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Predictions of raven occurrence in the absence of natural environmental effects. Raven point counts were related to landscape covariates using Bayesian hierarchical occupancy models and the means of the posterior distributions for relevant effects were used to generate the predictions.
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Expanding human enterprise across remote environments impacts many wildlife species, including sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus), an indicator species whose decline is at the center of national conservation strategies and land use policies. Anthropogenic resources provide subsidies for generalist predators, potentially leading to cascading effects on sensitive prey species at lower trophic levels. In semi-arid western ecosystems, common ravens (Corvus corax) are expanding in distribution and abundance, and may be negatively affecting sage-grouse reproductive success at broad spatial scales. Ravens are a common predator of sage-grouse nests, and potentially prey on chicks as well. This research aimed to address...
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A hierarchical occupancy model adapted from Royle & Dorazio (2008) and Rota et al. (2011) for use in R. References: Royle, J.A. and Dorazio, R.M., 2008. Hierarchical modeling and inference in ecology: the analysis of data from populations, metapopulations and communities. Academic Press. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-374097-7.50001-5 J. Andrew Royle, Robert M. Dorazio, Rota, C. T., Fletcher Jr, R. J., Dorazio, R. M. and Betts, M. G. (2009), Occupancy estimation and the closure assumption. Journal of Applied Ecology, 46: 1173-1181. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2664.2009.01734.x
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This data describes the environmental covariates that are associated with nineteen Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) locations taken from 2012-2014 within the Desert National Wildlife Refuge of Nevada. These data support the following publication: Lowrey, C., Longshore, K.M., Choate, D.M., Nagol, J.R., Sexton, J. and Thompson, D., 2019. Ecological effects of fear: How spatiotemporal heterogeneity in predation risk influences mule deer access to forage in a sky‐island system. Ecology and Evolution.
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Predictions of an anthropogenic influence on raven occurrence index intersected with sage-grouse concentration areas. The anthropogenic influence index indicates where resource subsidies are contributing the most to raven occurrence.
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Raven point counts were related to landscape covariates using Bayesian hierarchical occupancy models and the mean of the predicted posterior distribution for raven occurrence was used to visualize results.
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An index of anthropogenic influences on raven populations. Raven point counts were related to landscape covariates using Bayesian hierarchical occupancy models and the means of the posterior distributions for relevant effects were used to generate the predictions.
    map background search result map search result map Data from: Broad-scale occurrence of a subsidized avian predator: reducing impacts of ravens on sage-grouse and other sensitive prey Raven study site locations in the Great Basin, derived from survey locations 2007 - 2016 Predicted probability of raven occurrence across the Great Basin, USA, 2007 – 2016 (Fig. 3) Predictions of raven occurrence in the absence of natural environmental effects in the Great Basin, 2007-2016 (Fig. 4A) Anthropogenic influence index for raven populations in the Great Basin, 2007-2016 (Fig. 4C) Prediction of raven occurrence intersected with high impact areas for sage-grouse populations in the Great Basin, 2007-2016 (Fig. 5A) Anthropogenic influence on raven occurrence index within sage-grouse concentration areas in the Great Basin, 2007-2016 (Fig. 5B) Hierarchical Occupancy Model Code for R and Accompanying Files Environmental covariates at Mule deer locations within the Desert National Wildlife Refuge, Nevada, 2012-2014 Environmental covariates at Mule deer locations within the Desert National Wildlife Refuge, Nevada, 2012-2014 Raven study site locations in the Great Basin, derived from survey locations 2007 - 2016 Prediction of raven occurrence intersected with high impact areas for sage-grouse populations in the Great Basin, 2007-2016 (Fig. 5A) Anthropogenic influence on raven occurrence index within sage-grouse concentration areas in the Great Basin, 2007-2016 (Fig. 5B) Hierarchical Occupancy Model Code for R and Accompanying Files Predicted probability of raven occurrence across the Great Basin, USA, 2007 – 2016 (Fig. 3) Data from: Broad-scale occurrence of a subsidized avian predator: reducing impacts of ravens on sage-grouse and other sensitive prey Predictions of raven occurrence in the absence of natural environmental effects in the Great Basin, 2007-2016 (Fig. 4A) Anthropogenic influence index for raven populations in the Great Basin, 2007-2016 (Fig. 4C)