Demographic model inputs and code, catchment area population estimates, and counterfactual (CIU) estimates for population growth for 23 focal bird species.

Renewable energy production can kill birds, but little is known about how it affects avian populations. We assessed vulnerability of populations for 23 priority bird species killed at wind and solar facilities in California, USA.

Categories: Data; Tags: California, Canada, Coastal California, Ecology, Energy Resources, All tags... Land Use Change, Mojave and Sonoran Desert, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, Wildlife Biology, anthropogenic effects, biota, bird populations, birds, ecosystem management, environment, renewable energy, solar, wildlife biology, wildlife mortality, wind, wind energy, Fewer tags

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

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

Nuclear microsatellite genotypes of six populations of yellow rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis) sampled 2005-2008

These data reflect nuclear microsatellite genotypes for specimens of yellow rails (Coturnicops noveboracensis) sampled in 2005-2008. Data from six populations are included.

Tags: Canada, Ecology, Genetics, Manitoba, Michigan, All tags... Minnesota, North America, Oregon, Quebec, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, Wisconsin, biodiversity, biota, birds, environment, genetic diversity, genetics, genotype, ornithology, wildlife biology, Fewer tags

Powerline Corridors in the Western United States and Canada

Powerlines in the western United States and Canada as identified by the 22 source data layers used to compile this shapefile. Source data were collected by personal contact or through the internet in the winter and spring of 2004 and assimilated using ArcGIS. This file is a complete record of overhead powerline data that was available as of 5/15/2004 but IS NOT INTENDED TO BE A COMPLETE REPRESENTATION OF THE SUM TOTAL OF ALL POWERLINES ON THE GROUND. These data primarily depict the higher voltage, long distance transmission lines but some arcs likely represent lower voltage distribution lines.

Categories: Data, pre-SM502.8; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Alberta, Arizona, British Columbia, California, Canada, All tags... Colorado, Energy Resources, Idaho, Land Use Change, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North America, North Dakota, Oregon, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, Utah, Washington, Wildlife Biology, Wyoming, electrical lines, electricity, manmade features, power lines, telephone lines, transmission lines, utilitiesCommunication, utility lines, Fewer tags

Sage-grouse Subpopulations in North America

This data set represents a preliminary attempt to define distinct areas of Sage-grouse occupation in North America. The 'boundaries' for subpopulations are not actually boundaries, but lines meant to encircle a specific group of leks. The difference may seem trivial, but it is significant. We did not establish an area associated with each population or subpopulation, and consequently we did not evaluate the associated habitat and/or landscape. This type of analysis would have required a specific assessment of the habitat within and between each of the identified populations and subpopulations. The descriptions of subpopulations are clearly a preliminary attempt to define distinct areas of occupation.

Tags: Alberta, California, Canada, Centrocercus, Colorado, All tags... Greater Sage-grouse, Gunnison Sage-grouse, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, North America, North Dakota, Oregon, Sage-grouse, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, United States, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, biogeography, biota, current, distribution, environment, minimus, population and community ecology, population dynamics, populations, present-day, range, subpopulations, urophasianus, Fewer tags

Long-distance movements of non-migratory golden eagles in western North America, 2007-2017

We studied >500 golden eagles tracked by telemetry over a 10-year period in western North America, of which 160 engaged in non-routine, long-distance (>300 km) movements. We identified spatial and temporal correlates of those movements at both small and large scales, and we quantified movement timing and direction. We further tested which age and sex classes of eagles were more likely to engage in these movements. This dataset includes data on daily distances and their correlates, long-distance event distances and durations and their correlates, event timing and directions, and eagle ages and sexes.

Categories: Data; Tags: Canada, Ecology, Mexico, Remote Sensing, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... Western United States, Wildlife Biology, animal behavior, birds, terrestrial ecosystems, Fewer tags