Biologist
Email:
ahouston@usgs.gov
Office Phone:
619-225-6454
Fax:
619-225-6436
ORCID:
0000-0002-8599-8265
Location
4165 Spruance Road
Suite 200
San Diego
, CA
92101
US
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Data presented are results of surveys for California Gnatcatchers and vegetation sampling conducted in 2015 and 2016 to address two inter-related questions: (1) How have gnatcatchers and their habitat recovered in areas burned by wildfires in 2003, 2007, and 2014?, and (2) What is the current regional occupancy of gnatcatchers throughout their southern California range? Data for the post-fire study were collected in 2015 and 2016, while the regional occupancy survey was conducted in 2016. In 2015, Gnatcatcher occupancy as a function of fire history was derived from 324 points in the following fire categories: 2003-2006 (106 points), 2007-2010 (111 points), and 2011-2014 (107 points). In 2016, points representing...
Categories: Data;
Types: Downloadable,
Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
Shapefile;
Tags: San Diego,
biogeography,
biota,
coastal sage scrub,
endangered species, All tags...
occupancy,
plant and animal tagging,
post-fire recovery,
southern California,
survey, Fewer tags
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Data presented are results of surveys for California Gnatcatchers and vegetation sampling conducted in 2020 to address two inter-related questions: (1) How have gnatcatchers and their habitat recovered in areas burned by wildfires in 2003, 2007, and 2014?, and (2) What is the current regional occupancy of gnatcatchers throughout their southern California range? In 2020 a fifth fire category was added (2015-2019) which changed the sample sizes for the other fire categories: 2003-2006 (102 points), 2007-2010 (106 points), 2011-2014 (95 points), 2015-2019 (25 points), unburned (96 points). All post-fire study points were in San Diego County. The regional occupancy surveys included 327 points in 2020 throughout southern...
Categories: Data;
Types: Downloadable,
Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
Shapefile;
Tags: Botany,
Ecology,
San Diego,
USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC),
Wildlife Biology, All tags...
coastal sage scrub,
endangered species,
occupancy,
post-fire recovery,
southern California,
survey, Fewer tags
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Data presented are results of surveys for California Gnatcatchers and vegetation sampling conducted in 2024 to address two inter-related questions: (1) How have gnatcatchers and their habitat recovered in areas burned by wildfires in 2003, 2007, and 2014, and (2) What is the current regional occupancy of gnatcatchers throughout their southern California range? In 2024 additional fire categories (2020-2023) were added as study plots burned between survey years, which resulted in new fire category sample sizes in 2024: 2003-2006 (102 points), 2007-2010 (106 points), 2011-2014 (86 points), 2015-2019 (19 points), 2020-2023 (18 points), unburned (93 points). All post-fire study points were in San Diego County. The...
Categories: Data,
Data Release - In Progress;
Types: Downloadable,
Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
Shapefile;
Tags: Los Angeles county,
San Bernardino county,
San Diego county,
Ventura county,
biogeography, All tags...
biota,
coastal sage scrub,
endangered species,
occupancy,
plant and animal tagging,
post-fire recovery,
southern California,
survey,
western Riverside county, Fewer tags
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This project has two goals: Goal 1: The goal of this project is to conduct a statistically rigorous study of occupancy to determine the post-fire recovery of California Gnatcatchers and coastal sage scrub vegetation with the goal of informing management before, during, and after fire. Goal 2: The goal of this project is to conduct rangewide surveys to determine California Gnatcatcher occupancy at a regional scale. Because gnatcatchers will be managed through management of coastal sage scrub rather than through species-specific actions, it is necessary to determine their current status on protected lands in southern California to understand how gnatcatcher occupancy is related to coastal sage scrub plant composition,...
Categories: Data;
Tags: San Diego,
USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC),
biogeography,
biota,
coastal sage scrub, All tags...
endangered species,
occupancy,
plant and animal tagging,
post-fire recovery,
southern California,
survey, Fewer tags
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