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Tule Greater White-fronted Goose Migration Tracks (2019-2020) and Atmospheric Smoke Concentrations (2020) April through May (spring) and August through September (fall) locations for tule greater white-fronted geese (Anser albifrons elgasi) marked with GPS collars at Summer Lake Wildlife Area, OR in 2018 and 2019. Locations may include pre-migration and post-migration designations. Locations occurring between September 11, 2020, and arrival at, or within 50 kilometers of the Summer Lake Wildlife Area stopover location also provided with elevation information and smoke concentrations derived from the experimental HRRR-Smoke model. Median predicted smoke concentrations extrapolated from ground level through 5,000 meters also provided. These data supports the following publication: Overton, C.T., Lorenz, A.A., James,... Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, Pacific Ocean, Summer Lake, Oregon, All tags... USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Washington, birds, migratory species, smoke, Fewer tags Migration stopover ecology of cinnamon teal in western North America Identifying migration routes and fall stopover sites of cinnamon teal (Spatula cyanoptera septentrionalium) can provide a spatial guide to management and conservation efforts, and address vulnerabilities in wetland networks that support migratory waterbirds. Using high spatio-temporal resolution GSM-GPS transmitters, we tracked the fall migration of 61 cinnamon teal across western North America over three years (2017-2019). We marked cinnamon teal primarily during spring/summer in important breeding and molting regions across seven states (California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Utah, Colorado, and Nevada). We assessed migration routes and timing, detected 261 fall stopover sites, and identified specific ecoregions... Categories: Data; Tags: North America, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), biota, birds, habitats, All tags... migration (organisms), natural resource management, wetland ecosystems, wildlife biology, Fewer tags Egg Morphometric Data Obtained for White-faced Ibis Nesting in Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Great Salt Lake, Utah (2010-2012) This data consists of egg morphometric data from white-faced ibis. Eggs were collected in the field and then measured and dissected in the lab to obtain estimates of length, width and mass. This data supports the following publication: Herzog, M.P., Ackerman, J.T. and Hartman, C.A., 2021. Egg morphometrics and egg shape coefficients for White-faced Ibis (Plegadis chihi). The Wilson Journal of Ornithology. Categories: Data; Tags: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), biota, birds, field inventory and monitoring, All tags... wildlife, Fewer tags Water Temperature and Salinity at Restoration and Reference Sites in Willapa Bay, Washington (2014-2015) Categories: Data; Tags: Salinity, Willapa Bay, biota, salinity, water temperature Sagebrush Restoration Under Passive, Planting, and Seeding Scenarios Following Fire Disturbance in the Virginia Mountains, Nevada (2018) We evaluated the expected success of habitat recovery in priority areas under 3 different restoration scenarios: passive, planting, and seeding. Passive means no human intervention following a fire disturbance. Under a planting scenario, field technicians methodically plant young sagebrush saplings at the burned site. The seeding scenario involves distributing large amounts of sagebrush seeds throughout the affected area. Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: biota, fires, habitat alteration and disturbance, human impacts, native species, All tags... western U.S., Fewer tags Post-Fire Change in Greater Sage-Grouse Nest Selection and Survival in the Virginia Mountains, Nevada (2018) We evaluated nest site selection and nest survival both before and after a fire disturbance occurred. We then combined those surfaces to determine the areas which were most heavily impacted by the fire. Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: biota, fires, habitat alteration and disturbance, human impacts, native species, All tags... western US, Fewer tags Western spadefoot survey data in northern and central California (2019) Species distributions are governed by processes occurring at multiple spatial scales. For species with complex life cycles, the needs of all life stages must be met within the dispersal limitations of the species. Multi-scale processes can be particularly important for these species, where small-scale patterns in specific habitat components can affect the distribution of one life stage, whereas large-scale patterns in land cover might better explain the distribution of other life stages. Using a conditional multi-scale model, we evaluated which aspects of the landscape