Historic Distribution of the Sage-grouse in North America

This metadata references the polygonal ARC/INFO GIS cover showing the current and historic distribution of potential habitat, or range, of the Greater Sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) and Gunnison Sage-grouse (Centrocercus minimus) in Western North America. This data was initially researched and compiled by Dr. Michael A. Schroeder, research biologist for the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife. The initial draft of current and historic range data was mapped and submitted to state, federal, or provincial natural resource agencies and other experts for review, comment, and editing. The final product represents the best available science and expert review available at the time of compilation. ...

Tags: biology and ecology, bird conservation, centrocercus, current, distribution, All tags... ecosystems, environment and conservation, greater sage-grouse, gunnison sage-grouse, habitat, historic, historical features, minimus, natural resources, potential, pre-settlement, present-day, range, sage-grouse, urophasianus, Fewer tags

Benefits and risks of traditional food for indigenous peoples - Focus on dietary intakes of Arctic men

A variety of community and external pressures on Indigenous Peoples are leading to increased use of food that is available through industrialization and market economies; food in traditional food systems derived from local, natural environments is declining in use. This report focusses on dietary intake of Arctic men. While nutrient density of Arctic traditional food systems is superior to that of the composite of market food consumed in the North, the percentage of men's daily energy derived from market food is more than double that from traditional food in some communities. Older members of communities consume more traditional food than younger members; men consume more traditional food than do women. In addition...

Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: bird conservation, flight behaviour, habitat use, migration, wind power

Current Distribution of the Sage-grouse in North America

This metadata references the polygonal ARC/INFO GIS cover showing the current and historic distribution of potential habitat, or range, of the Greater Sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) and Gunnison Sage-grouse (Centrocercus minimus) in Western North America. This data was initially researched and compiled by Dr. Michael A. Schroeder, research biologist for the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife. The initial draft of current and historic range data was mapped and submitted to state, federal, or provincial natural resource agencies and other experts for review, comment, and editing. The final product represents the best available science and expert review available at the time of compilation. ...

Tags: biology and ecology, bird conservation, centrocercus, current, distribution, All tags... ecosystems, environment and conservation, greater sage-grouse, gunnison sage-grouse, habitat, historic, minimus, natural resources, potential, pre-settlement, present-day, range, sage-grouse, urophasianus, Fewer tags

Science to Assess Future Conservation Practices for the Mississippi River Basin

USFWS Landscape Conservation Cooperatives (LCCs) throughout the Mississippi River Basin (MRB) have identified high nutrient runoff, a major contributor to Gulf hypoxia, and declines in wildlife populations (especially grassland and riparian birds), as conservation challenges requiring collaborative action. This project aimed to develop a spatial decision support system (DSS) to address these issues. The DSS was designed to identify MRB watersheds where application of conservation practices can (1) reduce nutrient export to the Gulf hypoxia zone and (2) enhance conservation for grassland and riparian birds, based on (3) identifying landowners willing and capable of implementing these practices. The DSS is expected...

Categories: Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2014, Bird Conservation, Birds, Birds, Birds, All tags... CASC, Completed, Data Visualization & Tools, Data Visualization & Tools, Data Visualization & Tools, Decision Support System, Gulf Hypoxia, Landscapes, Landscapes, Northeast, Northeast, Northeast CASC, Other Landscapes, Other Landscapes, Projects by Region, Projects by Region, Rivers, Streams and Lakes, Rivers, Streams and Lakes, Science Tools For Managers, Science Tools for Managers, Science Tools for Managers, Social Science, Social Science, South Central, South Central, South Central CASC, Water, Coasts and Ice, Water, Coasts and Ice, Water, Coasts and Ice, Wetlands, Wetlands, Wildlife and Plants, Wildlife and Plants, Wildlife and Plants, Fewer tags

Sage-grouse Conservation Assessment Boundary

Boundary of the conservation assessment of Greater Sage-grouse and sagebrush habitat conducted by the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. The boundary is derived from the pre-settlement distribution of the Sage-grouse.

