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Created snag characteristics and cavity-nesting bird associations in the CFIRP stands, McDonald-Dunn Research Forest, Corvallis, OR, USA, 2016 Snags provide critical habitat for nearly one-third of wildlife species in forests of the Pacific Northwest, so historic declines in snags are thought to have had a strong impact on biodiversity. Resource managers often create snags to mitigate the scarcity of snags within managed forests, but information regarding the function and structure of created snags across long time periods (>20 years) is absent from the literature. Using snags that were created by topping mature Douglas-fir trees (Pseudotsuga menziesii) as part of the OSU College of Forestry Integrated Research Project, we measured characteristics of 731 snags and quantified foraging and breeding use of snags by birds 25-27 years after their creation.... Categories: Data; Tags: Botany, CFIRP, Douglas fir, Ecology, Forestry, All tags... Oregon Coast Range, Pseudotsuga menziesii, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, cavity-nesting birds, created snag, silviculture, snag persistence, Fewer tags RestoreNet: seedling treatment and site environmental characteristics data at restoration treatment plots in northern Arizona, USA This dataset is from a restoration field study conducted at seven sites distributed across the southern Colorado Plateau in northern Arizona as part of the RestoreNet dryland restoration field trial network. The data consist of post-experimental restoration treatment (2018-2019) plant density and height measurements along with site precipitation, temperature, and soils data. Plant data were collected through plot monitoring visits distributed throughout the first year following restoration treatments and seeding. Tags: Arizona, Botany, Colorado Plateau, Ecology, Flagstaff, All tags... Forestry, Geography, Information Sciences, Soil Sciences, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), air temperature, biogeography, biota, drylands, ecosystem restoration, environmental variation, field experiments, field inventory and monitoring, field methods, geoscientificInformation, measurement, northern Arizona, plant density, plant growth, plant recruitment, post-experimental, post-restoration, precipitation (atmospheric), restoration treatments, seed mixes, seed treatments, seeding, seedling emergence, seedling establishment, seedling recruitment, seedling survival, site environmental characteristics, site environmental data, soil resources, southwestern United States, Fewer tags Sequoia and Yosemite National Parks Mortality and Fire Data (1990-2019) for Competition-Fire-Drought Interaction Analysis This dataset records mortality-- including involvement of bark beetles-- and burn severity information for trees in long term forest dynamics plots in Sequoia National Park and Yosemite National Park that experienced fire. These data support the following publication: Furniss, T.J., Das, A.J., van Mantgem, P.J., Stephenson, N.L. and Lutz, J.A., 2021. Crowding, climate, and the case for social distancing among trees. Ecological Applications, p.e2507, https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2507 Categories: Data; Tags: California, Forestry, Sequoia National Park, Sierra Nevada, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... Yosemite National Park, bark beetle, biota, fires, forest ecosystems, insects, plot sampling, temperate forest, tree mortality, Fewer tags Mesocarnivore Survey of Lassen Volcanic National Park, Klamath Network, 2017-2018 (ver. 2.0, April 2022) Remote camera stations were set up in Lassen Volcanic National Park from August to October 2017 and June to September 2018 to document occurrence of mesocarnivores and other wildlife. 126 cameras were set up at 32 primary sampling units (clusters of two to four cameras) throughout the park. Random locations for primary sampling units were chosen using a 3-km sampling grid over the park area. The dataset contains all species observed within the study time-frame, the date and time of observation and the number of individuals detected as well as identification for individual locations, cameras and images. Of the three target species of conservation concern (Pacific fisher (Pekania pennanti), Pacific marten (Martes... Categories: Data, Data Release - Revised; Tags: California, Ecology, Forestry, Klamath Monitoring Network, Lassen County, All tags... Lassen Volcanic National Park, Pacific Northwest, Plumas County, Shasta County, Tehama County, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, biota, birds, camera survey, carnivores, environment, image collections, insects, mammals, mesocarnivores, wildlife, Fewer tags Combined wildland