and local environment are most strongly related to occupancy patterns of western spadefoots (Spea hammondii). These data describe the survey, pool,... Categories: Data; Tags: California, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), amphibians, biota, terrestrial ecosystems, All tags... wetland ecosystems, Fewer tags Predictive Model of Burn Severity (dNBR) in the Mojave Desert This raster dataset represents spatially explicit predictions of burn severity (dNBRPredict.tif) in the Mojave Desert based on models developed from data on the difference normalized burn ratio (dNBR) within perimeters of fires greater than 405 hectares that burned between 1984 to 2010. Raster resolution equals 30 meters, projection equals UTM Zone 11N. Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: Grass-fire cycle, Mojave Desert, Mojave Desert, Predictive models, Random forests, All tags... biota, burn severity, dNBR, desert ecosystems, disturbance, ecosystems, field methods, fire, fire frequency, fire regimes, fires, geographic information systems, heterogeneity, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, invasive species, plants (organisms), remote sensing, spatial models, vegetation, Fewer tags Vegetation Data Associated with Terrestrial Fallout Invertebrate Traps in Willapa Bay, Washington (2014-2015) This dataset provides vegetation data associated with terrestrial fallout invertebrate traps. Categories: Data; Tags: Salinity, Willapa Bay, Washington, biota, vegetation Predictive Model of Probability of Ignition in the Mojave Desert This raster dataset represents spatially explicit predictions of probability of ignition in the Mojave Desert based on models developed from data on perimeters of fires greater than 405 hectares that burned between 1972 to 2010. Raster resolution equals 30 meters, projection equals UTM Zone 11N. Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: Grass-fire cycle, Maxent, Mojave Desert, Mojave Desert, Predictive models, All tags... biota, burn severity, desert ecosystems, disturbance, ecosystems, field methods, fire, fire frequency, fire regimes, fires, geographic information systems, heterogeneity, igntion probability, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, invasive species, plants (organisms), remote sensing, spatial models, vegetation, Fewer tags Trends and a Targeted Annual Warning System for Greater Sage-Grouse in the Western United States (ver. 3.0, February 2024) Greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) are at the center of state and national land use policies largely because of their unique life-history traits as an ecological indicator for health of sagebrush ecosystems. These data represent an updated population trend analysis and Targeted Annual Warning System (TAWS) for state and federal land and wildlife managers to use best available science to help guide current management and conservation plans aimed at benefitting sage-grouse populations range-wide. This analysis relied on previously published population trend modeling methodology from Coates and others (2021, 2022) and includes population lek count data from 1960-2023. Bayesian state-space models estimated... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, All tags... North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Utah, Washington, Wyoming, adaptive management, biota, ecology, human impacts, long-term ecological monitoring, shrubland ecosystems, targeted monitoring, triggers, warning system, western United States, Fewer tags Benthic, Aquatic, and Terrestrial Macroinvertebrates in Willapa Bay, Washington (2014-2015) This dataset provides terrestrial, aquatic, and benthic macroinvertebrate data at four sites within Willapa National Wildlife Refuge. Categories: Data; Tags: Willapa Bay, Washington, biota, invertebrates, macroinvertebrates Catch-Per-Unit-Effort (CPUE), Banding, and Morphometric Data Collected During Nocturnal Mist-Netting Sessions to Evaluate Trends and Variability Among Storm-Petrels of the California Channel Islands (1994-2018) Herein we provide a comprehensive database of storm-petrel (Hydrobates spp.) morphometrics, banding, and associated mist-netting data collected within Channel Islands National Park (CHIS) from 1994 to 2018. The most abundant storm-petrel species in CHIS, the ashy storm-petrel (Hydrobates homochroa; ASSP), was the focal species in most mist-netting efforts, but data also were recorded for Leach’s (H. leucorhoa; Adams et al. 2016) and black (H. melania) storm-petrel. Collecting and compiling recent and historic mist-net datasets into one database has facilitated summary analyses of important components of these data including species morphometrics, recapture rates, and incubation patch condition (a potential indicator... Categories: Data; Tags: California, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), ashy