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The point data file ("Soda Fire Point and Pasture Data (2016).Point Data.csv") includes 2016 vegetative cover values of exotic annual grass and perennial grass measured within three different types of plots for 75 pastures in the Soda Fire, which burned in 2015: 6m² plot using a grid-point intercept photo software, SamplePoint (Booth et al. 2006), 1m² quadrat using an unguided rapid ocular estimate in the field, 531m² circular plot using an unguided rapid ocular estimate in the field. Smaller plots were nested within larger plots. The pasture data file ("Soda Fire Point and Pasture Data (2016).Pasture Data.csv") includes pasture level metrics of area, elevation, precipitation, slope, heatload, soils, and herbicide...
Whooping cranes (Grus americana) of the Aransas-Wood Buffalo population migrate twice each year through the Great Plains in North America. Recovery activities for this endangered species include providing adequate places to stop and rest during migration, which are generally referred to as stopover sites. To assist in recovery efforts, initial estimates of stopover site use intensity are presented, which provide opportunity to identify areas across the migration range used more intensively by whooping cranes. We used location data acquired from 58 unique individuals fitted with platform transmitting terminals that collected global position system locations. Radio-tagged birds provided 2,158 stopover sites over 10...
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The vegetation units on this map were determined through a series of image processing steps including unsupervised classification, ecological modeling and stereoscopic interpretation of aerial photographs supported by field sampling and ecological analysis. The vegetation boundaries were identified on the photographs by means of the photographic signature and collateral information on slope, hydrology, geography, and vegetation in accordance with the Standardized National Vegetation Classification System (October 1995). The mapped vegetation reflects conditions that existed during the specific year and season that the aerial photographs were taken. There is a margin of error inherent in the use of aerial photographs....
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The central Platte River Valley represents a key mid-latitude stopover This dataset supports a contemporary analysis of nocturnal roost selection for sandhill cranes staging along the Platte River during 2003-2007. We explored variation in selection for previously established characteristics of roost sites, including river channel width, vegetation height along the river bank, and distance to nearest disturbance feature. This analysis also included novel environmental factors (yearly estimates of corn near roost sites, nightly temperature, wind speed, and river discharge) and how they may interact with the more established characteristics.
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Sagebrush ecosystems in North America have experienced extensive degradation since European settlement, and continue to further degrade from exotic invasive plants, greater fire frequency, intensive grazing practices, increased oil and gas development, climate change, and other factors. Remote sensing is often identified as a key information source to facilitate broad-area ecosystem-wide characterization, monitoring and analysis, however, approaches that characterize sagebrush with sufficient and accurate local detail across large areas to support ecosystem research and analysis are unavailable. We have developed a new remote sensing sagebrush ecosystem characterization approach for the state of Wyoming, U.S.A....
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These data describe the catch and biological data from 363 bottom-set gill-net lifts distributed throughout Lake Michigan (including main basin and Green Bay) between April and November in 1930–1932. Data collected from the R/V Fulmar were recorded in notebooks and are now archived at the U.S. Geological Survey’s Great Lakes Science Center. Each lift included 1–7 gangs of linen gill nets. Each gang comprised 3–5 panels each having a length of 155 m, a height of 1.5 m, and a (stretch-)mesh size of either 60, 64, 67, 70, or 76 mm. The digitization of the Fulmar data notebooks was started in the late 1990s and finished in this study.
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The data document the results of several microbe bioassays performed by the USGS on Phragmites australis plants, including those performed on mature leaves, seedlings, and dead leaf tissues exploration of the literature to find accounts of microbes associated with Phragmites worldwide. For the bioassays, we prepared 162 pure cultures isolated from Phragmites plants in North America along the east coast, Florida, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Great Lakes area, 125 of which were from a previous study, and 38 represent new collections. The DNA sequences used to identify the 37 new collections are included. Microbes were isolated from plants collected from 2015-2018. We performed assays using both North American plant...
