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Georgia GAP amphibian models

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Georgia Gap Analysis Program Project

Publication_Date: Dec. 2003

Title: Georgia GAP amphibian models

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: raster digital data

ftname: aaaaa01030

Description:

Abstract:: This data set consists of a binary grid of predicted habitat for amphibian species in Georgia. Areas coded 1 represent predicted habitat for the species in Georgia, while areas coded 0 are predicted to not be habitat.

Purpose:: This data set was developed by the University of Georgia, College of Environment and Design, Natural Resources Spatial Analysis Laboratory (NARSAL) under the Georgia GAP Analysis Project to be used as a coarse filter in determining the location of species' habitats in the state of Georgia for conservation planning purposes. Georgia GAP is part of a federal initiative sponsored by the the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Geological Survey. Partners in this effort are the Wildlife Resources Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.

langdata: en

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date_Time:

Calendar_Date: 1998

Currentness_Reference: Based on 1998 land cover

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -87.334204

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -79.122562

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 35.673294

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 29.989335

lboundng:

leftbc: -74805.000000

rightbc: 669945.000000

bottombc: 3332565.080163

topbc: 3947715.080163

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none

Theme_Keyword: GAP

Theme_Keyword: vertebrate

Theme_Keyword: habitat

Theme_Keyword: models

Theme_Keyword: prediction

Theme_Keyword: amphibian

Theme_Keyword: Acris crepitans

Theme_Keyword: Acris gryllus

Theme_Keyword: Ambystoma cingulatum

Theme_Keyword: Ambystoma maculatum

Theme_Keyword: Ambystoma opacum

Theme_Keyword: Ambystoma talpoideum

Theme_Keyword: Ambystoma tigrinum

Theme_Keyword: Amphiuma means

Theme_Keyword: Amphiuma pholeter

Theme_Keyword: Aneides aeneus

Theme_Keyword: Bufo americanus

Theme_Keyword: Bufo fowleri

Theme_Keyword: Bufo quercicus

Theme_Keyword: Bufo terrestris

Theme_Keyword: Cryptobranchus alleganiensis

Theme_Keyword: Desmognathus aeneus

Theme_Keyword: Desmognathus apalachicolae

Theme_Keyword: Desmognathus auriculatus

Theme_Keyword: Desmognathus conanti

Theme_Keyword: Desmognathus folkertsi

Theme_Keyword: Desmognathus marmoratus

Theme_Keyword: Desmognathus monticola

Theme_Keyword: Desmognathus ocoee

Theme_Keyword: Desmognathus quadramaculatus

Theme_Keyword: Eleutherodactylus planirostris

Theme_Keyword: Eurycea aquatica

Theme_Keyword: Eurycea cirrigera

Theme_Keyword: Eurycea guttolineata

Theme_Keyword: Eurycea longicauda

Theme_Keyword: Eurycea lucifuga

Theme_Keyword: Eurycea quadridigitata

Theme_Keyword: Eurycea wilderae

Theme_Keyword: Gastrophryne carolinensis

Theme_Keyword: Gyrinophilus palleucus

Theme_Keyword: Gyrinophilus porphyriticus

Theme_Keyword: Haideotriton wallacei

Theme_Keyword: Hemidactylium scutatum

Theme_Keyword: Hyla avivoca

Theme_Keyword: Hyla chrysoscelis

Theme_Keyword: Hyla cinerea

Theme_Keyword: Hyla femoralis

Theme_Keyword: Hyla gratiosa

Theme_Keyword: Hyla squirella

Theme_Keyword: Necturus alabamensis

Theme_Keyword: Necturus maculosus

Theme_Keyword: Necturus punctatus

Theme_Keyword: Notophthalmus perstriatus

Theme_Keyword: Notophthalmus viridescens

Theme_Keyword: Plethodon dorsalis

Theme_Keyword: Plethodon glutinosus complex

Theme_Keyword: Plethodon jordani

Theme_Keyword: Plethodon petraeus

Theme_Keyword: Plethodon serratus

Theme_Keyword: Plethodon teyahalee (oconaluftee)