fire datasets for the United States and certain territories, 1800s-Present First, we would like to thank the wildland fire advisory group. Their wisdom and guidance helped us build the dataset as it currently exists. This dataset is comprised of two different zip files. Zip File 1: The data within this zip file are composed of two wildland fire datasets. (1) A merged dataset consisting of 40 different wildfire and prescribed fire layers. The original 40 layers were all freely obtained from the internet or provided to the authors free of charge with permission to use them. The merged layers were altered to contain a consistent set of attributes including names, IDs, and dates. This raw merged dataset contains all original polygons many of which are duplicates of the same fire. This dataset... Tags: Botany, Ecology, Forestry, Land Use Change, North America, All tags... USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, biota, burned area, controlled fires, count of times burned, environment, fire, fires, first year burned, geospatial datasets, most recent year burned, prescribed fire, wildfire, Fewer tags San Diego River Shot Hole Borer Study Data presented are results of vegetation sampling conducted in 2019-20 and 2023 in 24 survey plots to document the status of infestation by shot hole borers (Euwallacea sp.) on the riparian vegetation at the San Diego River. This dataset presents location, percent cover of different vegetation types, and number of seedlings for each survey plot. In addition, for each tree and sapling in each plot we present species, size, tree status (live, resprouting, recently dead from shot hole borer, or dead from another cause or unknown cause), infestation status (infested by shot hole borer, not infested by shot hole borer, or infestation not confirmed as shot hole borer), and crown condition. For every tree we also present... Tags: Forestry, Kuroshio shot hole borer, San Diego County, San Diego River, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... Wildlife Biology, beetle, biota, field inventory and monitoring, infestation, shot hole borer, southern California, vegetation, wetland ecosystems, Fewer tags Marginalizing Bayesian population models - data for examples in the Grand Canyon region, southeastern Arizona, western Oregon USA - 1990-2015 These data were compiled here to fit various versions of Bayesian population models and compare their performance, primarily the time required to make inferences using different softwares and versions of code. The humpback chub data were collected by US Geological Survey and US Fish and Wildlife service in the Colorado and Little Colorado Rivers from April 2009 to October 2017. Adult fish were captured using hoop nets and electro-fishing, measured for total length and given individual marks using passive integrated transponders that were scanned when fish were recaptured. The other three datasets were collected by US Forest Service. Owl data for the N-occupancy model was collected between 1990 and 2015. Owl data... Tags: Aquatic Biology, Arizona, Bayesian, Chiricahua Mountains, Colorado River, All tags... Ecology, Forestry, Geography, Information Sciences, Little Colorado River, Oregon, Tyee, Tyee study area, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, biota, discrete, ecological models, ecology, marginalization, mark-recapture, occupancy, sky islands, speed, Fewer tags Adirondack New York vegetation data, 2000-2015 This dataset contains field measurements of vegetation from the (1) Adirondack Sugar Maple Project (ASM), and (2) Buck Creek North and Buck Creek South Watersheds. The ASM data, collected in 2009 in 20 Adirondack watersheds (2 or 3 0.10 ha plots per watershed), are comprised of general plot characteristics, tree species identification and diameter at breast height (DBH) for all trees greater than 10 cm DBH, canopy position and health ratings, common and scientific names, and species identification and counts for saplings and seedlings. In Buck Creek North Tributary Watershed and Buck Creek South Tributary Watershed, near Inlet, New York, all trees greater than 5 cm DBH were identified in 15 circular plots (245 square... Categories: Data; Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service, ArcGIS Service Definition, Citation, Downloadable, Map Service; Tags: Adirondack Mountains, Forestry, Soil Sciences, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), american beech, All tags... northern hardwood forest, sapling counts, seedling counts, sugar maple, tree basal area, tree dbh, Fewer tags Forests in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley Lacking Sufficient Conservation Protection Based on forest patch area, location, and hydrologic influence, we ranked the purported need of forest patches for additional conservation-protection. Qualities for higher ranking included forest patches with & greater than 2000 ha of core-forest that was more than 250 m from an edge, forest patches within high priority areas for reforestation, and forest patches with less propensity for flooding. Digital data are provided for: 1. Boundary of the Mississippi Alluvial Valley study area. 2. Forest cover (circa 2015) used to for determination of forest area in need of conservation protection. 