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Data to support an updated range map for Plethodon shenandoah and evaluating support for multiple models of species occurrence

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2007
End Date
2022

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Grant, E.H., Miller, D.A.W., Werba, J., and Brand, A.B., 2024, Data to support an updated range map for Plethodon shenandoah and evaluating support for multiple models of species occurrence: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P1XSBIGZ.

Summary

The Shenanadoah Salamander (Plethodon shenandoah) is an endangered salamander found only in the mountains of Shenandoah National Park. Field surveys of the salamander were conducted from 2007-2022 using daytime cover object surveys. In order to capture the totality of P. shendandoah’s range we sampled from low to high elevation across a broad geographic range. We created a spatial generalized additive model with aspect, latitude, longitude, and elevation and heat load index (HLI) to predict salamander occupancy and create a new range map based on our extended surveys. All spatial covariates were extracted from a 15m digital elevation model layer of Shenandoah National Park. Temperature and precipitaiton data were extracted at sampling [...]

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Metadata Contact :
Evan H Grant
Point of Contact :
Evan H Grant
Originator :
Evan H Grant, David A.W. Miller, Jo Werba, Adrianne Brand
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
Eastern Ecological Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Ecosystems

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Updated Range Pshenandoah_public_v2.xml
Original FGDC Metadata
View 		25.66 KB application/fgdc+xml
centroids_v2.csv 1.29 MB text/csv
data_by_transect_v2.csv 1.32 MB text/csv
site_by_year_temp.csv 252.63 KB text/csv

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Data were obtained to determine Shenandoah occupancy in the mountains of Shenandoah National Park.

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DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/P1XSBIGZ

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