Theme_Keyword: Plethodon websteri

Theme_Keyword: Pseudacris brachyphona

Theme_Keyword: Pseudacris brimleyi

Theme_Keyword: Pseudacris crucifer

Theme_Keyword: Pseudacris feriarum

Theme_Keyword: Pseudacris nigrita

Theme_Keyword: Pseudacris ocularis

Theme_Keyword: Pseudacris ornata

Theme_Keyword: Pseudobranchus striatus

Theme_Keyword: Pseudotriton montanus

Theme_Keyword: Pseudotriton ruber

Theme_Keyword: Rana capito

Theme_Keyword: Rana catesbeiana

Theme_Keyword: Rana clamitans

Theme_Keyword: Rana grylio

Theme_Keyword: Rana heckscheri

Theme_Keyword: Rana palustris

Theme_Keyword: Rana sphenocephala

Theme_Keyword: Rana sylvatica

Theme_Keyword: Rana virgatipes

Theme_Keyword: Scaphiopus holbrookii

Theme_Keyword: Siren intermedia

Theme_Keyword: Siren lacertina

Theme_Keyword: Stereochilus marginatus

Theme_Keyword: Many-lined salamander

Theme_Keyword: Greater siren

Theme_Keyword: Lesser siren

Theme_Keyword: Eastern spadefoot toad

Theme_Keyword: Carpenter frog

Theme_Keyword: Wood frog

Theme_Keyword: Southern leopard frog

Theme_Keyword: Pickerel frog

Theme_Keyword: River frog

Theme_Keyword: Pig frog

Theme_Keyword: Green frog/bronze frog

Theme_Keyword: Bullfrog

Theme_Keyword: Gopher frog

Theme_Keyword: Red salamander

Theme_Keyword: Mud salamander

Theme_Keyword: Dwarf siren

Theme_Keyword: Ornate chorus frog

Theme_Keyword: Little grass frog

Theme_Keyword: Southern chorus frog

Theme_Keyword: Upland chorus frog

Theme_Keyword: Spring peeper

Theme_Keyword: Brimley's chorus frog

Theme_Keyword: Mountain chorus frog

Theme_Keyword: Webster's salamander

Theme_Keyword: Southern Appalacian salamander

Theme_Keyword: Southern redback salamander

Theme_Keyword: Pigeon Mountain salamander

Theme_Keyword: Jordan's salamander

Theme_Keyword: Slimy salamander complex

Theme_Keyword: Zigzag salamander

Theme_Keyword: Red-spotted/Central newt

Theme_Keyword: Striped newt

Theme_Keyword: Dwarf waterdog

Theme_Keyword: Mudpuppy

Theme_Keyword: Alabama waterdog

Theme_Keyword: Squirrel treefrog

Theme_Keyword: Barking treefrog

Theme_Keyword: Pine woods treefrog

Theme_Keyword: Green treefrog

Theme_Keyword: Cope's gray treefrog

Theme_Keyword: Bird-voiced Treefrog

Theme_Keyword: Four-toed salamander

Theme_Keyword: Georgia blind salamander

Theme_Keyword: Spring salamander

Theme_Keyword: Tennessee cave salamander

Theme_Keyword: Eastern narrowmouth toad

Theme_Keyword: Blue Ridge two-lined salamander

Theme_Keyword: Dwarf salamander

Theme_Keyword: Cave salamander

Theme_Keyword: Long- tailed salamander

Theme_Keyword: Three-lined salamander

Theme_Keyword: Southern two-lined salamander

Theme_Keyword: Brownback salamander

Theme_Keyword: Greenhouse frog

Theme_Keyword: Blackbelly salamander

Theme_Keyword: Mountain dusky salamander

Theme_Keyword: Seal salamander

Theme_Keyword: Shovelnose salamander

Theme_Keyword: Dwarf blackbelly salamander

Theme_Keyword: Spotted dusky salamander

Theme_Keyword: Southern dusky salamander

Theme_Keyword: Apalachicola dusky salamander

Theme_Keyword: Seepage salamander

Theme_Keyword: Hellbender

Theme_Keyword: Southern toad

Theme_Keyword: Oak toad

Theme_Keyword: Fowler's toad

Theme_Keyword: American toad

Theme_Keyword: Green salamander

Theme_Keyword: One-toed amphiuma

Theme_Keyword: Two-toed amphiuma

Theme_Keyword: Tiger salamander

Theme_Keyword: Mole salamander

Theme_Keyword: Marbled salamander

Theme_Keyword: Spotted salamander

Theme_Keyword: Flatwoods salamander

Theme_Keyword: Southern cricket frog

Theme_Keyword: Northern cricket frog

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none

Place_Keyword: Georgia

Place_Keyword: Southeast

Place_Keyword: United States

Place_Keyword: United States of America

Place_Keyword: USA

Place_Keyword: North America

Access_Constraints:: No restrictions or legal prerequisites required for accessing this data set.

Use_Constraints: No restrictions or legal prerequisites required for using the data.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Matthew J. Elliott

Contact_Organization: Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia

Contact_Position: Program Coordinator, Georgia Gap Analysis Program

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia

City: Athens

State_or_Province: Georgia

Postal_Code: 30602

Country: U.S.A.

