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Raven study site locations in the Great Basin, derived from survey locations 2007 - 2016 Minimum convex polygons created from survey locations at associated study sites. Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Great Basin, boundaries, geographic information systems (GIS), geospatial analysis, habitat alteration, All tags... human impacts, occupancy model, predator-prey interactions, sensitive prey, shrublands, wildlife, Fewer tags Prediction of raven occurrence intersected with high impact areas for sage-grouse populations in the Great Basin, 2007-2016 (Fig. 5A) Predictions of raven occurrence intersected with high impact areas for sage-grouse populations. The index highlights regions where elevated raven occurrence is likely to impact breeding sage-grouse. Categories: Data; Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service, ArcGIS Service Definition, Downloadable, Map Service; Tags: Great Basin, biota, geographic information systems (GIS), geospatial analysis, habitat alteration, All tags... human impacts, occupancy model, predator-prey interactions, sensitive prey, shrublands, wildlife, Fewer tags Raven Observations near Greater Sage-Grouse Nests in the Great Basin and Bi-State Regions of the Western United States (2009 - 2019) These tables serve as input data for hierarchical models investigating interactions between raven density and Greater Sage-grouse nest success. Observations were recorded over an 11 year time period, spanning from 2009 through 2019. The model is run in JAGS via R, the code is publicly available via the U.S. Geological Survey's GitLab (O'Neil et al. 2023). We recommend not making any changes or edits to the tables unless the user is experienced with hierarchical modeling. References: O'Neil, S.T., Coates, P.S., Webster, S.C., Brussee, B.E., Dettenmaier, S.J., Tull, J.C., Jackson, P.J., Casazza, M.L., and Espinosa, S.P., 2023, Code for a hierarchical model of raven densities linked with sage-grouse nest survival... Categories: Data; Tags: Anthropogenic subsidies, California, Great Basin, Idaho, Nevada, All tags... bi-state, biota, conservation planning, decision support, density surface model, distance sampling, ecology, human impacts, native species, nest survival, population decline, predation, predator-prey, sagebrush, species distribution, species of concern, wildlife, Fewer tags Fire Response Effects, Biocrust, and Vascular Plant Abundance Following Wildfire near Boise, Idaho (October 2021) Twenty quadrats within the burn perimeter of a September 2021 wildfire outside of Boise, Idaho were surveyed for the abundance of fire effects, biocrusts and vascular plants immediately post-fire. The fire was too small to be named. Char was measured as a proxy for fire intensity. Biocrusts were surveyed by morphogroup (crustose lichens, cup lichens, fruticose lichens, gelatinous lichens, short moss, tall moss) and vascular plants were surveyed by functional group (annual forbs, perennial grasses). Char was measured ocularly and biocrust/plant abundance was measured via point-vertex intercept at 40 points per quadrat. These data support the following publication: Condon, L.A., Shinneman, D.J., Rosentreter, R. and... Categories: Data; Tags: Botany, Great Basin, Idaho, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), biota, All tags... botany, community ecology, environment, fires, lichens, mosses, vascular plants, Fewer tags Predictions of raven occurrence in the absence of anthropogenic environmental effects in the Great Basin, 2007-2016 (Fig. 4B) Predictions of raven occurrence in the absence of anthropogenic environmental effects. Raven point counts were related to landscape covariates using Bayesian hierarchical occupancy models and the means of the posterior distributions for relevant effects were used to generate the predictions. Categories: Data; Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service, ArcGIS Service Definition, Downloadable, Map Service; Tags: Great Basin, biota, geographic information systems (GIS), geospatial analysis, habitat alteration, All tags... human impacts, occupancy model, predator-prey interactions, sensitive prey, shrublands, wildlife, Fewer tags 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 Microhabitat Characteristics Influencing Sage-Grouse Nest Site Selection and Survival, Nevada and California (2012-2017) We examined nest survival of Greater Sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus; hereafter, sage-grouse) in relation to fine-scale habitat patterns that influenced nest site selection, using data from nests of telemetered females at 17 sites across 6 years in Nevada and northeastern California, USA. Importantly, sites spanned mesic and xeric average precipitation conditions and concomitant vegetation community structure across cold desert ecosystems of the North American Great Basin. Vegetative cover immediately surrounding sage-grouse nests was important for both nest site selection and nest survival, but responses varied between mesic and xeric sites. For example, while taller perennial grass was selected at xeric... Categories: Data; Tags: California, Ecology, Nevada, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, All tags... biota, ecosystems, shrubland ecosystems, vegetation, western United States, 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 Selection and Survival of Greater Sage-Grouse Broods in Mesic Areas of Long Valley, California (2003 - 2018) We evaluated brood-rearing habitat selection and brood survival of greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus; hereafter, sage-grouse) in Long