storm-petrel, birds, catch-per-unit-effort, All tags... environment, field methods, location, marine ecosystems, mist-netting, oceans, sampling, Fewer tags Priority Areas for Habitat Restoration Post-Fire in the Virginia Mountains, Nevada (2018) Sage-grouse continue to use habitat following wildfire, so prioritizing high selection, low survival areas can help ameliorate potential post-wildfire ecological traps. This shapefile represents areas within the burn scars at the Virginia Mountains field site which are high selection and high or low survival which have been deemed to be 'priority' targets for post-fire restoration efforts. The 'burn scar' used in this project is an amalgamation of multiple fires which occurred within the field site during the summers of 2016 and 2017. Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: biota, fires, habitat alteration and disturbance, human impacts, native species, All tags... western U.S., Fewer tags Tidal Wetland Elevation Projections for Five San Francisco Bay Delta Regions Using WARMER-2, 2000-2100 Projections of marsh elevation change with WARMER-2 across five regions of the San Francisco Bay Delta (Cache Yolo, South Delta, North Delta, Central Delta, and Suisun). The model was run across a range of initial elevations for each region and for scenarios of sea-level rise (30, 61, 91, 122, 152, 183, 305 cm by 2100), sediment availability (historic, constant, declining, and increase), and with and without a temporally dynamic tidal range. Results from the Delta Simulation Model 2 hydrodynamic model were used to calculate rates of tide range increase with sea-level rise. WARMER-2 was calibrated using soil cores from Callaway et al 2012 (Rush Ranch and Browns Island cores), and a soil core from Miners Slough. ... Categories: Data; Tags: Brackish Marsh, Delta, Emergent Tidal Marsh, Freshwater Tidal Marsh, San Francisco Bay, All tags... USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), biota, numerical modeling, sea-level change, wetland, Fewer tags Habitat Restoration Index for Greater Sage-Grouse in the Virginia Mountains, Nevada (2018) These data are a habitat restoration index based on the intersection of loss of habitat selected by sage-grouse and loss of habitat contributions to nest survival following wildfire. Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: biota, fires, habitat alteration and disturbance, human impacts, native species, All tags... western U.S., Fewer tags Antioch Dunes Evening Primrose (Oenothera deltoides subsp. howellii) Juvenile and Adult Abundance Across the Known Range, California, USA (2019) These datasets provide information on total plant cover, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, and Antioch Dunes evening primrose (Oenothera deltoides subsp. howellii) abundance within grids across the subspecies' extant range in California. These data support the following publication: Jones, S.F., Kennedy, A., Freeman, C.M. et al. Intensity of grass invasion negatively correlated with population density and age structure of an endangered dune plant across its range. Biol Invasions (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-021-02516-5 Categories: Data; Tags: Antioch Dunes, California, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), biota, coastal ecosystems, All tags... ecology, endangered species, invasive species, remote sensing, Fewer tags Predictive Model of Fire Frequency in the Mojave Desert This raster dataset represents spatially explicit predictions of fire frequency in the Mojave Desert based on models developed from data on perimeters of fires greater than 405 hectares that burned between 1972 through 2010. Raster resolution equals 30 meters, projection equals UTM Zone 11N. Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: Grass-fire cycle, Mojave Desert, Mojave Desert, Predictive models, Random forests, All tags... biota, burn severity, desert ecosystems, disturbance, ecosystems, field methods, fire, fire frequency, fire regimes, fire return interval, fires, geographic information systems, heterogeneity, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, invasive species, plants (organisms), remote sensing, spatial models, vegetation, Fewer tags Mojave Desert Ecoregion This is a shapefile of the Mojave Desert, which was used as our study area boundary (MojaveEcoregion_TNS_UTM83.shp). Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Mojave Desert, biota, burn severity, co-occurence invasives, desert ecosystems, All tags... ecosystems, environmental gradients, field methods, fire disturbance, fire frequency, fires, geographic gradients, geographic information systems, grass-fire cycle, ignition, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, invasive plant species, invasive species, machine learning, maximum entropy, plants (organisms), random forests, remote sensing, spatial dynamics, vegetation, Fewer tags