3. The conservation estate (circa 2019) that had conservation protection by virtue of ownership, easement, or servitude. 4.... Categories: Data; Tags: Birds, Ecology, Forestry, Forests, Geospatial Datasets, All tags... Habitat Management, Mississippi Alluvial Valley, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, Wildlife Biology, bird conservation region, conservation, environment, forest, protected areas, Fewer tags Calibration and Validation Data and Model Coefficients for Mixed Conifer Vulnerability Project from Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park 2015 to 2019 These datasets contain the attributes of individual trees located in and around Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks. Attributes include remote sensing indices, terrain characteristics, and-- for the calibration data-- tree size and growth rates. Calibration data (mixedconifervulnerability_calibrationdataset.csv) were collected in long term research plots where trees are visited annually to check for mortality and periodically re-measured for diameter to capture growth. Validation data (mixedconifervulnerability_validationdataset.csv) were collected as part of a randomized sample located within a remote sensing 'flight box'. Remote sensing indices and terrain variables for both datasets were extracted from National... Categories: Data; Tags: California, Ecology, Forestry, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, Sierra Nevada, All tags... USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), biota, droughts, forest ecosystems, mixed conifer forest, remote sensing, temperate forest, tree mortality, vegetation, vulnerability, Fewer tags Vegetation Type Conversion in Southern California Between 1943 and 2018 This dataset contains data pertaining to ground surface cover in 30 meter plots around a random selection of points within chaparral from Santa Barbara county south to San Diego County in southern California, USA. These data were obtained from historical aerial imagery from 1943 to 1959 and current imagery from 2016 to 2018 and they were compared to quantify changes in cover type over time. These data support the following publication: Syphard, A.D., Brennan, T.J., Rustigian‐Romsos, H. and Keeley, J.E., 2022. Fire‐driven vegetation type conversion in southern California. Ecological Applications, p.e2626. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2626. Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Botany, Forestry, Land Use Change, Remote Sensing, Southern California, All tags... USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), biota, chaparral, environment, image analysis, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, shrubland ecosystems, type conversion, Fewer tags Climate and drought adaptation: historical and projected future exposure metrics for Southeastern Utah Group National Parks These data were compiled to evaluate the magnitude and direction of change from historical conditions in climate metrics across the Southeastern Utah Group (SEUG) of National Parks. Objective(s) of our study were to quantify the magnitude and direction of change from historical conditions in climate metrics across SEUG parks at a meaningful scale for land managers and practitioners. These data represent the historical and projected future average temperatures for two emission scenarios and 12 global circulation models. Included are the annual average temperatures and the average temperatures for each season. These data were created by sampling representative locations across each National Park unit and simulating... Tags: Arches National Park, Botany, Canyonlands National Park, Climatology, Colorado Plateau, All tags... Ecology, Forestry, Geography, Hovenweep National Monument, Information Sciences, National Monument, National Park, Natural Bridges National Monument, SOILWAT2, Soil Sciences, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Utah, air temperature, atmospheric and climatic processes, atmospheric circulation, baseline conditions, biota, climate change, climate metrics, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, data release, ecosystem management, effects of climate change, emission scenarios, environment, future climate