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Binned categories for relative probability of Greater Sage-grouse nest occurrence within southwestern region of Wyoming, USA at the landscape scale (Filename: wysg_l_sw_nest_bin.tif). Habitat selection studies can make important contributions to habitat prioritization efforts for species of conservation concern. We present a large-scale collaborative effort to develop habitat selection models for Greater Sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) across large landscapes (Wyoming, USA) and multiple seasons. Greater Sage-grouse are limited to western semi-arid landscapes in North America, range-wide population declines have been documented, and the species is currently listed a “warranted but precluded” from listing under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. Wyoming is predicted to remain a stronghold for Sage-grouse populations and contains approximately 37% of the remaining birds. We developed Resource... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: Centrocercus urophasianus, Greater sage-grouse, United States, WY, Wyoming, All tags... biota, distribution, ecological modeling, environment, functional response, geographic information systems, habitat, logistic regression, persistence, radiotelemetry, range contraction, resource selection function, sage-grouse core regions, sage-grouse late brood-rearing, sage-grouse nesting, sage-grouse seasonal models, sage-grouse winter, Fewer tags Binary classification for relative probability of Greater Sage-grouse summer occurrence within statewide region of Wyoming, USA at the landscape scale (Filename: wysg_l_state_summer_bool.tif). Habitat selection studies can make important contributions to habitat prioritization efforts for species of conservation concern. We present a large-scale collaborative effort to develop habitat selection models for Greater Sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) across large landscapes (Wyoming, USA) and multiple seasons. Greater Sage-grouse are limited to western semi-arid landscapes in North America, range-wide population declines have been documented, and the species is currently listed a “warranted but precluded” from listing under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. Wyoming is predicted to remain a stronghold for Sage-grouse populations and contains approximately 37% of the remaining birds. We developed Resource... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: Centrocercus urophasianus, Greater sage-grouse, United States, WY, Wyoming, All tags... biota, distribution, ecological modeling, environment, functional response, geographic information systems, habitat, logistic regression, persistence, radiotelemetry, range contraction, resource selection function, sage-grouse core regions, sage-grouse late brood-rearing, sage-grouse nesting, sage-grouse seasonal models, sage-grouse winter, Fewer tags Binned categories for relative probability of Greater Sage-grouse winter occurrence for each respective region (southwest, central, and northeast) of Wyoming, USA at the combined landscape-patch scale (Filename: wysg_lp_regional_winter_bin.tif). Habitat selection studies can make important contributions to habitat prioritization efforts for species of conservation concern. We present a large-scale collaborative effort to develop habitat selection models for Greater Sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) across large landscapes (Wyoming, USA) and multiple seasons. Greater Sage-grouse are limited to western semi-arid landscapes in North America, range-wide population declines have been documented, and the species is currently listed a “warranted but precluded” from listing under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. Wyoming is predicted to remain a stronghold for Sage-grouse populations and contains approximately 37% of the remaining birds. We developed Resource... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: Centrocercus urophasianus, Greater sage-grouse, United States, WY, Wyoming, All tags... biota, distribution, ecological modeling, environment, functional response, geographic information systems, habitat, logistic regression, persistence, radiotelemetry, range contraction, resource selection function, sage-grouse core regions, sage-grouse late brood-rearing, sage-grouse nesting, sage-grouse seasonal models, sage-grouse winter, Fewer tags Sandhill crane roosts use, channel characteristics, and environmental variables along the Platte River, Nebraska, 2003-2007 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. Categories: Data; Types: Citation; Tags: animal tracking, biota, birds, environment, fUS31 = Nebraska, All tags... habitat selection, migratory birds, q45086NWA3 = Platte River, roosting behavior, roosts, Fewer tags Conservation Planning for the Colorado River in Utah - Diversity of All Structural Types for General Diversity Model This dataset represents the variety (unique structural classes: water, bare, herbaceous, short shrubs, medium shrubs, short trees, tall trees) within 1 ha of bottomland areas. Traditional image interpretation cues were used to develop the polygons, such as shape, size, pattern, tone, texture, color, and shadow, from high resolution, true color, aerial imagery (0.3m resolution), acquired for the project. Additional, public available aerial photos (NAIP, 2011) were used to cross-reference cover classes. As with any digital layer, this layer is a representation of what is actually occurring on the ground. Errors are inherent in any interpretation of ground qualities. Due to the "snapshot" nature of the aerial photos,... Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Arches National Park, Canyonlands National Park, Colorado River, Grand County, Moab, All tags... San Juan County, Upper Colorado River, Utah, biota, conservation planning, environment, habitat suitability, inlandWaters, riparian, tamarisk, Fewer tags Data for Field Evaluation of the Sequoia Scientific LISST-ABS Acoustic Backscatter Sediment Sensor This dataset summarizes various sedimentary data from ten U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) surface water sites across the contiguous United States. These sites include: 01648010 Rock Creek at Joyce Road, Washington, DC 05586300 Illinois River at Florence, Illinois 06731000 Cherry Creek below Cherry Creek Lake, Colorado 06807000 Missouri River at Nebraska City, Nebraska 06935965 Missouri River at St. Charles, Missouri 08374550 Rio Grande near Castolon, Texas 08375300 Rio Grande at Rio Grande Village, Big Bend National Park, Texas 09404200 Colorado River above Diamond Creek near Peach Springs, Arizona 11447650 Sacramento River at Freeport, California 12046260 Elwha River at diversion near Port Angeles, Washington The... Categories: Data; Tags: Cherry Creek, Clay, Colorado River, Elwha River, Fine Sand, All tags... Hydrology, Illinois River, Missouri River, Rio Grande River, Rock Creek, Sacramento River, Sedimentology, Silt, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Very Fine Sand, Water Resources, acoustic methods, acoustics, biota, creek, regression analysis, river, sediment transport, sedimentology, suspended material (water), turbidity, Fewer tags Water-Quality, Bed-Sediment, and Invertebrate Tissue Trace Element Concentrations for Tributaries in the Clark Fork Basin, Montana, October 2017 - September 2018 Water, bed sediment, and biota were sampled in selected streams from Butte to near Missoula, Montana, as part of a monitoring program in the upper Clark Fork Basin of western Montana. The sampling program was led by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Clark Fork Basin, Environmental Health, Geochemistry, Hydrology, All tags... Montana, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Quality, Water Resources, bed sediment, biota, trace elements, water-quality, Fewer tags 1930-1932 Gill net data from Lake Michigan 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. Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Cisco, Ecology, Fishing with Benthic Fixed Gear, Gill net, All tags... Lake Michigan, Lake Michigan, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), benthic ecosystems, biota, fish, fisheries biology, fishery management, freshwater ecosystems, habitats, inland fishery resources, Fewer tags The effects of North American fungi and bacteria on Phragmites australis leaves 2017-2019, with comparisons to the global Phragmites microbiome 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... Categories: Data; Tags: Africa, Asia, China, DNA sequencing, Ecology, All tags... Europe, Florida, France, Genetics, Germany, Hong Kong, Indiana, Italy, Japan, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, North America, North Carolina, Ohio, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Rhode Island, Russia, Spain, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United Kingdom, Virginia, bacteria, biota, flowering plants, fungi, pathology, plant and animal testing, systematics and taxonomy, Fewer tags Soil Frost at Sleepers River Research Watershed, Danville, Vermont Soil frost measurements have been made at Sleepers River Research Watershed starting in 1983. Measurements were made by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory from 1983 to 1993, followed by the U.S. Geological Survey