Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center

Database of seasonality of wolf mortality

Radio-collared wolves in the Superior National Forest that were killed by other wolves or probably killed by wolves between 1968 and 2014

Categories: Data; Types: Citation; Tags: Canis lupus, Gray wolves, Minnesota, Theme_Keyword, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... Wolves, mammals, Fewer tags

Wetland birds of the Prairie Pothole Region of North and South Dakota, 1995-1997, data release

The data set consists of data collected in 1995, 1996, and 1997 in wetlands in the Prairie Pothole Region of North Dakota and South Dakota. The data were summarized and used in the analysis for two publications in peer-reviewed journals. The data consists of one data set that includes bird abundance and richness data, wetland class (temporary, seasonal, semipermanent, permanent, alkali), and wetland type (private or federal). In conjunction with surveys of wetland birds, the following wetland variables also were recorded: wetland size, date, local-level habitat variables (percent coverage of open water, emergent vegetation, wet meadow, and shoreline/mudflat), and landscape-level habitat variables (percent cover...

Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Aquatic birds, Arrowwood Wetland Management District, Audubon Wetland Management District, Biodiversity, All tags... Chase Lake Wetland Management District, Des Lacs Wetland Management District, Devils Lake Wetland Management District, Ecology, Environmental restoration, Huron Wetland Management District, J. Clark Salyer Wetland Management District, Kulm Wetland Management District, Lake Andes Wetland Management District, Land Use Change, Land ownership, Landscape, Long Lake Wetland Management District, Lostwood Wetland Management District, Madison Wetland Management District, North Dakota, Prairie Pothole Region, Sand Lake Wetland Management District, South Dakota, Species diversity, Tewaukon Wetland Management District, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Valley City Wetland Management District, Waubay Wetland Management District, Wetlands, Wildlife Biology, biodiversity, biota, birds, landscape factors, local factors, wetland birds, wetland classification, wetland ecosystems, Fewer tags

Conservation easements in the Prairie Pothole Region of North Dakota: characteristics of wetland catchments and key factors for determination of drainage setback distances

This data release includes characteristics of wetland catchments associated with U.S. Fish and Wildlife conservation easement lands located in the Prairie Pothole Region of North Dakota. Characteristics include wetland catchment areas, slope length, land use, soil mapping unit, and slope grades of representative soils. County and ecoregion also are included. Summary data pertaining to lateral setback distances, or drainage setbacks, also are presented by county and soil mapping unit for a range of subsurface drainage system characteristics (i.e., drain pipe depth and diameter). Additionally, calculated variables used for data analyses and presentation in the manuscript associated with this data release are included.

Categories: Data; Tags: North Dakota, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), conservation easements, environment, hydrology, All tags... inlandWaters, lateral effect distance, subsurface drainage systems, wetland ecosystems, Fewer tags

County-Level Geographic Distributions for 47 Exotic Plant Species in Midwest USA and Central Canada, Compiled 2019

Geographic distribution data were collected based on county level occurrences (or converted from point occurrences to county level occurrences) within the five focal states (Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska & Iowa) and each U.S. state or Canadian province bordering those focal states (Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Wyoming, & Montana in the USA and Saskatchewan, Ontario & Manitoba in Canada).

Categories: Data Release - In Progress; Tags: Botany, Canada, Ecology, Illinois, Iowa, All tags... Kansas, Manitoba, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ontario, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, Wisconsin, Wyoming, biota, invasive species, Fewer tags

Adaptive management in native grasslands managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Implications for grassland birds, 2011-2013 data release

This database contains records of grassland bird abundance and vegetation structure on tallgrass and mixed-grass prairies managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). Specifically, under the adaptive-management decision framework (Native Prairie Adaptive Management [NPAM] intiative), we surveyed breeding birds and sampled vegetation on 89 native prairie NPAM units managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, including 55 units in 2011, 87 units in 2012, and 87 units in 2013. The NPAM units occurred in 19 USFWS refuge complexes and wetland management districts, including 14 complexes in USFWS Region 6 (North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana) and five complexes in USFWS Region 3 (Minnesota).

Categories: Data; Tags: Ecology, Minnesota, Montana, National Wildlife Refuge, North Dakota, All tags... Prairie Pothole Region, South Dakota, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wetland Management District, Wildlife Biology, biota, birds, environment, grassland ecosystems, population and community ecology, Fewer tags