Inventory Data of Lowland-Breeding Birds and Associated Vegetation Types on the Alaska Peninsula, 2004-2007
Dates
Publication Date
2019-03-01
Start Date
2004-05-13
End Date
2007-05-26
Last Revision
2024-10-21
Citation
Tibbitts, T.L., Savage, S.E., Sesser, K.A., and Kaler, R.S.A., 2019, Inventory data of lowland-breeding birds and associated vegetation types on the Alaska Peninsula, 2004-2007 (ver 3.0, October 2024): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9FR8FLZ.
Summary
This release includes data collected using stratified random surveys to inventory the birds breeding in lowlands (elevation below 100m) of the Alaska Peninsula, during summers 2004-2007. Data were collected at 792 survey points (10-minute point counts) on 52 5-km x 5-km plots. The data are in seven tables: 1) geographic coordinates of the bounding corners of each of the 52 survey plots, including environmental conditions at the time of the survey, 2) summary of all bird and mammal species encountered on each of the 52 plots before, during, and after the 10-min point counts, 3) geographic coordinates of each of the 792 bird count points and the vegetation cover at each point, 4) counts and behavioral observations of shorebirds and avian [...]
Summary
This release includes data collected using stratified random surveys to inventory the birds breeding in lowlands (elevation below 100m) of the Alaska Peninsula, during summers 2004-2007. Data were collected at 792 survey points (10-minute point counts) on 52 5-km x 5-km plots. The data are in seven tables: 1) geographic coordinates of the bounding corners of each of the 52 survey plots, including environmental conditions at the time of the survey, 2) summary of all bird and mammal species encountered on each of the 52 plots before, during, and after the 10-min point counts, 3) geographic coordinates of each of the 792 bird count points and the vegetation cover at each point, 4) counts and behavioral observations of shorebirds and avian predators during 10-min point counts, 5) counts of all bird species not classified as shorebirds or predators that were encountered during 10-min point counts, 6) bird and mammal taxonomy references, and 7) inventory of the habitat photographs taken at each survey point.
Version History:
First release: March 2019
Revised: May 2022 (ver. 2.0)
Revised: October 2024 (ver. 3.0)
Savage, S.E., Tibbitts, T.L., Sesser, K.A., Kaler, R.S.A. 2018. Inventory of lowland-breeding birds on the Alaska Peninsula. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 9(2):637–658. https://doi.org/10.3996/082017-JFWM-070
This was the first systematic inventory of birds in the lowlands (elevation below 100m) of the Alaska Peninsula to determine their breeding distributions and habitat associations in this remote region. These data form a baseline to monitor any future changes in bird distribution and abundance on the Alaska Peninsula.
