other areas or for site-specific analysis. Thresholds: Most rattlesnake hibernacula occur within 4 km of a major river, drainage, or...

Categories: Publication; Types: Citation, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Alberta, Land use configuration, Landscape fragmentation, Natural cover amount, prairie, All tags... prairie rattlesnakes, reptiles, road density, road mortality, species at risk, sub-regional, Fewer tags

Identifying the Vulnerability of Birds and Reptiles to Changes in Climate in the Southwest

Biodiversity is declining worldwide, and this trend could potentially become more severe as climate conditions change. An integral component of proactive adaptive management planning requires forecasts of how changes in climate will affect individual species. This need has been identified my multiple federal agencies, including the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, and U.S. Forest Service. The goal of this project was to assist land and wildlife managers in anticipating which species are most vulnerable to changes in climate in the Southwest, and how resources can best be invested to facilitate adaptation. Researchers evaluated the current and future breeding ranges...

Categories: Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2012, AZ, Birds, Birds, CA, All tags... CASC, CO, Federal, Multiple, NM, NV, OR, Other Wildlife, Other Wildlife, Projects by Region, Southwest, Southwest, Southwest, Southwest CASC, UT, Wildlife and Plants, Wildlife and Plants, biodiverstiy, birds, birds, climate change, downscale, gcm, management, model, multiple, natureserve, reptiles, reptiles, species distribution, species distribution model, statistical, vulnerability assessment, Fewer tags

Capsaicin-treated bait trials for Argentine Black and White Tegu lizards in Georgia and Florida, USA 2020-2021

Invasive Argentine Black and White Tegu lizards (Salvator merianae) are trapped with chicken eggs when populations are discovered in the United States. Unfortunately, non-targeted mammals are trapped in tegu lizard traps which reduces trap efficacy. We evaluated if non-target mammal captures could be reduced by coating the chicken eggs with a known irritant to mammals (capsaicin) while maintaining a highly desired bait for tegu lizards. The data set quantifies trap disturbance by non-targets species and efficacy of capsaicin coated eggs as bait in live traps set for Argentine Black and White Tegu lizards (Salvatore merianae). The dataset consists of three live trapping experiments to test if 1) trap disturbance...

Categories: Data; Tags: Ecology, Florida, USA, Georgia, USA, Greater Everglades Ecosystem, Piedmont SE, All tags... USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, biota, capturing (animals), reptiles, Fewer tags

Bayou Sauvage NWR (LA) Haul Trail Snake Mortality, 2015-2017

Comprehensive list of carcasses detected at Haul Trail in Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge (Orleans Parish, LA) and relevant findings for specimens subject to postmortem examination at the USGS National Wildlife Health Center (Madison, WI).

Categories: Data; Tags: Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Disease, biota, die off, All tags... heavy metal, hydrocarbon, natural resource management, reptiles, snake, wildlife disease, Fewer tags

BLM REA CBR 2010 SWReGAP 179314 Vertebrate Habitat Distribution Models

Mapping of terrestrial vertebrates focuses on linking a spatial representation of species-habitat matrices to geographic distribution. Each model is a combination of distribution from regional and state references in association with contiguous appropriate habitats. Ranges for all species were based on 8-digit HUCs. Habitats were based on a raster SWReGAP 1 acre MMU land cover data set, with hydrology habitats added in from USGS NHD dataset directly or through modeling. Habitat association information was obtained from various state, regional, and national references with updates from scientific literature. This portion of the Southwest Regional Gap Analysis Project produced predicted habitat distribution maps for...

Types: Downloadable; Tags: Amphibians, BLM, Birds, Bureau of Land Management, CBR 2010, All tags... Central Basin and Range, DOI, Geospatial, Habitat Modeling, Mammals, Predicted Habitat, REA, Rapid Ecoregional Assessment, Reptiles, Wildlife, biota, Fewer tags

BLM REA CBR 2010 SWReGAP 174317 Vertebrate Habitat Distribution Models

Mapping of terrestrial vertebrates focuses on linking a spatial representation of species-habitat matrices to geographic distribution. Each model is a combination of distribution from regional and state references in association with contiguous appropriate habitats. Ranges for all species were based on 8-digit HUCs. Habitats were based on a raster SWReGAP 1 acre MMU land cover data set, with hydrology habitats added in from USGS NHD dataset directly or through modeling. Habitat association information was obtained from various state, regional, and national references with updates from scientific literature. This portion of the Southwest Regional Gap Analysis Project produced predicted habitat distribution maps for...

