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Observer-specific population indices for the USFWS Region Migratory Bird Management Arctic Coastal Plain study area. The survey consists of low-level aerial observations of waterfowl on a stratified strip transect design. The resulting data frame is several indices separated by observer and calculated using a standard ratio estimator. These data are output from the R package AKaerial and are also available within that package, see https://github.com/USFWS/AKaerial. The data used to produce these estimates contain known errors. Many but not all of these errors are corrected within the R package AKaerial. These data are presented for historical purposes only. See https://github.com/USFWS/ACP-Mapping and comments within...
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This collection contains the original “raw” survey data that were recorded and transcribed by each observer during the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta (YKD) Aerial Breeding Pair Survey. Left-front and right-front seat observers recorded data on geese, swans, and cranes since 1985, while data on eiders, ducks, and waterbirds was recorded by a right-rear seat observer since 1989. These raw transcribed data should be used to produce updated quality-control (QC) datasets by running the quality assurance/quality control script “AKaerial.R” whenever the quality control procedures are revised or modified. The data files in this collection were named using the following naming convention: YKD(YKG)YYYY_RawObs_OOOO, where YKD=Duck...
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This contain a zip folder of comma delimited (CSV) files for each of the 19 tables in the report. It is produced automatically upon compiling the R Quarto code. Column headers are difference than in the tables in the report but order is exactly the same. Refer to the report to understand meaning of the columns. Each cell of the tables contain a management index estimate or the standard error of the estimate.
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This project is an annual communicating memo explicitly designed to inform the Alaska Migratory Bird Comanagement Council and related partners of the survey results and subsequent population index for emperor geese (Anser canagicus) for incorporation of the data into the harvest management strategy and regulatory processes. This memorandum is additionally shared widely with partners outside the USFWS. The major products are an annual report in .pdf format and the associated R Markdown generating code.
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Combined population indices of ducks and loons (YKD) and geese and swans (YKG) for the USFWS Region Migratory Bird Management Alaska Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Aerial Survey study area in a combined csv format. The survey consists of low-level aerial observations of waterfowl on a stratified strip transect design. The resulting data frame is several indices combined over observers (or single observer in years where estimates were not combined) and calculated using a standard ratio estimator. These data are output from the R package AKaerial and are also available within that package, see https://github.com/USFWS/AKaerial.
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Dusky Canada geese (Branta canadensis occidentalis) comprise one of the smallest populations of geese in North America and their breeding range is limited to Prince William Sound, primarily the Copper River Delta, and Middleton Island, Alaska. The Alaska Region of Migratory Bird Management initiated an aerial breeding pair survey on the Copper River Delta in 1986 after reported declines in the abundance of dusky Canada geese on their nesting and wintering grounds. Since 2008, the Pacific Flyway Council uses results of the aerial breeding pair survey, together with Middleton Island ground counts conducted by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, as a management index to determine optimal hunting regulations. Survey...
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Dusky Canada geese (Branta canadensis occidentalis) comprise one of the smallest populations of geese in North America and their breeding range is limited to Prince William Sound, primarily the Copper River Delta, and Middleton Island, Alaska. The Alaska Region of Migratory Bird Management initiated an aerial breeding pair survey on the Copper River Delta in 1986 after reported declines in the abundance of dusky Canada geese on their nesting and wintering grounds. Since 2008, the Pacific Flyway Council uses results of the aerial breeding pair survey, together with Middleton Island ground counts conducted by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, as a management index to determine optimal hunting regulations. Survey...
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In many areas surveyed during the North American WBPHS, ground surveys are conducted in conjunction with the aerial surveys to derive annual visibility correction factors (VCFs) for the aerial survey crews, which are used during analyses to adjust for detection bias. Due to the remoteness of strata 1–12, ground surveys are not conducted there. Instead, a set of fixed VCFs by species and basic habitat type (strata 1–7 = boreal forest; strata 8–11 = tundra; stratum 12) are used. The fixed VCFs that were used through 1991 were derived from work done in WBPHS prairie strata. During the years 1985–1991, efforts were made by the FWS Division of Migratory Bird Management-Alaska Region (MBM-Alaska) to develop more appropriate...
