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Data on Utah prairie dog body condition and reproductive success, Awapa Plateau, Utah, USA, 2013-2016 Data on body condition and reproduction of Utah prairie dogs at 5 colonies on the Awapa Plateau, Utah, USA, June-August 2013-2016. Utah prairie dogs were live-trapped and sampled on 5 colonies. We recorded the age (juvenile/adult) and mass (nearest 5 grams) of each prairie dog and marked its ears and body with metal tags and passive integrated transponders, respectively, for permanent identification. We measured each prairie dog's right hind foot length (nearest millimeter). We indexed each adult prairie dog's body condition as the ratio between its mass and hind-foot length. Prairie dogs were allowed to recover from anesthesia and released at their trapping locations. We indexed prairie dog reproduction, by colony... Categories: Data; Tags: Cynomys, Ecology, Prairie dog, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Utah, All tags... Wildlife Biology, Wildlife Disease, biota, capturing (animals), population dynamics, Fewer tags Flea abundance and body condition data for black-tailed prairie dogs on sites treated and not treated with “FipBit” fipronil pellets, South Dakota, 2018-2020 Flea abundance and body condition data for black-tailed prairie dogs on sites treated and not treated with “FipBit” fipronil pellets. We sampled prairie dogs at Conata Basin, Buffalo Gap National Grassland, and Badlands National Park, South Dakota, USA. We sampled fleas from live-trapped prairie dogs during June–October 2018, May–October 2019, and July-August 2020. Prairie dogs were sampled before and after FipBit treatments. We anesthetized each prairie dog with isoflurane and combed it thoroughly for 30 seconds to dislodge fleas, which fell into a plastic bin. Fleas were counted and allowed to recover from anesthesia and placed back on prairie dogs, to minimize any removal effect. We weighed prairie dogs with... Categories: Data; Tags: Cynomys, Ecology, Environmental Health, Flea, Plague, All tags... Prairie dog, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, Wildlife Disease, Yersinia pestis, biota, disease vectors, Fewer tags Data on flea control using fipronil grain bait with black-tailed prairie dogs at Badlands National Park, South Dakota, 2020-2021 We collected fleas from colonies of black-tailed prairie dogs in Badlands National Park, South Dakota, 2020-2021. Specifically, we tested fipronil grain for flea control on two colonies: Colony A in 2020 and Colony B in 2021. To assess on-host flea numbers (in 2020 and 2021), we anesthetized trapped prairie dogs (and their fleas) with isoflurane in induction chambers for processing. We combed each individual with a fine-tooth comb for 30 seconds to remove and count fleas. We released all animals, after they were recovered from anesthesia, at the location where they were captured. To assess off-host flea numbers (in 2021), we used a plumber’s cable to insert a 20- by 20-centimeter flannel-cloth as deep as possible... Categories: Data; Tags: Badlands National Park, Cynomys ludovicianus, Ecology, Fipronil, Flea, All tags... Plague, South Dakota, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, Wildlife Disease, biota, ecology, Fewer tags Data on flea control using FipBit fipronil bait pellets with black-tailed prairie dogs, South Dakota, 2020-2021 We live-trapped black-tailed prairie dogs on Buffalo Gap National Grassland, South Dakota, 2020-2021. We anesthetized trapped animals (and their fleas) with isoflurane in induction chambers for processing. We combed each individual with a fine-tooth comb for 30 seconds to remove and count fleas. The total flea count from an individual prairie dog was considered an index of flea abundance. We released all animals, after they were recovered from anesthesia, at the location where they were captured. Data were collected on sites treated with fipronil "FipBit" bait pellets for systemic flea control with prairie dogs. Sites were treated with FipBits containing 0.68, 0.71, or 0.83 milligrams of fipronil per FipBit. The... Categories: Data; Tags: Buffalo Gap National Grassland, Cynomys ludovicianus, Ecology, Fipronil, Flea, All tags... Plague, South Dakota, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, Wildlife Disease, biota, ecology, Fewer tags Data on finite population change for 3 species of prairie dogs in Montana and Utah, USA, 2000-2005 Data on annual population change for prairie dogs in Montana and Utah, USA, 2000-2005. Prairie dog species included black-tailed prairie dogs (PDs) (BTPD, Cynomys ludovicianus) in north-central Montana, white-tailed PDs (WTPD, Cynomys leucurus) in eastern Utah, and Utah PDs (UPD, Cynomys parvidens) in southwestern Utah. Field research was completed by the U.S. Geological Survey, Fort Collins Science Center, and colleagues. Data were collected on paired plots. Each pair included a plot treated annually with deltamethrin dust for flea control and plague mitigation and a plot left untreated as baselines. Paired plots had similar ecological features on the same (split) or nearby (separate) colonies. One plot within... Categories: Data; Tags: Cynomys, Ecology, Environmental Health, Flea, Plague, All tags... Prairie dog, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, Wildlife Disease, Yersinia pestis, farming, Fewer tags In Support of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 3-Bat Species Status Assessment: Winter Colony Count Analysis Through the North American Bat Monitoring Program, Bat Conservation International and U.S Geological Survey (USGS) provided technical and science support to assistance in U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Species Status Assessment ("SSA") for the northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis), little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus), and