North American Breeding Bird Survey Dataset

This is the primary ScienceBase page for accessing North American Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) data. The BBS project measures bird populations on an annual basis. It has been in operation for more than 50 years, monitors 700+ types of birds, and spans the continent (map at right shows sample locations in red). More information about BBS history, methods, and past and ongoing applications of project data can be found in the "Related External Resources" section below. Accessing the Data The BBS releases its data on an annual basis. The “Child Items” section below provides links to the most recent as well as historic data releases. Each annual release includes all previously released data, plus all subsequent taxonomic...

Tags: Animals, Biodiversity, Birds, Birds, Canada, All tags... Citizen Science, Migratory Birds, Migratory Species, North America, North American Breeding Bird Survey, Patuxent Programs, United States, United States of America, Wildlife Biology, abundance, avian point counts, biodiversity, population distribution, population trends, relative abundance, Fewer tags

Humpback chub (Gila cypha) capture histories and growth data for two areas in the Colorado River network from 2009-2022 and 2017-2022

These data were compiled for a manuscript entitled 'Vital rates of a burgeoning population of Humpback Chub in western Grand Canyon. Objective(s) of our study were to compare survival and growth of humpback chub in western Grand Canyon to that from the more established metapopulation in eastern Grand Canyon that spawns in the Little Colorado River (LCR). These data represent capture histories of fish based on mark-recapture data. These data were collected in eastern Grand Canyon (CR-east study site) and in the western Grand Canyon (CR-west study site). The CR-east reach sites are located at the lower 13.56 rkm of the LCR and in the mainstem of the Colorado River at river kilometers (rkm) 126.2-128.7 (2009-2016)...

Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Arizona, Climatology, Colorado River, Ecology, All tags... Geography, Glen Canyon Dam, Grand Canyon, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, Hydrology, Information Sciences, Little Colorado River, PIT antennas, Southwest Biological Science Center, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Resources, abundance, asymptotic sizes, biota, capture histories, data release, eastern Grand Canyon, ecological processes, field inventory and monitoring, field monitoring stations, field sampling, fish, fish capture, fit mark-recapture models, growth analysis, growth data, growth rates, humpback chub, individual fish models, long-term ecological monitoring, mark-recapture data, metapopulation, migration (organisms), modeling, movement, multistate model, organism growth and development, passive integrated transponder tags, population and community ecology, relative abundance analysis, size measurements, survival, vital rates, water temperature, western Grand Canyon, Fewer tags

Modeling apple snail population dynamics on the Everglades landscape

Abstract (from http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10980-015-0205-5): Context The Florida Everglades has diminished in size and its existing wetland hydrology has been altered. The endangered snail kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis) has nearly abandoned the Everglades, and its prey, the apple snail (Pomacea paludosa), has declined. Objective We developed a population model (EverSnail) to understand apple snail response to inter- and intra-annual fluctuations in water depths over the Everglades landscape. EverSnail was developed as a tool to understand how apple snails respond to different hydrologic scenarios. Methods EverSnail is an age- and size-structured, spatially-explicit landscape model of P. paludosa...

Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Abundance, Distribution, Florida, Hydrology, Management, All tags... National CASC, Plants, Population matrix model, Restoration, Snail kite, Water, Coasts and Ice, Wetlands, Wetlands, Wildlife and Plants, Fewer tags

Biophysical drivers for predicting the distribution and abundance of invasive yellow sweet clover in the Northern Great Plains

Yellow sweetclover (Melilotus officinalis; YSC), an invasive biennial legume, bloomed throughout the Northern Great Plains (NGP) following greater-than-average precipitation during 2018-2019. YSC can increase nitrogen (N) levels and potentially cause broad changes in the composition of native plant species communities. There is little knowledge of the drivers behind its spatiotemporal variability, including conditions causing significant widespread blooms across western South Dakota (SD). We aimed to develop a generalized prediction model to map the relative abundance of YSC in suitable habitats across rangelands of western SD for the recent sweet clover year 2019. The following research questions were asked: 1....