Types: Downloadable; Tags: Amphibians, BLM, Birds, Bureau of Land Management, CBR 2010, All tags... Central Basin and Range, DOI, Geospatial, Habitat Modeling, Mammals, Predicted Habitat, REA, Rapid Ecoregional Assessment, Reptiles, Wildlife, biota, Fewer tags

BLM REA CBR 2010 SWReGAP 175407 Vertebrate Habitat Distribution Models

Mapping of terrestrial vertebrates focuses on linking a spatial representation of species-habitat matrices to geographic distribution. Each model is a combination of distribution from regional and state references in association with contiguous appropriate habitats. Ranges for all species were based on 8-digit HUCs. Habitats were based on a raster SWReGAP 1 acre MMU land cover data set, with hydrology habitats added in from USGS NHD dataset directly or through modeling. Habitat association information was obtained from various state, regional, and national references with updates from scientific literature. This portion of the Southwest Regional Gap Analysis Project produced predicted habitat distribution maps for...

Types: Downloadable; Tags: Amphibians, BLM, Birds, Bureau of Land Management, CBR 2010, All tags... Central Basin and Range, DOI, Geospatial, Habitat Modeling, Mammals, Predicted Habitat, REA, Rapid Ecoregional Assessment, Reptiles, Wildlife, biota, Fewer tags

BLM REA CBR 2010 Digital Distribution Maps of the Reptiles of the United States and Canada 208791

This data set contains distribution information for all terrestrial and aquatic reptiles, crocodilians, and turtles occurring in the United States and Canada.

Types: Downloadable; Tags: 002, 007, BLM, Bureau of Land Management, CBR 2010, All tags... Central Basin and Range, DOI, Geospatial, NatureServe, REA, Rapid Ecoregional Assessment, Wildlife, biota, biota, distribution maps, environment, range, reptiles, Fewer tags

BLM REA MBR 2010 SWReGAP 552521 Vertebrate Habitat Distribution Models

Mapping of terrestrial vertebrates focuses on linking a spatial representation of species-habitat matrices to geographic distribution. Each model is a combination of distribution from regional and state references in association with contiguous appropriate habitats. Ranges for all species were based on 8-digit HUCs. Habitats were based on a raster SWReGAP 1 acre MMU land cover data set, with hydrology habitats added in from USGS NHD dataset directly or through modeling. Habitat association information was obtained from various state, regional, and national references with updates from scientific literature. This portion of the Southwest Regional Gap Analysis Project produced predicted habitat distribution maps for...

Types: Downloadable; Tags: Amphibians, BLM, Birds, Bureau of Land Management, DOI, All tags... Geospatial, Habitat Modeling, MBR 2010, Mammals, Mojave Basin and Range, Predicted Habitat, REA, Rapid Ecoregional Assessment, Reptiles, Wildlife, biota, Fewer tags

BLM REA MBR 2010 SWReGAP 175855 Vertebrate Habitat Distribution Models

Mapping of terrestrial vertebrates focuses on linking a spatial representation of species-habitat matrices to geographic distribution. Each model is a combination of distribution from regional and state references in association with contiguous appropriate habitats. Ranges for all species were based on 8-digit HUCs. Habitats were based on a raster SWReGAP 1 acre MMU land cover data set, with hydrology habitats added in from USGS NHD dataset directly or through modeling. Habitat association information was obtained from various state, regional, and national references with updates from scientific literature. This portion of the Southwest Regional Gap Analysis Project produced predicted habitat distribution maps for...

Types: Downloadable; Tags: Amphibians, BLM, Birds, Bureau of Land Management, DOI, All tags... Geospatial, Habitat Modeling, MBR 2010, Mammals, Mojave Basin and Range, Predicted Habitat, REA, Rapid Ecoregional Assessment, Reptiles, Wildlife, biota, Fewer tags

Publication: The effects of riparian restoration following saltcedar (Tamarix spp.) biocontrol on habitat and herpetofauna along a desert stream

Amphibians and reptiles (herpetofauna) have been linked to specific microhabitat characteristics, microclimates, and water resources in riparian forests. Our objective was to relate variation in herpetofauna abundance to changes in habitat caused by a beetle used for Tamarix biocontrol (Diorhabda carinulata; Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) and riparian restoration. During 2013 and 2014, we measured vegetation and monitored herpetofauna via trapping and visual encounter surveys (VES) at locations affected by biocontrol along the Virgin River in the Mojave Desert of the southwestern United States. Twenty-one sites were divided into four riparian stand types based on density and percent cover of dominant trees (Tamarix,...