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WBPHS_Stratum_Areas.csv is a table that lists the area measurements (in square miles) for strata 1-12, as measured and adopted by survey designers in 1974. These measurements are used by MBM-AK in analyses to produce bird abundance estimates by species and stratum.
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The WBPHS is conducted by flying an aircraft along a set of segment lines. (One or more contiguous segments comprise a transect.) The geographic coordinates in WBPHS_Segment_Endpoints.csv represent the beginning and ending points of the segment lines in Alaska and Old Crow Flats (Yukon Territory) strata 1-12. The point coordinates in this file have been incorporated into various products (e.g., a GPS waypoints file) to aid in survey-flight navigation. The coordinates are in decimal degrees, WGS84 datum. The set of segments contained in this file was established in 1964. In the years 1957-1963, the survey design included many, but not all, of these segments. Additional segments were flown in some or all years during...
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The Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta (YKD) Aerial Breeding Pair Survey provides data on the spring abundance of targeted waterfowl species nesting on the YKD coastal zone in western Alaska. This region supports millions of waterbirds that comprise one of the largest and most important waterfowl breeding grounds in North America, including species of concern such as the red-throated loon (Gavia stellata), emperor goose (Chen canagica), Pacific black brant (Branta bernicla nigricans), common eider (Somateria mollissima), black scoter (Melanitta nigra), long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis), and the threatened spectacled eider (Somateria fischeri). The YKD goose, swan, and crane survey was first implemented in 1985 to monitor...
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This collection contains the quality-control (QC) transcribed data from the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Aerial Breeding Pair Survey. These QC data were produced from the “raw” data using the R Package “AKaerial.” The raw data were evaluated against the current data standards in the ‘AKaerial data dictionary’ and saved to new QC data files with associated log files that document any changes that were made. From 1985 to 1997, observers recorded bird observations out to 200 meters from the aircraft using continuously running tape players (with a locational accuracy of +/- 5 km), while an automated voice recording survey program (with a spatial accuracy of +/- 0.5 km) was used to record data from 1998 to present. The data...
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This dataset contains the swan data recorded during the 2005 Alaska Trumpeter Swan Survey. The 2005 survey was designed to census the entire Alaska trumpeter swan summering range.
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This dataset contains the swan data recorded during the 1968 Alaska Trumpeter Swan Survey. The 1968 survey was designed to census the entire Alaska trumpeter swan summering range.
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This project is an annual communicating memo explicitly designed to inform the Pacific Flyway Representative of waterfowl survey results for incorporation of the data into harvest management reports and regulatory processes. This memorandum is additionally shared widely with partners outside the USFWS. The major products are an annual reporting memo–automatically generated from an R Quarto document, and 19 species-specific comma delimited table files that appear in the memo, and the generating R (.rmd) code.
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Dusky Canada geese (Branta canadensis occidentalis) comprise one of the smallest populations of geese in North America and their breeding range is limited to Prince William Sound, primarily the Copper River Delta, and Middleton Island, Alaska. The Alaska Region of Migratory Bird Management initiated an aerial breeding pair survey on the Copper River Delta in 1986 after reported declines in the abundance of dusky Canada geese on their nesting and wintering grounds. Since 2008, the Pacific Flyway Council uses results of the aerial breeding pair survey, together with Middleton Island ground counts conducted by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, as a management index to determine optimal hunting regulations. Survey...
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EstimatesTableWBPHS_20220125.csv is a table of bird abundance estimates by year and species, 1957-2021. It was produced by MBM-AK using AKaerial R code and the WBPHS_AK QC transcribed dataset. The date in the file name (format = YYYYMODA, where YYYY = year, MO = month, and DA = day) represents the date that the R code was run to produce the table. A data dictionary and details on analysis methods are provided from the R package AKaerial and are also available within that package, see https://github.com/USFWS/AKaerial.