Valley, California, an area where the water rights are primarily owned by the city of Los Angeles and water is used locally to irrigate for livestock. This area thus represents a unique balance between the needs of wildlife and people that could increasingly define future water management. In this study, sage-grouse broods moved closer to the edge of mesic areas and used more interior areas during the late brood-rearing period, selecting for greener areas after 1 July. Mesic areas were particularly important during dry years, with broods using areas farther interior than... Categories: Data; Tags: Bistate, California, Ecology, Land Use Change, Long Valley, All tags... USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States of America, Water Resources, Wildlife Biology, biota, ecology, human impacts, land use change, native species, water resource management, water supply and demand, Fewer tags Greater Sage-Grouse Nest Observations Before and After Wildfire Disturbance in Northeastern California (2007-2018) We monitored Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus; hereafter, Sage-Grouse) nests and various habitat characteristics at the nest locations near Susanville in northeastern California, crossing over into northwestern Nevada. We employed a before-after-control-impact (BACI) experimental design to account for spatiotemporal heterogeneity in the system and to derive estimates of relative change in survival parameters. Sage-Grouse nest survival decreased after the Rush Fire but decreased more in the burned area relative to the unburned area. Although female Sage-Grouse continued to occupy burned areas, nest survival was reduced from 52 percent to 19 percent. Using a BACI ratio approach we found that nest survival... Categories: Data; Tags: California, Ecology, Environmental Health, Susanville, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... Western U.S., Wildlife Biology, biota, ecology, environment, fires, habitat alteration and disturbance, herbivores, human impacts, native species, shrubland ecosystems, Fewer tags Predictions of raven occurrence in the absence of natural environmental effects in the Great Basin, 2007-2016 (Fig. 4A) Predictions of raven occurrence in the absence of natural environmental effects. Raven point counts were related to landscape covariates using Bayesian hierarchical occupancy models and the means of the posterior distributions for relevant effects were used to generate the predictions. Categories: Data; Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service, ArcGIS Service Definition, Downloadable, Map Service; Tags: Great Basin, biota, geographic information systems (GIS), geospatial analysis, habitat alteration, All tags... human impacts, occupancy model, predator-prey interactions, sensitive prey, shrublands, wildlife, Fewer tags Summer RSF of Translocated Greater Sage-grouse in North Dakota, 2017 - 2018 These data represent an resource selection function (RSF) for translocated sage-grouse in North Dakota during the summer. Human enterprise has led to large‐scale changes in landscapes and altered wildlife population distribution and abundance, necessitating efficient and effective conservation strategies for impacted species. Greater sage‐grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus; hereafter sage‐grouse) are a widespread sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) obligate species that has experienced population declines since the mid‐1900s resulting from habitat loss and expansion of anthropogenic features into sagebrush ecosystems. Habitat loss is especially evident in North Dakota, USA, on the northeastern fringe of sage‐grouse’ distribution,... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: North Dakota, biota, habitats, resource Selection Function, sage-grouse, All tags... shrubland ecosystems, summer, Fewer tags Fuel Break Treatments in the Sagebrush Biome of the Western United States, 1953 - 2018 To better inform fuel break planning and assessment, we developed a comprehensive spatial database of known existing fuel breaks from 1953 to 2018 throughout the western United States. Each fuel break is represented as a polygon in the database and is attributed with the date of installation, the treatment type employed, and the data source. The availability of these data promotes the development of a monitoring framework to track the maintenance and longevity of different treatment types, as well as record the use, conditions, and outcomes of suppression activities at specific fuel break locations. The data also facilitate the quantification of important temporally varying qualities that may influence suppression,... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Ecology, Great Basin, Land Use Change, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), biota, All tags... ecology, fires, fuel breaks, fuels, habitat alteration and disturbance, human impacts, invasive annual grass, invasive species, land use change, sagebrush ecosystems, shrubland ecosystems, western United States, wildfire, wildfire suppression, Fewer tags Mean Annual Population Growth Rate and Ratio Change in Abundance of Common Raven within Level II Ecoregions of the United States and Canada, 1966 - 2018 These data identify the mean annual population growth rate and ratio change in abundance of common raven (Corvus corax; ravens) populations from 1966 through 2018. Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Bayesian modeling, Canada, North America, United States, ecoregions, All tags... management, population trends, subsidized predator, wildlife, Fewer tags Morphogroups of Biocrusts Following Seasons of Grazing Near Boise, Idaho The data were collected at Morley Nelson, Birds of Prey National Conservation Area (NCA) where known grazing regimes, including the season of grazing, have been in practice for the last 30 years. Surveyed plots were placed to account for intensity of grazing and to avoid confounding disturbances. Data were collected on the morphogroups of biological soil crusts (biocrusts) found within the NCA, and include measurements on soils related to texture, carbon, nitrogen and the abundance of soil aggregating cyanobacteria in the soil. These data support the following publication: Condon, L.A., Rosentreter, R., Veblen, K.E. and Coates, P.S., 2024. Season of grazing interacts with soil texture, selecting for associations... Categories: Data; Tags: BLM AIM data, Birds of Prey National Conservation Area, Ecology, Great Basin, Idaho, All tags... National Canservation Lands, Rangeland Administration System, Soil Sciences, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), biological soil crusts, biota, botany, community ecology, cyanobacteria, ecology, farming, lichens, mosses, sagebrush ecosystem, soil sciences, soil texture, vascular plants, Fewer tags Greater Sage-Grouse High Abundance and Space-Use in the Bi-State Distinct Population Segment A shapefile representing greater sage-grouse (hereafter sage-grouse) space use and lek abundance in the Bi-State Distinct Population Segment (DPS) of California and Nevada. These data were derived by combining a kernel density estimation of sage-grouse lek abundance combined with another raster representing distance to lek. The 85 percent isopleth was then used to define "high space-use." Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Bi-State, California, Nevada, animal behavior, biota, All tags... demographic response, ecology, greater sage-grouse, habitat selection, life stages, native species, reproduction, shrubland ecosystems, survival, Fewer tags Mean Annual Population Growth Rate and Ratio Change in Abundance of Common Raven within Level I Ecoregions of the United States and Canada, 1966 - 2018 These data identify the mean annual population growth rate and ratio change in abundance of common raven (Corvus corax; ravens) populations from 1966 through 2018. Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Bayesian modeling, Canada, North America, United States, ecoregions, All tags... management, population trends, subsidized predator, wildlife, Fewer tags Data to Inform an Integrated Population Model of Translocated Columbian Sharp-Tailed Grouse, Nevada 2013 - 2017 These data include encounter histories, nest attempts, hatched egg counts, brood counts, time-varying matrices, survival statistics, and lek counts, all used in an integrated population model (IPM) to determine the status of a population of translocated Columbian sharp-tailed grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus columbianus; CSTG) in Nevada. Sharp-tailed grouse were translocated to a remote site in Nevada starting in 2013 through 2017. These data support the following publication: Mathews, S.R., ​Coates, P.S., Prochazka, B.G., Espinosa, S.P., and Delehanty, D.J., 2021, Offspring of translocated individuals drive the successful reintroduction of Columbian Sharp-tailed Grouse in Nevada, USA, Ornithological Applications,... Categories: Data; Tags: Columbian sharp-tailed grouse, Nevada, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife Biology, biota, All tags... translocation, wildlife, wildlife population management, Fewer tags Tables Representing Greater Sage-Grouse Abundance and Habitat Selection Covariates in the Bi-State Region of California and Nevada These data consist of six separate tables. Two tables represent observed and expected greater sage-grouse (hereafter; sage-grouse) lek abundances, averaged within neighborhood clusters and the Bi-State Distinct Population segment as a whole. Three tables are the input tables for seasonal habitat selection models. These tables are the result of extracting values from rasters to both 'used' and 'available' locations; 'used' refers to an observation of a sage-grouse nesting or brood rearing, 'available' is a randomly-generated location proximal to a paired 'used' location. For these locations, we extract values from multiple rasters expressing landscape characteristics such as landcover (such as sagebrush, annual grass,... Categories: Data; Tags: Bi-State, California, Nevada, abundance, animal behavior, All tags... biota, ecology, greater sage-grouse, habitat selection, native species, shrubland ecosystems, Fewer tags Communication Towers across the Greater Sage-Grouse Range We compiled and verified a dataset which represents a comprehensive inventory of communication tower infrastructure across the range of the greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) from 1990 to 2023. Our dataset is an annual spatial time series product that allows users to visualize, assess, and analyze tower locations and duration (i.e., including date of construction through date of dismantlement) on western landscapes within the sagebrush ecosystem. Tower data were acquired from four publicly available infrastructure databases, data records were filtered to only include communication tower structures within the spatial extent of interest. Data records were then validated and checked for accuracy using... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: California, Colorado, Ecology, Idaho, Montana, All tags... Nevada, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Utah, Washington, Wildlife Biology, Wyoming, biota, human impacts, land use and land cover, land use change, Fewer tags 1 2 »