Categories: Data, Publication; Types: Citation, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2012, AZ-01, AZ-02, AZ-03, AZ-04, All tags... AZ-05, AZ-06, AZ-07, AZ-08, AZ-09, Academics & scientific researchers, Arizona, Arizona, BIOSPHERE, BIOSPHERE, BIOSPHERE, CA-08, CA-36, CA-51, COMMUNITY DYNAMICS, COMMUNITY DYNAMICS, COMMUNITY DYNAMICS, Conservation NGOs, Data.gov Desert LCC, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS, ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS, ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS, Federal resource managers, INVASIVE SPECIES, INVASIVE SPECIES, INVASIVE SPECIES, Informing Conservation Delivery, LCC Network Science Catalog, Lower Colorado River Basin, NM-02, NM-03, NV-04, Nevada, Nevada, Policy makers & regulators, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Publication, Publication, UT-02, United States, Utah, Utah, Virgin River, Vulnerability Assessment, amphibians, biocontrol, biota, birds, completed, invasive species, product, reptiles, riparian, tamarisk, tamarisk beetle, Fewer tags

Determining Priority Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Areas in the South Atlantic landscape, and assessing their efficacy for cross-taxa conservation

The proposed project focuses upon two major goals:1. Designate Priority Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Areas (PARCAs) in the South Atlantic Landscape, and develop an adaptive management plan for those areas.2. Determine whether PARCAs provide an effective strategy for integrated, long-term conservation of biodiversity and cultural resources in the South Atlantic Landscape; and develop a comprehensive biodiversity protection plan for the SALCC.To achieve these goals, we have identified the following objectives:Objective 1. Identify areas within the SALCC that are vitally important to preserving the rich diversity of amphibians and reptiles in the region, focusing upon rare species distribution, diversity, and...

Categories: Data, Project; Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service, ArcGIS Service Definition, Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2011, 2012, 2013, ANTHROPOGENIC/HUMAN INFLUENCED ECOSYSTEMS, AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS, All tags... Conservation NGOs, Conservation Planning, Datasets/Database, FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS, Federal resource managers, Informing Conservation Delivery, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, MODELS, Map, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Project, South Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative, State agencies, TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS, amphibians, biota, biota, completed, herps, reptiles, Fewer tags

Northeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program Near Shore Trawl Survey (NEAMAP)

NEAMAP stands for NorthEast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program. NEAMAP was developed to meet the needs of fisheries management and stock assessment activities in the northeastern United States. NEAMAP began in 2006 with a fall pilot survey and in 2008 began conducting both a spring and fall survey. NEAMAP samples from Cape Cod, MA south to Cape Hatteras, NC and targets both juvenile and adult fishes. NEAMAP is an integrated, cooperative state/federal data collection program. Its mission is to facilitate the collection and dissemination of fishery-independent information obtained in the Northeast for use by state and federal fisheries management agencies, the fishing industry (commercial and recreational),...