from 1993 to the present. Measurements started at 5 sites and has increased to 10 sites. Sites range in elevation from 225 to 670 meters and are in a mix of field and forest types. Soil frost measurements are made with tubes filled with methylene blue solution; on freezing, the methylene blue remains in the liquid phase, yielding clear ice that marks the depth of soil frost (Ricard and others, 1976). Soil frost measurements typically are made 2 to 4 times a month... Categories: Data; Tags: Climatology, Danville, Vermont, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Water Resources, biota, All tags... infiltration, runoff, snow depth, soil frost, Fewer tags Visual Surveys Rapid Response Saipan 2016 Nocturnal visual encounter survey data conducted by 29 searchers over 17 transects obtained during a Brown Treesnake rapid response deployment to island of Saipan in 2016. Surveys took place in the vicinity of the Saipan airport and Dandan village (ca. 15.127°N, 145.735°E) from 06 January to 13 March 2016, 6–7 nights/week but with a break in surveying from 26 January through 21 February. During Brown Treesnake searches over 386.8 kilometers, we collected data on selected vertebrate taxa (lizards and small mammals, both potential snake prey) recorded from survey transects with similar vegetation structure (secondary forest dominated by the introduced leguminous tree Leucaena leucocephala; emergent trees were partially... Categories: Data; Tags: Emerald Tree Skink, Green Anole, Saipan, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), biota Proportion of Grassland Land Cover (5-km scale) in the Wyoming Basins Ecoregional Assessment area Proportion of grassland land cover within a 5-km radius developed using a circular focal moving window analysis. Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: Colorado, Idaho, Montana, United States, Utah, All tags... Wyoming, Wyoming Basins Ecoregional Assessment, biota, conservation, environment, grassland ecosystems, land use and land cover, vegetation, Fewer tags Vegetation classification model (Veg) for basin A1 Vegetation classification model (Veg) and associated metadata for basin A1. Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: Colorado, Rio Blanco, UAS, Unmanned Aerial Systems, biota, All tags... digital elevation models, elevation, remote sensing, vegetation, Fewer tags Chorus frog density and population growth, Cameron Pass, Colorado, 1986-2020 We investigated population dynamics in chorus frogs (Pseudacris maculata) relative to extrinsic (air temperatures and snowpack) and intrinsic (density dependence) characteristics at 2 sites in Colorado, USA. We used capture-mark-recapture (cmr) data (i.e., 1 or 0, provided here) and a Bayesian model framework to assess our a priori hypotheses about interactions among covariates and chorus frog survival and population growth rates. Files include: Cameron_Lily_cmr_NOV2020.csv, Cameron_Matthews_cmr_NOV2020.csv, and Cameron_covariates_NOV2020.csv. Data associated with paper by Kissel et al. 2021. Categories: Data; Tags: Cameron Pass, Colorado, Pseudacris maculata, USA, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... biota, chorus frog, demography, density dependence, Fewer tags SPV field trials bait uptake data These data were collected as part of a field trial to test the effectiveness of a sylvatic plague vaccine (see Rocke et al., 2017 for details). Vaccine and control plots were selected randomly from the available pairs at each location. Baits containing Rhodamine B, a biomarker, were distributed at each plot. At least 1 week and no more than 2 months post-baiting each year, local collaborators captured, marked, and sampled prairie dogs. Hair and whisker samples were collected from up to 50 unique prairie dogs from each plot each year. Sex, age, weight, and the identity of all current-year and prior-year recaptures were recorded for each captured animal. In the laboratory, hair/whiskers were assessed for the presence... Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Arizona, Awapa Plateau, Buffalo Gap National Grasslands, Cedar City, Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge, All tags... Colorado, Coyote Basin, Espee Ranch, Gunnison, Larimer, Lower Brule, Montana, Pitchfork Ranch, Rita Blanca National Grasslands, South Dakota, Texas, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Utah, Wind Cave National Park, biota, health, prairie dogs, sylvatic plague vaccine, Fewer tags Lake Erie Ecological Investigations 1980-2000: Benthic Invertebrate Community Analysis 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... Categories: Data; Tags: AOCs, Ameiurus nebulosus, Ashtabula, Ashtabula River, Black