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This Benthic Invertebrate Community Analysis dataset, a conceptual subgroup of the Lake Erie Ecological Investigations (LEEI) dataset, focuses on the benthic invertebrates sampled at Areas of Concern (AOCs) on Lake Erie. Per the Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP), the invertebrate samples were taken from sediments remaining from the sediment analysis. Identification of the invertebrates was completed by the same invertebrate taxonomist for both the 1998-2000 evaluation and 1986-87 historical evaluation (Smith et al. 1994) for increased consistency. Oligochaetes were identified to species if possible, chironomids were identified to genus, as adult specimens are needed for specific identification, and other taxa...
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map background search result map search result map Remote Sensing Sagebrush Habitat Quantification Products for Wyoming (shrub height) Proportion of All Sagebrush Species Land Cover (1-km scale) in the Wyoming Basins Ecoregional Assessment area Proportion of Grassland Land Cover (5-km scale) in the Wyoming Basins Ecoregional Assessment area Proportion of Juniper Land Cover (18-km scale) in the Wyoming Basins Ecoregional Assessment area Proportion of Low and Black Sagebrush Land Cover (5-km scale) in the Wyoming Basins Ecoregional Assessment area Mixed Shrubland Land Cover in the Wyoming Basins Ecoregional Assessment area Proportion of Salt Desert Shrub Land Cover (1-km scale) in the Wyoming Basins Ecoregional Assessment area Colorado National Monument Vegetation Mapping Project - Spatial Vegetation Data USGS Land Cover - Woodland for Mississippi 20160519 State or Territory Shapefile Sandhill crane roosts use, channel characteristics, and environmental variables along the Platte River, Nebraska, 2003-2007 Exotic and perennial grass cover for pastures in the Soda Fire (2016) USGS Land Cover - Woodland for Missouri 20180127 State or Territory Shapefile USGS Land Cover - Woodland for District of Columbia 20180810 State or Territory Shapefile Lake Erie Ecological Investigations 1980-2000: Benthic Invertebrate Community Analysis USGS Land Cover - Woodland for California 20181111 State or Territory FileGDB 10.1 USGS National Landcover - Woodland in Texas 20190613 State or Territory FileGDB 10.1 The effects of North American fungi and bacteria on Phragmites australis leaves 2017-2019, with comparisons to the global Phragmites microbiome 1930-1932 Gill net data from Lake Michigan Vegetation classification model (Veg) for basin A1 Vegetation classification model (Veg) for basin A1 Colorado National Monument Vegetation Mapping Project - Spatial Vegetation Data USGS Land Cover - Woodland for District of Columbia 20180810 State or Territory Shapefile Exotic and perennial grass cover for pastures in the Soda Fire (2016) Lake Erie Ecological Investigations 1980-2000: Benthic Invertebrate Community Analysis 1930-1932 Gill net data from Lake Michigan USGS Land Cover - Woodland for Mississippi 20160519 State or Territory Shapefile USGS Land Cover - Woodland for Missouri 20180127 State or Territory Shapefile Remote Sensing Sagebrush Habitat Quantification Products for Wyoming (shrub height) USGS Land Cover - Woodland for California 20181111 State or Territory FileGDB 10.1 USGS National Landcover - Woodland in Texas 20190613 State or Territory FileGDB 10.1 Proportion of All Sagebrush Species Land Cover (1-km scale) in the Wyoming Basins Ecoregional Assessment area Proportion of Grassland Land Cover (5-km scale) in the Wyoming Basins Ecoregional Assessment area Proportion of Juniper Land Cover (18-km scale) in the Wyoming Basins Ecoregional Assessment area Proportion of Low and Black Sagebrush Land Cover (5-km scale) in the Wyoming Basins Ecoregional Assessment area Mixed Shrubland Land Cover in the Wyoming Basins Ecoregional Assessment area Proportion of Salt Desert Shrub Land Cover (1-km scale) in the Wyoming Basins Ecoregional Assessment area The effects of North American fungi and bacteria on Phragmites australis leaves 2017-2019, with comparisons to the global Phragmites microbiome