Tags: BIOMOD2, Ensemble model, Habitat suitability model, Land Use Change, Minnesota, All tags... Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Northern Great Plains, Random Forest, Remote Sensing, Sentinel 2, South Dakota, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, Upper Missouri River Basin, Wyoming, abundance, invasive, remote sensing, western South Dakota, yellow sweetclover, Fewer tags

Proximal and distal factors associated with the decline in secondary invertebrate prey production in the Colorado River, Glen Canyon, Arizona.

Using a bioenergetic model, demographic data for the Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) population were compiled and used to estimate total prey consumption in the Colorado River, Glen Canyon , AZ. Additionally, other data including invertebrate diet, drift, and benthic measurements were used to make generalized estimates of daily production rates for the most common benthic invertebrate taxa. The primary objectives were to test a set of hypotheses regarding proximate and distal drivers that were regualating secondary production of invertebrate prey in Glen Canyon. These production estimates represent an estimate of aggregate prey items that include Chironomidae and Simulium arcticum [complex]), as well as amphipods...

Tags: Aquatic Biology, Arizona, Colorado River, Ecology, Geography, All tags... Glen Canyon, Glen Canyon Dam, Information Sciences, Lake Powell, Lees Ferry, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), abundance, benthic ecosystems, bioenergetic model, biological and physical processes, biota, consumption, data release, diet data, field sampling, fish, fish size, food web, foraging, inlandWaters, interpolation, invertebrates, laboratory experiments, mark-recapture data, metabolic costs, modeling, northern Arizona, nutrient limitations, phosphorous, prey, reservoir, seasonal, trophic effects, water quality, Fewer tags

Summaries of fish and habitat surveys for juvenile coho salmon in Mason Creek, tributary of the East Fork Lewis River, SW Washington, during summer of 2017

This folder and its contents include summaries produced from fish and habitat surveys conducted in Mason Creek, tributary of the East Fork Lewis River, SW Washington, during summer of 2017. First, estimates of abundance and survival for juvenile coho salmon were generated for three time periods (early, middle, and late) during the summer of 2017 and reported in the file "Estimates of juvenile coho summer abundance and survival_MasonCreek_2017.xlsx". Second, summaries of the continuous habitat surveys can be found in the file "FinalStats_MasonMill2017_FishRescue.xlsx". Specifically here, the total length of stream habitat by habitat type (flowing, fragmented, dry) and the frequency and area of stream pools are summarized...

Categories: Data; Tags: Abundance, Drought, Drought, Fire and Extreme Weather, Fish, Habitat, All tags... Northwest CASC, Rivers, Streams and Lakes, Survival, Water, Coasts and Ice, Wildlife and Plants, fish abundance, habitat surveys, stream, stream habitat, Fewer tags

Local demographic rates and Critical Thermal Maximum (CTMax) values of four Eleutherodactylus frogs in Puerto Rico, 2021-2022

We determined the critical thermal maximum (CTMax) of six species of Eleutherodactylus frogs (Eleutherodactylus antillensis, Eleutherodactylus brittoni, Eleutherodactylus cochranae, Eleutherodactylus coqui, Eleutherodactylus juanariveroi, Eleutherodactylus wightmanae) to understand their response to warming temperatures. Data consist of capture history, body condition, and temperature at which the frog exhibited spasms and erratic behavior, which may impair predator avoidance. Our results underscored the potential vulnerability of Eleutherodactylus species exhibiting lower CTMax to the forecasted warming of tropical zones (e.g., E. wightmanae, E. brittoni).

Categories: Data; Tags: Abundance, Arecibo, Climatology, Critical Maximum temperature (CTMax), Ecology, All tags... Eleutherodactulys, Las Marias, Maricao, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, Toa Baja, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, biota, occupancy, reproduction, Fewer tags