tri-colored bat (Perimyotis subflavus). USGS facilitated the SSA data call providing data archival for repeatable and transparent analyses, provided statistical support to assess the historical, current, an future population status for each of the three species, and developed a demographic projection tool to evaluate future viability of each species under multiple threat scenarios. We... Categories: Data; Tags: Ecology, North America, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), USGS-EMA-LOW-IS White-Nose Syndrome, USGS-EMA-LOW-SB SMC: Bats, All tags... USGS-EMA-LOW-SB T&E: Bats, Wildlife Biology, Wildlife Disease, bats, biota, endangered species, white-nose syndrome, Fewer tags Black-tailed prairie dog movement and bait uptake data from 2013-2017 in Montana Oral sylvatic plague vaccine baits (SPV) and placebo baits, each containing Rhodamine B dye biomarker, were distributed once annually from 2013-2016 on treated and non-treated paired plots from 2013-2016. Black-tailed prairie dogs (BTPD) were live-trapped and permanently marked with passive integrated transponders and ear tags on 4 pairs of plots each year from 2013-2017 to provide capture/recapture data. Capture locations were recorded using global positioning systems. Hair and whisker samples were pulled from each prairie dog to assess bait uptake (i.e. consumption) using a florescent microscope to inspect the samples for Rhodamine B florescence. The first data set (CMR_MOVEMENT_DATA.csv) lists distances (meters)... Categories: Data; Tags: Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge, Cynomys, Ecology, Montana, Phillips County, All tags... Prairie Dog, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, Wildlife Disease, biota, ecology, Fewer tags Training dataset for NABat Machine Learning V1.0 Bats play crucial ecological roles and provide valuable ecosystem services, yet many populations face serious threats from various ecological disturbances. The North American Bat Monitoring Program (NABat) aims to assess status and trends of bat populations while developing innovative and community-driven conservation solutions using its unique data and technology infrastructure. To support scalability and transparency in the NABat acoustic data pipeline, we developed a fully-automated machine-learning algorithm. This dataset includes audio files of bat echolocation calls that were considered to develop V1.0 of the NABat machine-learning algorithm, however the test set (i.e., holdout dataset) has been excluded from... Categories: Data; Tags: North America, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, Wildlife Disease, bats, All tags... bioacoustics, biota, echolocation, machine learning, ultrasonic recording, Fewer tags Data on flea control using lufenuron and nitenpyram baits with black-tailed prairie dogs, South Dakota, 2021 We collected fleas from a colony of black-tailed prairie dogs on Buffalo Gap National Grassland, South Dakota, 2021. We collected flea data by combing prairie dogs and swabbing their burrows for fleas. Regarding combing, we anesthetized trapped prairie dogs (and their fleas) with isoflurane in induction chambers for processing. We combed each individual with a fine-tooth comb for 30 seconds to remove and count fleas. We released all animals, after they were recovered from anesthesia, at the location where they were captured. Regarding burrow swabbing, we used a plumber’s cable to insert a 20- by 20-centimeter flannel-cloth as deep as possible into burrow tunnels. We then shook the cable for 30 seconds to imitate... Categories: Data; Tags: Buffalo Gap National Grassland, Cynomys ludovicianus, Ecology, Fipronil, Flea, All tags... Plague, South Dakota, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, Wildlife Disease, biota, ecology, Fewer tags Data Release: Possibility for reverse zoonotic transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to free-ranging wildlife: a case study of bats The table illustrates global patterns of betacoronavirus (β-CoV) associations in bats. The table lists bat species in which betacoronaviruses (β-CoVs) were detected, organized by viral subgenera and clade [for Sarbecorviruses], bat family, bat suborder, and general global region where the species of bat occurs. Reference to the published literature sources of information for each row are listed in the last column. Categories: Data; Tags: Africa, Asia, Australia, Ecology, Eurasia, All tags... Europe, Latin America, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, Wildlife Disease, bats, ecosystems, invasive species, mammals, public health, wildlife disease, Fewer tags In Support of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 3-Bat Species Status Assessment: Summer Mobile Acoustic Transect Analysis Through the North American Bat Monitoring Program, Bat Conservation International and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) collaborated with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to provided technical and science support to assistance in U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services’ Species Status Assessment (“SSA”) for the northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis), little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus), and tri-colored bat (Perimyotis subflavus). We conducted analyses to estimate changes in bat echolocation activity recorded during mobile transect surveys. Bat activity recorded during mobile acoustic transects provide an index of abundance and can be used to determine changes in populations over time (Roche et al. 2011, Jones et... Categories: Data; Tags: Ecology, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), USGS-EMA-LOW-IS White-Nose Syndrome, USGS-EMA-LOW-SB SMC: Bats, USGS-EMA-LOW-SB T&E: Bats, All tags... USGS-EMA-LOW-SS Wind