Tags: Alberta, Arizona, Botany, British Columbia, California, All tags... Canada, Centrocercus urophasianus, Colorado, Ecology, Greater sage-grouse, Idaho, Land Use Change, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North America, North Dakota, Oregon, Saskatchewan, Soil Sciences, South Dakota, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, Utah, Washington, Wildlife Biology, Wyoming, biogeography, biota, bird conservation, birds, boundary, conservation, conservation assessment, environment, geospatial analysis, geospatial datasets, habitats, maps and atlases, study areas, Fewer tags

Proportion of Non-Sage-grouse Habitat Within an 18-km Radius

This map depicts the proportion of non-Sage-grouse habitat with 18km of each pixel. The map was produced using a moving window analysis on the Distribution of Non-Sage Grouse Habitat in the Conservation Assessment Area with a search radius of 18km. The product of the moving window was the mean pixel value within the window. This map has a 540m resolution.

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: Alberta, Arizona, British Columbia, California, Canada, All tags... Centrocercus urophasianus, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North America, North Dakota, Oregon, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, USGS-EMA-LOW-SB SMC: Greater sage-grouse, United States, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, Wyoming Basins Ecoregional Assessment, biogeography, biota, bird conservation, birds, conservation, ecology, environment, habitats, land use and land cover, life sciences, maps and atlases, non-habitat, Fewer tags

Distribution of the Sage-grouse in North America

This metadata references the polygonal ARC/INFO GIS cover showing the current and historic distribution of potential habitat, or range, of the Greater Sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) and Gunnison Sage-grouse (Centrocercus minimus) in Western North America. This data was initially researched and compiled by Dr. Michael A. Schroeder, research biologist for the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife. The initial draft of current and historic range data was mapped and submitted to state, federal, or provincial natural resource agencies and other experts for review, comment, and editing. The final product represents the best available science and expert review available at the time of compilation.Definition...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Alberta, Biology and Ecology, Bird Conservation, California, Canada, All tags... Centrocercus, Colorado, Ecosystems, Environment and Conservation, Greater Sage-grouse, Gunnison Sage-grouse, Historical Features, Idaho, Montana, Natural Resources, Nevada, North America, North Dakota, Oregon, Sage-grouse, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, United States, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, current, distribution, habitat, historic, minimus, potential, pre-settlement, present-day, range, urophasianus, Fewer tags

Assessing the Impacts of Sea-Level Rise on Piping Plovers at Assateague Island, Virginia and Maryland

The purpose of this project was to provide biologists and managers along the Atlantic coast with tools to predict the effects of accelerating sealevel rise on the distribution of piping plover breeding habitat, to test those predictions, and to feed results back into the modeling framework to improve predictive capabilities. Our goals were to provide short-term (i.e., over project life) results related to the effects of sea level rise on piping plover breeding habitat at Assateague Island and to use these results to ultimately (i.e., longer term, during and beyond project life) inform a coastwide assessment of threats from sea-level rise and related habitat conservation recommendations that can be implemented by...

Categories: Data; Tags: Beach and Barrier dynamics, Beaches, Bird Conservation, LCC Network Science Catalog, North Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative Data.gov, All tags... Piping Plover, Report, coastal habitat, completed, Fewer tags

Historic GSG Range

This metadata references the polygonal ARC/INFO GIS cover showing the current and historic distribution of potential habitat, or range, of the Greater Sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) and Gunnison Sage-grouse (Centrocercus minimus) in Western North America. This data was initially researched and compiled by Dr. Michael A. Schroeder, research biologist for the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife. The initial draft of current and historic range data was mapped and submitted to state, federal, or provincial natural resource agencies and other experts for review, comment, and editing. The final product represents the best available science and expert review available at the time of compilation.Definition...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Alberta, Biology and Ecology, Bird Conservation, California, Canada, All tags... Centrocercus, Colorado, Ecosystems, Environment and Conservation, Greater Sage-grouse, Gunnison Sage-grouse, Historical Features, Idaho, Montana, Natural Resources, Nevada, North America, North Dakota, Oregon, Sage-grouse, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, United States, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, current, distribution, habitat, historic, minimus, potential, pre-settlement, present-day, range, urophasianus, Fewer tags

Proportion of Non-Sage-grouse Habitat Within an 18-km Radius

This map depicts the proportion of non-Sage-grouse habitat with 18km of each pixel. The map was produced using a moving window analysis on the Distribution of Non-Sage Grouse Habitat in the Conservation Assessment Area with a search radius of 18km. The product of the moving window was the mean pixel value within the window. This map has a 540m resolution.