conditions, geoscientificInformation, global circulation models, historical average temperatures, historical climate variables, historical conditions, land managers, mathematical modeling, mathematical simulation, modeling, natural resource management, point sampling, projected future average temperatures, projected future climate variables, representative concentration pathway 4.5, representative concentration pathway 8.5, seasons, southcentral Utah, southeast Utah, Fewer tags Functional diversity metrics of floodplain forests from Michigan's Lower Peninsula Floodplain forest species are presumed to interact strongly with the environment, as evidenced by pronounced spatial variation in flood-driven abiotic constraints and forest composition. These data describe functional diversity and environmental characteristics for 156 forest assemblages sampled on floodplain landforms within transects from the lower peninsula of Michigan. The functional diversity of each assemblage is characterized by two metrics of functional richness (Convex Hull Volume/CHV and Trait Onion Peeling/TOP), one metric of functional dispersion (FDis), and community weighted mean functional trait values. Functional diversity metrics were calculated from 12 quantitative and qualitative functional traits... Categories: Data; Tags: Ecology, Forestry, Michigan, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), biota, All tags... environment, flood plain, flood regime, tree, Fewer tags Potential landward migration of coastal wetlands in response to sea-level rise within estuarine drainage areas and coastal states of the conterminous United States We quantified the potential area available for landward migration of tidal saline wetlands and freshwater wetlands due to sea-level rise (SLR) at the estuary scale for 166 estuarine drainage areas and at the state scale for 22 coastal states and District of Columbia. We used 2016 Coastal Change Analysis Program (C-CAP) data in combination with the future wetland migration data under the 1.5 m global SLR scenario to evaluate the potential for wetland migration into all the individual C-CAP classes and into the following six land cover categories: (1) freshwater forest (wetland); (2) freshwater marsh (wetland); (3) terrestrial forest (upland); (4) terrestrial grassland (upland); (5) agricultural croplands (upland);... Categories: Data; Tags: Alabama, Aquatic Biology, Atlantic coast, California, Climatology, All tags... Connecticut, Conterminous United States, Contiguous United States, Delaware, District of Columbia, East coast, Ecology, Florida, Forestry, Georgia, Gulf of Mexico coast, Hydrology, Land Use Change, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pacific coast, Pennsylvania, Remote Sensing, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, Virginia, Washington, West coast, biota, coastal, coastal drainage area, coastal wetland, environment, estuarine drainage area, estuary, freshwater wetland, tidal saline wetland, wetland migration, Fewer tags Hakalau Forest NWR plant, soil, litter, and decomposition data 2015-2019 This data release includes data and metadata on litterfall rates, foliar nitrogen and carbon, grass biomass, soil nitrogen and carbon, and native outplant survival rates for an experiment that added large quantities of woody litter to a restoration forest in an attempt to lower soil nitrogen and exotic grass biomass. All sites were within Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge on Hawaii Island. Broadly, this study looked at the ability to alter soil nitrogen cycling, exotic grass biomass and native outplant survival with large quantities of Metrosideros polymorpha litter in a forest dominated by Acacia koa. Tags: Ecology, Environmental Health, Forestry, Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge, Hawaii, All tags... Land Use Change, Soil Sciences, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), avian diet, botany, ecology, exotic grass, forest resources, forest restoration, land use change, plant competition, plant ecology, seed limitation, seedling recruitment, tropical forest dynamics, Fewer tags Chesapeake Bay Watershed 1:24k 10, 30 and 90-meter Riparian Buffer Zones This data release contains three 10-meter resolution GeoTIFFs representing 10-meter (35-foot), 30-meter (100-foot) and 90-meter (300-foot) riparian buffer zones along shorelines, rivers, streams, and other lotic (flowing) water features. The layers are binary, where the value of each cell represents the presence or absence of the buffer zone. In addition, the data release contains shapefile layers that document the extent of corrections that were made to the data to address errors in the stream network (see processing steps section for more details). The methodology combines various fine-scale input layers, including a 1:24k stream network and Chesapeake Bay 1-meter resolution Land Use/Land Cover to approximate... Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Chesapeake, Delaware, District of Columbia, Ecology, Forestry, All tags... Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Virginia, Water Quality, West Virginia, aquatic ecosystems, environment, land cover, land use, land use and land cover, riparian, riparian zone, river systems, terrestrial ecosystems, Fewer tags Stream Segments Captures and Crossings Associated With 2012 Aquatic Organism Passage Study Siuslaw National Forest Stream segments, aquatic organism captures, stream surveys, and road-stream crossings described by these metadata accompany a 2012 electrofishing study of the distribution and abundance of aquatic organisms (fish, lampreys, amphibians and crayfish), conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey, and the Pacific Northwest Region Aquatic and Riparian Ecosystem Monitoring Project (AREMP) of the U.S. Forest Service, in the Siuslaw National Forest in western Oregon, USA. The purpose of the study was to quantify the effectiveness of stream-road crossing restoration (culvert replacement to the stream simulation standard) in terms of numbers of fish and length of stream gained through restoration, and to quantify the continuing... Types: Citation; Tags: Alsea River, Aquatic Biology, Big Creek, Big Elk Creek, Cape Creek, All tags... Coast Range, Douglas County, Ecology, Five Rivers, Forestry, Horse Creek, Lane County, Lincoln County, Little Nestucca River, Maple Creek, Neskowin Creek, Nestucca River, North Fork Beaver Creek, North Fork Smith River, Oregon, Salmon River, Siuslaw National Forest, Siuslaw River, Tillamook County, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Umpqua River, Wildlife Biology, Yamhill County, aquatic ecosystems, biodiversity, fishery resources, freshwater ecosystems, migratory species, seasonal migration, Fewer tags Carbon-13 values in tree leaves in Florida (2018) We measured foliar δ13C of Conocarpus erectus collected from Big Pine Key in 2018 as a proxy for ground water salinity. Categories: Data; Tags: Big Pine Key, Florida, Ecology, Everglades National Park, Forestry, Hardwood hammock, All tags... Hydrogeology, Mangrove, Sea level rise, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), carbon isotope ratio, ground water salinity, Fewer tags Regeneration trends along climate gradients in Taxodium distichum forest of the southeastern United States, 2007-2019 Data provided are the volumes of cypress cones, collected in the North American Baldcypress Swamp Network along the Mississippi River Alluvial Valley (southern Illinois to southern Louisiana, and Gulf of Mexico, east Texas to west Florida Panhandle, 2007 - 2019. Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Arkansas, Botany, Botany, Ecology, All tags... Ecology, Environmental Health, Environmental Health, Florida, Forestry, Forestry, Geography, Geography, Hydrology, Hydrology, Illinois, Land Use Change, Land Use Change, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Texas, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, Water Quality, Water Quality, biota, droughts, effects of climate change, forest ecosystems, hydrologic alteration, hydrology, land use change, regeneration, seed, water over usage, Fewer tags USGS Earthmap Capacity Assessment Dataset The U.S. Geological Survey provides a wide range of scientific information to an even wider group of stakeholders. Understanding what capacities are needed and if and or where these capacities exist across the USGS landscape is critical in moving science to the next level of use, implementation, and visualization. The concept behind the groups organized to conduct and interpret the survey that collected these data took advantage of the USGS’s position as a science organization with expertise spanning a wide range of science disciplines, stakeholders, and responsibilities. A survey was conducted of USGS employees (Sep 20-Nov 20) to get a current sample of the capacities that exist across the USGS. Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Botany, Climatology, Ecology, Economic Geology, All tags... Energy Resources, Environmental Health, Forestry, Genetics, Geochemistry, Geography, Geomorphology, Geophysics, Glaciology, Hydrology, Information Sciences, Land Use Change, Limnology, Marine Geology, Mineral Resources, Planetary Sciences, Remote Sensing, Sedimentology, Seismology, Soil Sciences, Stratigraphy, Structural Geology, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, Volcanology, Water Quality, Water Resources, Wildlife Biology, Wildlife Disease, capability, capacity, survey, Fewer tags 1 2 3 4 5 »