energy, United States, Wildlife Biology, Wildlife Disease, acoustic mobile transect surveys, bats, biota, endangered species, species status assessment, white-nose syndrome, wind energy, Fewer tags Mean flea counts from prairie dogs and their burrows in Utah (2000), New Mexico (2010-2012), and Montana (2016, 2019) Mean flea counts from prairie dogs and their burrows in Utah (2000), New Mexico (2010–2012), and Montana (2016, 2019). Prairie dogs were live-trapped, anesthetized with isoflurane, and combed thoroughly for 30 or 45 seconds to remove and count fleas. Prairie dogs were allowed to recover from anesthesia and released at their trapping locations. Randomly selected prairie dog burrows were swabbed for fleas using a plumber’s snake to insert a white flannel-cloth as deep as possible into each tunnel; the cable was shook ~30 seconds, and the cloth was removed from the burrow and quickly sealed in a re-sealable zipper storage bag. Fleas were later removed from swabs and counted. Mean flea counts were calculated for each... Categories: Data; Tags: Cynomys, Ecology, Environmental Health, Montana, New Mexico, All tags... Prairie dog, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Utah, Wildlife Biology, Wildlife Disease, biota, capturing (animals), disease vectors, flea, grassland ecosystems, Fewer tags Data on long-term flea control using fipronil grain bait with black-tailed prairie dogs, South Dakota, 2020-2022 We collected fleas from black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) on Buffalo Gap National Grassland and Badlands National Park, South Dakota, 2020-2022. We anesthetized trapped prairie dogs (and their fleas) with isoflurane in induction chambers for processing. We combed each individual with a fine-tooth comb for 30 seconds to remove and count fleas. We released all animals, after they were recovered from anesthesia, at the location where they were captured. Total flea counts from individual prairie dogs were considered an index of flea abundance. During 2018-2020, we provided prairie dogs on 21 sites with grain bait, laced with fipronil (0.005% by weight) by placing 1/2 cup or 1/4 cup of grain at each prairie... Categories: Data; Tags: Badlands National Park, Buffalo Gap National Grassland, Cynomys ludovicianus, Ecology, Environmental Health, All tags... Fipronil, Flea, Plague, South Dakota, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, Wildlife Disease, biota, ecology, Fewer tags Capture-recapture, disease and covariate data for boreal toads from Blackrock Wyoming 2019 We investigated population dynamics in boreal toads relative to abiotic (fall temperatures and snowpack -the covariates provided here) and biotic (the abundance of another anuran host,data provide here) characteristics of the local environment at 6 sites in Wyoming, USA. We used capture-recapture data (i.e., 1 or 0, provided here) and a robust design multi-state model framework that incorporates disease state uncertainty to assess our a priori hypotheses about interactions among covariates (temperature, snowpack and presence of spotted frogs) and boreal toad survival. Files include: br_bd.csv, disease data; br_cmr.csv, capture-mark recapture data (1,0); br_cov.csv, soil and snow information detailed in this file;... Categories: Data; Tags: Anaxyrus boreas, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, Bd, Columbia Spotted Frog, Northeastern Wyoming, All tags... Rana luteiventris, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Western Toad, amphibian chytrid fungus, amphibians, capture recapture, chytridiomycosis, environment, wildlife disease, 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 Effects of deltamethrin applications on non-target small mammal populations in South Dakota, Colorado, and Idaho, 2010-2017 We trapped small mammals at two sites in Badlands National Park, Pennington County, South Dakota from 2013-2017; two sites in Larimer County, Colorado from 2010-2011; and four sites in Adams County, Idaho from 2014-2017. Each site contained at least one or more treated plots (deltamethrin dust applied to burrows or bait stations for flea control) paired with one or more non-treated plots. We trapped Peromyscus mice in all three states. We trapped Microtus voles in Colorado and South Dakota. We trapped Chaetodipus mice in Colorado and South Dakota. We trapped Reithrodontomys mice only in Colorado. We trapped paired treated and non-treated plots simultaneously within each site, with traps opened in the evening and... Categories: Data; Tags: Badlands National Park, Chaetodipus, Colorado, Deltamethrin, Ecology, All tags... Flea, Idaho, Microtus, Peromyscus, Plague, Reithrodontomys, South Dakota, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, Wildlife Disease, biota, ecology, Fewer tags Data on deer mouse and vole plague vaccination and captures in central New Mexico, 2019-2021 Our study was conducted from 2019-2021 in Lincoln National Forest, New Mexico. We live trapped deer mice and two species of voles in Sherman traps, mostly at nighttime, from June-October 2019 and June-September 2020-2021. We marked each rodent with ear tags and a passive integrated transponder for permanent identification. We used an F1 antigen vaccine to vaccinate some individuals against plague. Specifically, we injected vaccine to the first animal processed within each species, age group (adult or juvenile based on size), sex, trap session, and plot and then alternated between vaccine and placebo injections thereafter. We administered a placebo injection, lacking the F1 antigen, to the remaining individuals,... Categories: Data; Tags: Deer mouse, Ecology, Lincoln National Forest, Microtus, New Mexico, All tags... Peromyscus maniculatus, Plague, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Vole, Wildlife Biology, Wildlife Disease, biota, ecology, Fewer tags