Categories: Data; Types: Citation; Tags: Anelídeo, Artrópode, Atlantic hagfish, Atlantic ridley, Atlantic ridley sea turtle, All tags... Atlantic surfclam, Cifozoa, Green Sea Turtle, Green Sea Turtles, Kemp's Ridley, Kemp's ridley sea turtle, Loggerhead, Loggerhead Sea Turtles, Mid-Atlantic, USA, Multispecies, Multispecies Fisheries, Multispecies Fisheries Research, Reptiles, Ridley Sea Turtles, Sea Turtles, Tortuga-marina caguama, Tortuga-marina verde-del Atlántico, Turtles, aigles de mer, anchois, anchovies, anglerfishes, anguilles, annelids, annélides, antozoário, anémones de mer, anêmona, arachnids, aracnídeo, araignées, aranhas, arañas, arthropodes, arthropods, arácnidos, aulopiforms, bait shrimp, balistes, batrachoidiforms, baudroies, blue mussel, bolacha da praia, bonnethead sharks, bony fishes, brown shrimp, brujas, butterfly rays, cabbagehead, camarón blanco, camarón blanco norteño, camarón café, camarón café norteño, camarón fijador, camarón moreno, camarón pardo, camarón rosado norteño, cannonball jelly, cannonball jellyfish, caravela, cartilaginous fishes, cazones, cazones aguijones, chabots, channeled whelk, cheliceriformes, chiens de mer, chordates, cifozoário, clawed lobsters, cloportes, cnidaires, cnidarians, cnidario, cods, coelenterates, coelentérés, colorful sea whip, common green sea turtle, condrictes, corais, coral, corals, coraux, cordado, cordés, cow-nose rays, cowfishes, cownose rays, crabes, crabs, crayfishes, crevette gambri, crevette ligubam de nord, crevette rodché, crevette royale grise, crevettes, crevettes pénaéïdes, crustaceans, crustacés, crustáceo, cup animals, dogfish sharks, eagle rays, echinoderms, edible blue mussel, eels, electric rays, equinoderma, equinodermata, esponja, estrela do mar, esturgeons, esturiones, filefishes, flatfishes, flounders, flower animals, gadiforms, golden shrimp, gorgônia, grenadiers, ground sharks, hagfishes, hakes, hammerhead sharks, harengs, herrings, hidra, hidrozoa, hidrozoário, homards, horseshoe crabs, hound sharks, houndsharks, hydraires, hydralike animals, hydroids, hydromedusae, hydrozoaires, hydrozoans, isopodes, isopods, jaquetones, jellyfish, jellyfishes, knobbed whelk, leatherjackets, limandes, lion's mane, lobsters, loggerhead sea turtle, mackerel sharks, mail-cheeked fishes, mangeurs d'hommes, marine turtles, meduza, merlus, minhoca, modern sea turtles, molluscs, mollusks, mollusques, molusco, moon jelly, morues, mourines, mullets, myxine du nord, myxines, méduses, neopterygians, northern brown shrimp, northern pink shrimp, northern quahog, northern white shrimp, ophidiiforms, osteíceto, ouriço do mar, paddlefishes, pastenagues, peixe cartilaginoso, peixe ósseo, penaeid shrimps, penaeoid shrimps, perch-like fishes, pillbugs, pink shrimp, pipefishes, plies, poisson épineux, poissons cartilagineux, poissons osseux, poissons plats, poissons à nageoires rayonnées, poissons-coffres, poissons-globes, poissons-scie, porbeagles, porifero, prawns, puffers, purple-spined sea urchin, pólipo, quelicerado, queliceriforme, raies, raies-papillons, rascasses, ray-finned fishes, rayas, rayas gavilán, rayas látigo, rayas mariposa, rays, red shrimp, redtail shrimp, reptiles, requiem sharks, requins, requins-marteaux, requins-renards, requins-taupes, right-handed hermit crabs, rock crabs, roughneck shrimp, répteis, salmons, sand dollars, sanguessuga, sawfishes, scoophead sharks, scorpion fishes, sculpins, sea anemones, sea scallop, sharks, short-tailed crabs, shrimp, skates, smooth dogfishes, smooth-hounds, soft corals, soles, sowbugs, spider crabs, spiders, spiny dogfishes, spiny rayed fishes, sponges, spoonfishes, spotted shrimp, squillid mantis shrimps, sticklebacks, stingrays, sturgeons, swimming crabs, tamburataca, terrapins, thecate hydroids, thresher sharks, tiburones gambuso, tiburones martillo, tiburones zorro, topes, torpedo electric rays, torpedo rays, torpedoes, torpedos, torpilles, tortoises, tortues, triggerfishes, true crabs, trunkfishes, tubarão, vertebrado, vertebrates, vertébrés, whip-tail stingrays, whiprays, whiptail stingrays, whiskery sharks, white sharks, white shrimp, água viva, águilas marinas, échinodermes, écrevisses, émissoles, éponges, Fewer tags

Northwestern Pond Turtle Survey Data in Northern California Forest Streams (2021)

An updated version has been published: Halstead, B.J., Kleeman, P.M., and Rose, J.P., 2024, Northwestern pond turtle survey data in northern California forest streams, 2021-2022: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P96GAPCC. These data are from joint visual encounter and environmental DNA (eDNA) surveys conducted for northwestern pond turtles (Actinemys marmorata) in streams on privately-owned timberlands in northern California.