River, All tags... Black River, Buffalo, Buffalo River, Cleveland Harbor, Cleveland Harbor, Cuyahoga River, Cuyahoga River, Detroit, Detroit River, Detroit River, Great Lakes, Great Lakes, Great Lakes, Great Lakes Areas of Concern, Huron River, Lake Erie, Lake Erie, Lake Erie, Lake or marine sediment, Love Canal (historical), Maumee River, Michigan, Michigan, Mud Brook, Mud Brook, New York, New York, Niagara River, Niagara River, Ohio, Ohio, Old River, Old Woman Creek, Old Woman Creek, Ottawa River, PAHs, PCBs, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Presque Isle Bay, Presque Isle Bay, aquatic ecosystems, benthos, benthos, biomarkers, biota, brown bullhead, contamination and pollution, datasets, ecotoxicology, environment, field sampling, fish, fish, freshwater ecosystems, heavy metal pollution, histology, industrial pollution, inlandWaters, invertebrates, invertebrates, liver tumors, metal elements, pathology, pesticide and herbicide contamination, plant and animal testing, polyaromatic hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls, population and community ecology, remediation, sediment, sediment analysis, species diversity, specimen collecting, toxic trace element contamination, water resources, Fewer tags An example data set for exploration of Multiple Linear Regression This data set contains example data for exploration of the theory of regression based regionalization. The 90th percentile of annual maximum streamflow is provided as an example response variable for 293 streamgages in the conterminous United States. Several explanatory variables are drawn from the GAGES-II data base in order to demonstrate how multiple linear regression is applied. Example scripts demonstrate how to collect the original streamflow data provided and how to recreate the figures from the associated Techniques and Methods chapter. Categories: Data; Tags: Conterminous United States, Multiple Linear Regression, Multiple Linear Regression, Regionalization, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... Water Resources, biota, Fewer tags Composite Habitat Suitability Index Raster Dataset This raster represents a continuous surface of sage-grouse habitat suitability index (HSI) values for northeastern California. HSIs were calculated for spring (mid-March to June), summer (July to mid-October), and winter (November to March) sage-grouse seasons, and then multiplied together to create this composite dataset. Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: California, Great Basin, Greater Sage-Grouse, Habitat, Nevada, All tags... North America, Sagebrush Ecosystem Council, United States, biota, boundaries, environment, Fewer tags Hierarchically nested and biologically relevant monitoring frameworks for Greater Sage-grouse, 2019, Cluster Level 2 (Wyoming), Interim wy_lvl2_finescale: Wyoming hierarchical cluster level 2 (fine-scale) for Greater sage-grouse We developed a hierarchical clustering approach that identifies biologically relevant landscape units that can 1) be used as a long-term population monitoring framework, 2) be repeated across the Greater sage-grouse range, 3) be used to track the outcomes of local and regional populations by comparing population changes across scales, and 4) be used to inform where to best spatially target studies that identify the processes and mechanisms causing population trends to change among spatial scales. The spatial variability in the amount and quality of habitat resources can affect local population success and result in different... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Centrocercus urophasianus, Greater sage-grouse, United States, Wyoming, adaptive management, All tags... biota, boundaries, graph theory, habitat connectivity, hierarchical sampling units, population monitoring, Fewer tags Conservation Planning for the Colorado River in Utah - Stillness of water for Bat Watering Model This map shows the channel boundary (2011) of the Colorado River mainstem between the Utah Colorado border and the upper pool of Lake Powell, Utah (146 miles). The channel boundary was mapped from public available NAIP imagery flown on June 28, 2011, when the river flow was 886 m3/s at the Cisco gage. The channel is subdivided into channel types: fast water (main channel, secondary channel), and still water types (backwater, isolated pool and tributary channel). Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Arches National Park, Canyonlands National Park, Colorado River, Grand County, Moab, All tags... San Juan County, Upper Colorado River, Utah, biota, conservation planning, environment, habitat suitability, inlandWaters, riparian, tamarisk, Fewer tags « 1 2 3 4 5 ... »