Tags: Alberta, Arizona, Biology and Ecology, Bird Conservation, British Columbia, All tags... California, Canada, Centrocercus, Colorado, Conservation Assessment, Distribution, Environmant and Conservation, Habitat, Idaho, Land Cover, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Non-habitat, North America, North Dakota, Oregon, Sage-grouse, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, United States, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, urophasianus, Fewer tags

Proportion of Non-Sage-grouse Habitat Within an 54-km Radius

This map depicts the proportion of non-Sage-grouse habitat within 54km of each pixel. The map was produced using a moving window analysis on the Distribution of Non-Sage Grouse Habitat in the Conservation Assessment Area with a search radius of 54km. The product of the moving window was the mean pixel value within the window. This map has a 540m resolution.

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: Alberta, Arizona, British Columbia, California, Canada, All tags... Centrocercus urophasianus, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North America, North Dakota, Oregon, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, USGS-EMA-LOW-SB SMC: Greater sage-grouse, United States, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, Wyoming Basins Ecoregional Assessment, biogeography, biota, bird conservation, birds, conservation, ecology, environment, habitats, land use and land cover, life sciences, maps and atlases, non-habitat, Fewer tags

Behavioural and environmental correlates of soaring-bird mortality at on-shore wind turbines

1. Wind power plants represent a risk of bird mortality, but the effects are still poorly quantified. We measured bird mortality, analysed the factors that led birds to fly close to turbines, and proposed mitigation measures at two wind farms installed in the Straits of Gibraltar, one of the most important migration bottlenecks between Europe and Africa. 2. Bird corpses were surveyed along turbine lines and an associated power line to estimate mortality rates. The behaviour of birds observed within 250 m of turbines was also recorded as a putative indicator of risk. The effects of location, weather and flight behaviour on risk situations (passes within 5 m of turbines) were analysed using generalized linear modelling...

Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: bird conservation, flight behaviour, habitat use, migration, wind power

Distribution of the Sage-grouse in North America

This metadata references the polygonal ARC/INFO GIS cover showing the current and historic distribution of potential habitat, or range, of the Greater Sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) and Gunnison Sage-grouse (Centrocercus minimus) in Western North America. This data was initially researched and compiled by Dr. Michael A. Schroeder, research biologist for the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife. The initial draft of current and historic range data was mapped and submitted to state, federal, or provincial natural resource agencies and other experts for review, comment, and editing. The final product represents the best available science and expert review available at the time of compilation.Definition...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Alberta, Biology and Ecology, Bird Conservation, California, Canada, All tags... Centrocercus, Colorado, Ecosystems, Environment and Conservation, Greater Sage-grouse, Gunnison Sage-grouse, Idaho, Montana, Natural Resources, Nevada, North America, North Dakota, Oregon, Sage-grouse, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, United States, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, current, distribution, habitat, historic, minimus, potential, pre-settlement, present-day, range, urophasianus, Fewer tags

Distribution of Non-Sage-grouse Habitat in the Conservation Assessment Area

This map depicts regions within the range of the Greater Sage-grouse that are non-Sage-grouse habitat. This information was complied using coverage of sagebrush for the western United States and a coverage of grassland habitats within 5km of an active Sage-grouse lek. This map has a 540m resolution.

Tags: biology and ecology, bird conservation, centrocercus, distribution, environment and conservation, All tags... habitat, land cover, non-habitat, sage-grouse, urophasianus, Fewer tags

Proportion of Non-Sage-grouse Habitat Within an 5-km Radius

This map depicts the proportion of non-Sage-grouse habitat within 5km of each pixel. The map was produced using a moving window analysis on the Distribution of Non-Sage Grouse Habitat in the Conservation Assessment Area with a search radius of 5km. The product of the moving window was the mean pixel value within the window. This map has a 540m resolution.

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: Alberta, Arizona, British Columbia, California, Canada, All tags... Centrocercus urophasianus, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North America, North Dakota, Oregon, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, USGS-EMA-LOW-SB SMC: Greater sage-grouse, United States, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, Wyoming Basins Ecoregional Assessment, biogeography, biota, bird conservation, birds, conservation, ecology, environment, habitats, land use and land cover, life sciences, maps and atlases, non-habitat, Fewer tags