Categories: Data; Tags: California, Humboldt County, Lassen County, Plumas County, Shasta County, All tags... Tehama County, Trinity County, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, biota, del Norte County, distribution, reptiles, Fewer tags

Dataset from 2015-2016 thermal and behavior monitoring of Argentine giant tegus in Everglades, Florida

Thermal data collected from iButton temperature loggers implanted into research animals (Argentine giant tegus) and in their surrounding environment. Tegus undergo winter dormancy (hibernation) to cope with colder temperatures, and we studied the thermal habits of wild tegus within their invaded range in southern Florida, USA. We used radiotelemetry and trail cameras to verify dates of above-ground behaviors (active, basking, non-hibernating) and used temperature dataloggers to monitor surface (2 sun-exposed [Te] and 1 shaded [Ts]), 3 ambient (Ta), 19 subsurface ground (Th), and 22 internal body (Tb) temperatures of a population of free-ranging tegus over several seasons (46 weeks from 2015-2016). We recorded tegu...

Categories: Data; Tags: Ecology, Environmental Health, Everglades, Southern Florida, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... Wildlife Biology, Wildlife Disease, farming, herpetology, reptiles, Fewer tags

BLM REA MBR 2010 Digital Distribution Maps of the Reptiles of the United States and Canada 174317

This data set contains distribution information for all terrestrial and aquatic reptiles, crocodilians, and turtles occurring in the United States and Canada.

Types: Downloadable; Tags: 002, 007, BLM, Bureau of Land Management, DOI, All tags... Geospatial, MBR 2010, Mojave Basin and Range, NatureServe, REA, Rapid Ecoregional Assessment, Wildlife, biota, biota, distribution maps, environment, range, reptiles, Fewer tags

BLM REA MBR 2010 Digital Distribution Maps of the Reptiles of the United States and Canada 208791

This data set contains distribution information for all terrestrial and aquatic reptiles, crocodilians, and turtles occurring in the United States and Canada.

Types: Downloadable; Tags: 002, 007, BLM, Bureau of Land Management, DOI, All tags... Geospatial, MBR 2010, Mojave Basin and Range, NatureServe, REA, Rapid Ecoregional Assessment, Wildlife, biota, biota, distribution maps, environment, range, reptiles, Fewer tags

BLM REA CBR 2010 SWReGAP 180565 Vertebrate Habitat Distribution Models

Mapping of terrestrial vertebrates focuses on linking a spatial representation of species-habitat matrices to geographic distribution. Each model is a combination of distribution from regional and state references in association with contiguous appropriate habitats. Ranges for all species were based on 8-digit HUCs. Habitats were based on a raster SWReGAP 1 acre MMU land cover data set, with hydrology habitats added in from USGS NHD dataset directly or through modeling. Habitat association information was obtained from various state, regional, and national references with updates from scientific literature. This portion of the Southwest Regional Gap Analysis Project produced predicted habitat distribution maps for...

Types: Downloadable; Tags: Amphibians, BLM, Birds, Bureau of Land Management, CBR 2010, All tags... Central Basin and Range, DOI, Geospatial, Habitat Modeling, Mammals, Predicted Habitat, REA, Rapid Ecoregional Assessment, Reptiles, Wildlife, biota, Fewer tags

BLM REA CBR 2010 SWReGAP 173870 Vertebrate Habitat Distribution Models

Mapping of terrestrial vertebrates focuses on linking a spatial representation of species-habitat matrices to geographic distribution. Each model is a combination of distribution from regional and state references in association with contiguous appropriate habitats. Ranges for all species were based on 8-digit HUCs. Habitats were based on a raster SWReGAP 1 acre MMU land cover data set, with hydrology habitats added in from USGS NHD dataset directly or through modeling. Habitat association information was obtained from various state, regional, and national references with updates from scientific literature. This portion of the Southwest Regional Gap Analysis Project produced predicted habitat distribution maps for...

Types: Downloadable; Tags: Amphibians, BLM, Birds, Bureau of Land Management, CBR 2010, All tags... Central Basin and Range, DOI, Geospatial, Habitat Modeling, Mammals, Predicted Habitat, REA, Rapid Ecoregional Assessment, Reptiles, Wildlife, biota, Fewer tags