Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center Publication_Date: 2002 Title: Interactive effects of climate change and fire on bird communities - Point count data Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Digital tabular data Description: Abstract: This data set contains unlimited distance point count data that was collected from 70 sites in Big Bend National Park, Texas. Sites were located by using systematic sampling with a random start. Each site marked the center of a 2km radius sampling circle and all sites were at least 4km apart. In addition, all sites were at least 400m from paved or dirt roads. Sites were sampled every 9 days from mid-December through late February for three winter field seasons: 1999-2000, 2000-2001 and 2001-2002. Purpose: To assess the interactive effects of climate change and fire on the capacity of the Trans-Pecos Region to support bird communities. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 199912 Ending_Date: 200202 Currentness_Reference: ground condition Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Description_of_Geographic_Extent: Big Bend National Pard and Trans-Pecos region of Texas Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -105.1 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -102.16 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 31.5 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 28.52 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Theme_Keyword: climate change Theme_Keyword: fire Theme_Keyword: landcover Theme_Keyword: landscape Theme_Keyword: point count Theme_Keyword: percent cover Theme_Keyword: unlimited distance Theme_Keyword: bird Theme_Keyword: winter Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Place_Keyword: Big Bend National Park Place_Keyword: Trans-Pecos Place_Keyword: Chihuahuan Desert Place_Keyword: Texas Place_Keyword: West Texas Temporal: Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: None 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Lesser Goldfinch Taxonomic_Classification: Taxon_Rank_Name: Genus Taxon_Rank_Value: Carduelis Taxonomic_Classification: Taxon_Rank_Name: Species Taxon_Rank_Value: tristis Applicable_Common_Name: American Goldfinch Access_Constraints: This data will be available for public use after it has been published in peer-reviewed, scientific outlets. Use_Constraints: Acknowledgement of the National Wetlands Research Center as a data source would be appreciated in products developed from these data. Users should be aware of that comparisons with other data sets for the same area from other time periods may be inaccurate due to differences in data collection procedures. Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S.Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center Contact_Person: Wylie C. Barrow, Jr. Contact_Position: Wildlife Biologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address: 700 Cajundome Blvd City: Lafayette State_or_Province: LA Postal_Code: 70506 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 337 266-8668 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 337 266-8592 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: wylie_barrow@usgs.gov Native_Data_Set_Environment: SAS, version 8.01 Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center Title: Interactive effects of climate change and fire on bird communities: GIS measurements Publication_Date: 2002 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Digital tabular data Cross_Reference: Citation_Information: Originator: U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center Title: Interactive effects of climate change and fire on bird communities: landcover map Publication_Date: 2002 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Digital vector data Data_Quality_Information: Attribute_Accuracy: Attribute_Accuracy_Report: The accuracy of the bird point count data is based on the experience of the observers. All data entry was double checked for potential errors. Logical_Consistency_Report: All sites were established 4km apart and at least 400m from a paved or dirt road. The sites were visited nine days. Point counts began at 30 minutes before offical sunrise and the final count of the day was completed with 5.5 hours after offical sunrise. Data was only collected when the air temperature was >0 degrees celsius and when the wind speed was <20 kmph. Data was checked throughout the field season to ensure that observers followed protocol. Completeness_Report: Data was omitted when collection conditions (i.e. fog) compromised data accuracy. Only 3 counts were omitted out of the 1120 counts conducted over the first two field seasons. Lineage: Methodology: Methodology_Type: Field Methodology_Identifier: Methodology_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Methodology_Keyword: point count Methodology_Keyword: unlimited distance Methodology_Description: Standard, 20 minute, unlimited distance point counts were conducted at 70 sampling sites. Sites were located using systematic sampling within a random start. Each site was sampled once every nine days from mid-December to late February. Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Overview_Description: Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: The dataset includes fourteen variables that are defined as follows: site - the site number, date - the date of data collection, cycle - the cycle number (Counts were repeated 8 times at each site, so there are 8 cycles per site), Cstart - time that the census is started, Cend - time that the census ended, observer - observer code, species - 4 letter code in the format of the "North American Bird Banning Manual", flock - flock numbers (zero indicates that an individual was not part of a flock), flyby - indicates if an individual was a flyby, pair - pair number (zero indicates that an individual was not part of a pair), sex - defined as male, female or unknown, age - defined as adult or juvenile, location - individual was detected within a 50m radius circle or beyond, and time - individual was detected in the first 5 minutes or after 5 minutes. Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: Project based protocol Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20011128 Metadata_Review_Date: 20011129 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Lori Randall Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center Contact_Position: Biologist Contact_Address: Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address: 700 Cajundome Blvd City: Lafayette State_or_Province: LA Postal_Code: 70506 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 337 266-8665 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 337 266-8592 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lori_randall@usgs.gov Metadata_Standard_Name: Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998 Metadata_Extensions: Profile_Name: Biological Data Profile of Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata Online_Linkage: http://www.fgdc.gov/standards/status/sub5_2.html Metadata_Access_Constraints: None Metadata_Use_Constraints: Acknowledgement of the National Wetlands Research Center as the metadata source would be appreciated. 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