Climatic data associated with American-pika survey (2011-2021) locations in 3 regions of the Rocky Mountains
Dates
Publication Date
2023-06-20
Start Date
2007-01-01
End Date
2021-12-31
Citation
Beever, E.A., Billman, P.D., and Westover, M.L., 2023, Climatic data associated with American-pika survey (2011-2021) locations in 3 regions of the Rocky Mountains: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9WB1EWC.
Summary
Patch-level summary of 8 climatic characteristics at each of 1,865 talus patches across 3 regions in the Rocky Mountains. Dataset notes the year in which the patch was surveyed for pikas, the values of its climatic characteristics (estimated from the ClimateNA dataset), the name of each talus patch, and which of the 3 regions each patch occurs in.
Summary
Patch-level summary of 8 climatic characteristics at each of 1,865 talus patches across 3 regions in the Rocky Mountains. Dataset notes the year in which the patch was surveyed for pikas, the values of its climatic characteristics (estimated from the ClimateNA dataset), the name of each talus patch, and which of the 3 regions each patch occurs in.
Billman, P.D., Beever, E.A., Westover, M.L., and Ryals, D.K., 2023, Spatio-temporal variability in the strength, directionality, and relative importance of climate on occupancy and population densities in a philopatric mammal, the American pika (Ochotona princeps): Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, v. 11, https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2023.1202610.
Data were collected to identify whether any of 8 different predictors to explain patterns of occupancy and abundance in American pikas across northern New Mexico differed across space or time in their directionality, strength of species-climate relationship (i.e., coefficient), or both. Non-stationarity was examined using only univariate models.