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This geopackage contains the density strata that were used to create the Alaska Arctic Coastal Plain Aerial Breeding Pair Survey four-year rotating panel design. This file was derived from a mid-1980’s ArcInfo coverage for the North Slope Eider Survey that was produced through the visual interpretation of 1:250,000-scale LANDSAT imagery and the known nesting density waterfowl in the area.
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This report communicates survey results to the Pacific Flyway Representative for incorporation into harvest management reports and regulatory processes. This memorandum also is shared widely with partners outside the USFWS. The major products are a memo, automatically generated from an R Quarto document, and 19 comma delimited table files, one for each management index and table in the memo.
map background search result map search result map 2023 Alaska Goose, Swan, and Crane Population Indices Memorandum 2023 Alaska Goose, Swan, and Crane Population Indices Tabular Data 2023 Alaska Goose, Swan, and Crane Population Indices products Alaska Arctic Coastal Plain Aerial Breeding Pair Survey Design Strata Geodata 2005 Alaska Trumpeter Swan Survey Data 1968 Alaska Trumpeter Swan Survey Data Waterfowl Breeding Population Habitat Survey Alaska Abundance Estimate data 1957 to 2021 Waterfowl Breeding Population Habitat Survey Alaska Segment Endpoints Waterfowl Breeding Population Habitat Survey Alaska Species Visibility Correction Factors data Waterfowl Breeding Population Habitat Survey Alaska Stratum Areas data Alaska Arctic Coastal Plain Aerial Survey Expanded Index Estimates 2007-present Alaska Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Aerial Breeding Pair Survey Alaska Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Aerial Survey Raw Transcribed Data Alaska Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Aerial Survey QC Transcribed Data 2024 Alaska Goose, Swan, and Crane Population Indices R Quarto Code 2024 Alaska Emperor Goose Population Index Update Alaska Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Aerial Survey Combined Index Estimates 1985 to present Alaska Copper River Delta Aerial Dusky Canada Goose Breeding Pair Survey Alaska Copper River Delta Aerial Dusky Canada Goose Breeding Pair Survey Combined Index Estimates 1986 to present Alaska Copper River Delta Aerial Dusky Canada Goose Breeding Pair Survey RAW Track Files Alaska Copper River Delta Aerial Dusky Canada Goose Breeding Pair Survey Alaska Copper River Delta Aerial Dusky Canada Goose Breeding Pair Survey Combined Index Estimates 1986 to present Alaska Copper River Delta Aerial Dusky Canada Goose Breeding Pair Survey RAW Track Files Alaska Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Aerial Breeding Pair Survey Alaska Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Aerial Survey Raw Transcribed Data Alaska Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Aerial Survey QC Transcribed Data Alaska Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Aerial Survey Combined Index Estimates 1985 to present Alaska Arctic Coastal Plain Aerial Survey Expanded Index Estimates 2007-present Alaska Arctic Coastal Plain Aerial Breeding Pair Survey Design Strata Geodata Waterfowl Breeding Population Habitat Survey Alaska Abundance Estimate data 1957 to 2021 Waterfowl Breeding Population Habitat Survey Alaska Segment Endpoints Waterfowl Breeding Population Habitat Survey Alaska Species Visibility Correction Factors data Waterfowl Breeding Population Habitat Survey Alaska Stratum Areas data 2005 Alaska Trumpeter Swan Survey Data 1968 Alaska Trumpeter Swan Survey Data 2023 Alaska Goose, Swan, and Crane Population Indices Memorandum 2023 Alaska Goose, Swan, and Crane Population Indices Tabular Data 2023 Alaska Goose, Swan, and Crane Population Indices products 2024 Alaska Goose, Swan, and Crane Population Indices R Quarto Code 2024 Alaska Emperor Goose Population Index Update