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (706)542-3489

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (706)542-6040

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: melliott@uga.edu

Hours_of_Service: 8 am - 5 pm

Data_Set_Credit:: Matt Elliott, Lisa Anderson, Bill Bumback, JP Schmidt, Liz Kramer; University of Georgia, College of Environment and Design, Natural Resources Spatial Analysis Laboratory (NARSAL)

Native_Data_Set_Environment:: Microsoft Windows NT Version 4.0 (Build 1381) Service Pack 6; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.1.0.642

natvform: Raster Dataset

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

Overall accuracy of data was assessed by comparing species lists for specific areas with GAP predictions of species present and absent.

Incidences of GAP predictions of non-occurrence and actual species presence were considered errors of ommission. Incidences of GAP predictions of species occurrence and species actual non-presence were considered errors of commission. Accuracies obtained in the way likely increase with the size of the area compared to GAP predictions. Due to lack of complete species inventories, errors of commission may be considered less reliable estimates than errors of omission.

More information may be obtained in Kramer et al. 2003.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Source_Currentness_Reference: 1998

Process_Step:

Process_Description:: Georgia GAP predicted vertebrate habitat maps were created based on ranges delineated through occurrence data and expert input, and habitat affinities gleaned through a thorough literature review. Essentially predicted habitat reflects the concurrence of a species' range and its likely habitat. Habitat primarily consists of land cover vegetative classes from the Georgia GAP land cover map, but ancillary data such as stream coverages and digital elevation models were also used. More complete information on specific vertebrate models may be obtained in Kramer et al. (2003).

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:: Kramer, E.A., M.J. Conroy, M.J. Elliott, W. Bumback, and E. Anderson. 2003. The Georgia Gap Analysis Project: Final Report. Athens, GA, University of Georgia Institute of Ecology.

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Raster

Raster_Object_Information:

Raster_Object_Type: Grid Cell

Row_Count: 20504

Column_Count: 24825

Vertical_Count: 1

rastxsz: 90.000000

rastysz: 90.000000

rastbpp: 8

rastorig: Upper Left

rastcmap: FALSE

rastcomp: Default

rastband: 1

rastdtyp: matrix values

rastplyr: FALSE

rastifor: ESRI GRID

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: row and column

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 90.000000

Ordinate_Resolution: 90.000000

Planar_Distance_Units: meters

Grid_Coordinate_System:

Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator

Universal_Transverse_Mercator:

UTM_Zone_Number: 17

Transverse_Mercator:

Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.999600

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -81.000000

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.000000

False_Easting: 500000.000000

False_Northing: 0.000000

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983

Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80

Semi_major_Axis: 6378137.000000

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222

cordsysn:

geogcsn: GCS_North_American_1983

projcsn: NAD_1983_UTM_Zone_17N

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: Georgia GAP vertebrate models

enttypt: Table

enttypc: 2

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ObjectID

Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

attalias: ObjectID

attrtype: OID

attwidth: 4

atprecis: 0

attscale: 0

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Value

Attribute_Definition: Species predicted presence or absence

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 0

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Species predicted absent

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Species predicted present

attalias: Value

attrtype: Integer

attwidth: 0

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Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Count

attalias: Count

attrtype: Double

attwidth: 0

atprecis: 0

attscale: 0

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:: Values of 0 indictate predicted species absence. Values of 1 indicate predicted species presence.

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Liz Kramer

Contact_Organization: Natural Resource Spatial Analysis Laboratory (NARSAL)

Contact_Position: NARSAL director

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: Institute of Ecology

Address: University of Georgia

City: Athens

State_or_Province: GA

Postal_Code: 30602

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 706-542-3577

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 706-542-6040

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lkramer@uga.edu

Hours_of_Service: 9am - 5pm

Resource_Description: Downloadable Data

Distribution_Liability: Creator does not assume any liability for errors or inaccuracies.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Transfer_Size: 2.391

dssize: 1.112

Available_Time_Period:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date_Time:

Calendar_Date: 2003

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20031126

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:: Natural Resource Spatial Analysis Laboratory (NARSAL), Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia (UGA)

Contact_Person: Matt Elliott

Contact_Position: Project Coordinator

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: NARSAL

Address: Ecology Building

Address: University of Georgia

City: Athens

State_or_Province: Georgia

Postal_Code: 30602-2202

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (706)542-3489

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (706)542-6040

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: melliott@uga.edu

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

Metadata_Access_Constraints: NONE

Metadata_Use_Constraints: NONE

Metadata_Security_Information:

Metadata_Security_Classification: Unclassified

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Metadata_Extensions:

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Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile