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

Risk of Road Crossing Mortality to Wildlife - 2010

This dataset estimates the probability of road-crossing mortality to wildlife for roads throughout the Northeastern United States circa 2010. It is based on a model that relates traffic rate to wildlife mortality developed by Gibbs and Shriver (2002) for turtles and therefore the estimates are expected to be most accurate for relatively small, slow-moving wildlife species. Units are probability, 0-1 (e.g., a value of 0.25 is equivalent to an estimated 25% chance of mortality to wildlife that attempt to cross the road at that location.)Detailed documentation for the methods to derive the dataset are available from: DSL_traffic_documentation_07-2013.pdf . This dataset was developed as part of the Designing Sustainable...

Categories: Data; Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service, ArcGIS Service Definition, Downloadable, Map Service; Tags: DSL, Data, LCC Network Science Catalog, North Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative Data.gov, Traffic, All tags... Traffic; wildlife mortality, Traffic; wildlife mortality, UMass, completed, environment, environment, environment, environment, wildlife mortality, Fewer tags

Pathogenic lineage of Perkinsea causes mass mortality of frogs across the USA: Data

(i) Severe perkinsea data was based on the observation of characteristic gross and microscopic lesions and the morphological identification of Perkinsea organisms within the lesions. Necropsies and gross evaluation of carcasses were carried out under a dissecting microscope. Specimen were collected and submitted to the NWHC as part of mortality investigations and collection of specimen from apparently healthy populations as part of ongoing amphibian health monitoring. (ii) Epidemiological information was compiled from each anuran sample, including the detection type (mortality event or health monitoring study), location (state and county), anuran species reported in the event, life-stage of species reported in the...

Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, amphibians, disease vectors, health and disease, All tags... parasites, wildlife mortality, Fewer tags

San Gorgonio Pass Wind Resource Area Repower Data (2018-2019)

Variation in avian and bat mortality as a function of turbine size was investigated in the San Gorgonio Pass Wind Resource Area near Palm Springs, CA. Five sites were monitored for carcasses by dog-handler teams every 3 days from May 2018 to April 2019. The data consist of six tables used for analyses on mortality rates including: specifications on selected wind turbines (including energy capacity), carcasses found during surveys, results from search efficiency and carcass placement trials of species of different size classes.

Categories: Data; Tags: California, Ecology, Land Use Change, Riverside, San Gorgonio Pass Wind Resource Area, All tags... USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, bats, biota, birds, carcass persistence, ecology, energy production, human impacts, mortality per unit energy, repowering, utilitiesCommunication, wildlife, wildlife mortality, wind energy, wind farm, Fewer tags