Colleen M Handel

Audio Recording Device Data for Assessing Avian Detectability, Seward Peninsula, Alaska, 2013-2014

This data set contains information from recording devices that were set to record regularly during summer breeding seasons. A single observer listened to 2692 recordings, noting which species were heard during each 10-min recording. We used this information to examine how avian detectability varied by day of season, time of day, and ambient temperature. All study locations were in northwestern Alaska, on the Seward Peninsula, and recordings were taken between May 25 and July 26 in 2013 and 2014.

Categories: Data; Tags: ARU, Alaska, Animals/Vertebrates, Audio recordings, Autonomous recording unit, All tags... Biological population management, Biota, Birds, Community composition, Detectability, Ecology, Environment, Natural resource management, Ornithology, Seward Peninsula, Songbirds, Species diversity, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Vegetation changes, Wildlife, Wildlife Biology, Fewer tags

Avian Habitat Data, Seward Peninsula, Alaska, 2012

This data package contains two tables with habitat measurements from each sampling point used in avian point-transect surveys on the Seward Peninsula in 2012 and the locations of those sites. Measurements include percent cover and canopy height of alder (Alnus spp.), dwarf birch (Betula spp.), ericaceous shrubs (e.g., Empetrum, Vaccinium spp.), herbaceous, lichen (e.g., Cladonia spp.), and willow (Salix spp.). Version History: First release: January 2015 Revised: February 2023 (ver. 2.0)

Categories: Data, Data Release - Revised; Tags: Alaska, Alpine/Tundra, Animals/Vertebrates, Avian abundance, Biogeography, All tags... Biological productivity, Biota, Birds, Botany, Community structure, Distribution, Ecology, Environment, Habitat preferences, Habitats, Migratory birds, Perching birds, Seasonal distribution, Seward Peninsula, Shrubland/Shrubs, Species richness, Terrestrial ecosystems, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Vegetation survey, Wildlife, Wildlife Biology, Fewer tags

Avian Point Transect Survey, Seward Peninsula, Alaska, 2012

This data package contains three tables: 1) avian point-transect survey data collected on the Seward Peninsula in 2012, 2) locations of all survey sites, and 3) an avian taxonomy table for reference. Version History: First release: January 2015 Revised: February 2023 (ver. 2.0)

Categories: Data, Data Release - Revised; Tags: Alaska, Alpine/Tundra, Animals/Vertebrates, Avian abundance, Biogeography, All tags... Biological productivity, Biota, Birds, Community ecology, Community structure, Distribution, Ecology, Environment, Habitat preferences, Habitats, Migratory birds, Perching birds, Seasonal distribution, Seward Peninsula, Species richness, Terrestrial ecosystems, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife, Wildlife Biology, Fewer tags

This data package includes three child items with data from montane-nesting bird surveys in the Arctic Network of National Parks in Alaska. Child Item One: "Data and Photographs from the Inventory of Montane-nesting Birds in the Arctic Network of National Parks, Alaska - Cape Krusenstern, Gates of the Arctic, Kobuk Valley, and Noatak". The data include (1) characteristics of bird survey sites, (2) vegetation classification at survey sites, (3) shorebird and predator detection surveys, (4) all bird species detection surveys, (5) bird breeding observations, (6) taxonomic details of detected birds, and 7) point count habitat photo index. Additionally, habitat photographs are included. Child Item Two: "Data and Photographs...

Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Alaska, Alpine/Tundra, Animals/Vertebrates, Avian abundance, Baird Mountains, All tags... Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, Biogeography, Biological Productivity, Biota, Birds, Brooks Range, Burnt River, Cape Krusenstern National Monument, Community Ecology, Community structure, De Long Mountains, Distribution, Ear Mountain, Ecology, Endicott Mountains, Environment, Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, Habitat preferences, Habitats, Hannum Creek, Igichuk Hills, Kobuk Valley National Park, Migratory birds, Mulgrave Hills, Noatak National Preserve, Schwatka Mountains, Seasonal distribution, Serpentine Hot Springs, Seward Peninsula, Species richness, Terrestrial Ecosystems, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Waring Mountains, West Bat, Wildlife, Wildlife Biology, Fewer tags

Genetic Data Associated with Avian Keratin Disorder and Poecivirus in Black-capped Chickadees, Alaska, 2001-2017

This dataset contains results of genetic screening for Poecivirus from samples of black-capped chickadees (BCCH; Poecile atricapillus) with and without clinical signs of avian keratin disorder (AKD). Data include information on detection/non-detection of the virus in tissue collected with buccal swabs, cloacal swabs, blood samples, and fecal samples from up to 124 individuals between 2015 and 2017 from various locations in southcentral Alaska. For an additional 17 symptomatic (and one asymptomatic) individual(s) collected between 2001 and 2015 in the same region, data include measurements of viral load in beak tissue measured by qRT-PCR as well as the amount of actively replicating virus detected by 7 negative-strand...

Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Anchorage, Animal diseases, Animals/Vertebrates, Avian keratin disorder, All tags... Biological Science Disciplines, Biology, Biota, Birds, Black-capped chickadee, Chugiak, Disease, Disease detection, Eagle River, Ecology, Environment, Field methods, Genetics, Genetics, Genetics, Health and disease, Matanuska Valley, Natural Science Disciplines, Pathologic Processes, Perching birds, Picornavirus, Plant and animal testing, Poecivirus, Susitna Valley, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Viral diseases, Virus, Viruses, Wasilla, Wildlife Biology, Wildlife Disease, Fewer tags