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Land management practices often directly alter vegetation structure and composition, but the degree to which ecological processes such as herbivory interact with management to influence biodiversity is less well understood. We hypothesized that intensive forest management and large herbivores have compounding effects on early-seral plant communities and plantation establishment (i.e., tree survival and growth), and the degree of such effects is dependent on the intensity of management practices. We established 225 m2 wild ungulate (deer and elk) exclosures nested within a manipulated gradient of management intensity (no-spray Control, Light herbicide, Moderate herbicide and Intensive herbicide treatments), replicated...
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Dataset includes publicly available geologic and rainfall data, and environmental and ecological data derived or collected for this project. Specifically, water infiltration measurements, interepreted field-saturated hydraulic conductivity values, ungulate activity, vegetation cover, general soil and weather conditions data are included. Soil samples were collected, lab analyzed, and are included in the dataset. Field-collected data are associated with plots that encompassed approximately a 3 x 3 m area; site data represent approximately 20 x 20 m. First posted: 4 March 2020 (available from author) Revised: April 13, 2020 (version 2.0) The revision is provided due to minor refinement of the dataset and updated...
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Sagebrush ecosystems and wildlife that depend on them are under pressure from development, changing climate, as well as natural and human-caused disturbance. Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) are of particular concern due to population declines across many western states. We initiated a study to evaluate landscape-level changes ( disturbances, habitat treatments, development, and climate change) in Wyoming. This dataset contains age ratios (the number of juveniles to adult female mule deer) for 36 herd units in Wyoming, USA from 1985-2019. Age ratios provide a consistent metric of population demographics, including an index of recruitment (survival rate of young), which can be a sensitive metric of population change....
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This series of five raster datasets includes three input rasters developed to model habitat suitability for two ungulate species on the island of Lanai; the two habitat suitability model raster datasets are also part of this data release. Input datasets were derived from WorldView-2 data to create vegetation (hereafter, NDVI) and bare ground indices, and from a Digital Elevation Model (DEM) to create a ground surface slope dataset. These indices and data, in addition to other datasets, were used to create habitat suitability models for Axis deer and mouflon sheep.
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This dataset was developed to model habitat suitability for two ungulate species on the island of Lanai. Slope was derived from a 10-m resolution DEM raster dataset created by NOAA. This dataset, in addition to other datasets, was used to create the habitat suitability models. Datasets and indices derived for use in modeling efforts, as well as suitability models, are included within this data release.
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Land management practices often directly alter vegetation structure and composition, but the degree to which ecological processes such as herbivory interact with management to influence biodiversity is less well understood. We hypothesized that intensive forest management and large herbivores have compounding effects on early-seral plant communities and plantation establishment (i.e., tree survival and growth), and the degree of such effects is dependent on the intensity of management practices. We established 225 m2 wild ungulate (deer and elk) exclosures nested within a manipulated gradient of management intensity (no-spray Control, Light herbicide, Moderate herbicide and Intensive herbicide treatments), replicated...
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This dataset was developed to model habitat suitability for mouflon sheep on the island of Lanai. Model parameters include: cloud cover at 1400 HST, ground surface slope, mean annual precipitation, NDVI, elevation, bare soil, and deer habitat suitability. Datasets and indices derived for use in modeling efforts, as well as the suitability model developed for axis deer, are included within this data release.
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This dataset was developed to model habitat suitability for axis deer on the island of Lanai. Model parameters include: cloud cover at 1400 HST, ground surface slope, mean annual precipitation, NDVI, elevation, and bare soil. Datasets and indices derived for use in modeling efforts, as well as the suitability model developed for mouflon sheep, are included within this data release.
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Using data from 288 adult and yearling female elk that were captured on 22 winter supplemental elk feedgrounds in Wyoming and monitored with GPS collars from 2007 - 2015, we fit Step Selection Functions (SSFs) during the spring abortion season and then implemented a master equation approach to translate SSFs into predictions of daily elk distribution for five plausible winter weather scenarios (from a heavy snow, to an extreme winter drought year). We predicted elk abortion events by combining elk distributions with empirical estimates of daily abortion rates, spatially varying elk seroprevalence, and elk population counts. Here we provide 1) the adult and yearling female elk GPS collar data used to fit SSFs, 2)...


    map background search result map search result map Elk movement and predicted number of brucellosis-induced abortion events in the southern Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (1993-2015) Forest management and cervid herbivory data from Western Oregon, USA, 2012 (Camera Data) Forest management and cervid herbivory data from Western Oregon, USA, 2012 (Seedling Data) Hawaiian Islands datasets quantifying the effects of invasive animals and plants on native forests across the archipelago 2019 (ver. 2.0 April 2020) Lanai habitat and ecological associations of two non-native ungulate species 2011 Habitat suitability for axis deer on the Hawaiian Island of Lanai Habitat Suitability for Mouflon Sheep on the Hawaiian Island of Lanai Slope Values for the Island of Lanai Derived from 2007 NOAA DEM Data Glacier Waterton International Peace Park bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) habitat selection, 2002-2012 Glacier Waterton International Peace Park bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis), 2002-2012 Age ratios and landscape change covariates for mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) herd units in Wyoming, USA, 1985-2019 Lanai habitat and ecological associations of two non-native ungulate species 2011 Habitat suitability for axis deer on the Hawaiian Island of Lanai Habitat Suitability for Mouflon Sheep on the Hawaiian Island of Lanai Slope Values for the Island of Lanai Derived from 2007 NOAA DEM Data Forest management and cervid herbivory data from Western Oregon, USA, 2012 (Camera Data) Forest management and cervid herbivory data from Western Oregon, USA, 2012 (Seedling Data) Glacier Waterton International Peace Park bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis), 2002-2012 Glacier Waterton International Peace Park bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) habitat selection, 2002-2012 Elk movement and predicted number of brucellosis-induced abortion events in the southern Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (1993-2015) Hawaiian Islands datasets quantifying the effects of invasive animals and plants on native forests across the archipelago 2019 (ver. 2.0 April 2020) Age ratios and landscape change covariates for mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) herd units in Wyoming, USA, 1985-2019