Vertebrate Species Richness Grids

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Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: M. Donovan, MDNR Wildlife Division
Originator:
G. M. Nesslage, J. J. Skillen, and B. A. Maurer, Michigan State University
Publication_Date: 2004
Title: Vertebrate Species Richness Grids
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: raster digital data
Other_Citation_Details: MIGAP Final Report.doc
Online_Linkage: www.state.mi.us/spatialdatalibrary
Online_Linkage: www.fw.msu.edu/labs/gap/home.htm
Description:
Abstract:
Vertebrate species richness grids for Michigan were created as part of the Michigan Gap Analysis Program. In each 90m pixel, the total number of species with predicted habitat in that pixel were summed by taxonomic group (amphibians, reptiles, mammals, and birds). See predicted habtiat (distribution) map metadata for additional information on predicted habtiat map creation.
Purpose:
Vertebrate species richness grids were created to characterize species richness patterns for amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals in Michigan.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2004
Currentness_Reference: publication date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -90.840217
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -81.725882
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 48.487191
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.366393
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:
REQUIRED: Reference to a formally registered thesaurus or a similar authoritative source of theme keywords.
Theme_Keyword: GAP
Theme_Keyword: Vertebrate
Theme_Keyword: Species richness
Theme_Keyword:
Ambystoma laterale, Ambystoma maculatum, Ambystoma opacum, Ambystoma texanum, Ambystoma tigrinum tigrinum, Hemidactylium scutatum, Plethodon cinereus, Necturus maculosus, Notophthalmus viridescens, Siren intermedia nettingi, Bufo americanus, Bufo fowleri, Acris crepitans blanchardi, Hyla versicolor, Pseudacris triseriata, Pseudacris crucifer crucifer, Rana catesbeiana, Rana clamitans, Rana palustris, Rana pipiens, Rana septentrionalis, Rana sylvatica, Eumeces fasciatus, Cnemidophorus sexlineatus, Clonophis kirtlandii, Coluber constrictor foxii, Diadophis punctatus edwardsi, Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta, Elaphe vulpina gloydi, Elaphe vulpina vulpina, Heterodon platirhinos, Lampropeltis triangulum triangulum, Nerodia erythrogaster neglecta, Nerodia sipedon sipedon, Regina septemvittata, Storeria dekayi, Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata, Thamnophis butleri, Thamnophis sauritus septentrionalis, Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis, Liochlorophis vernalis, Sistrurus catenatus catenatus, Chelydra serpentina, Chrysemys picta, Clemmys guttata, Glyptemys insculpta, Emydoidea blandingii, Graptemys geographica, Terrapene carolina carolina, Trachemys scripta elegans, Sternotherus odoratus, Apalone spinifera, Myotis lucifugus, Myotis sodalis, Myotis septentrionalis, Lasionycteris noctivagans, Pipistrellus subflavus, Eptesicus fuscus, Lasiurus borealis, Lasiurus cinereus, Canis latrans, Canis lupus, Vulpes vulpes, Urocyon cinereoargenteus, Ursus americanus, Procyon lotor, Martes americana, Martes pennanti, Mustela erminea, Mustela nivalis, Mustela frenata, Mustela vison, Taxidea taxus, Mephitis mephitis, Lutra canadensis, Lynx rufus, Didelphis virginiana, Sylvilagus floridanus, Lepus americanus, Tamias minimus, Tamias striatus, Marmota monax, Spermophilus tridecemlineatus, Sciurus carolinensis, Sciurus niger, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, Glaucomys volans, Glaucomys sabrinus, Castor canadensis, Peromyscus maniculatus bairdii, Peromyscus maniculatus gracilis, Peromyscus leucopus, Clethrionomys gapperi, Microtus pennsylvanicus, Microtu s ochrogaster, Microtus pinetorum, Ondatra zibethicus, Synaptomys cooperi, Zapus hudsonius, Napaeozapus insignis, Erethizon dorsatum, Sorex cinereus, Sorex palustris, Sorex fumeus, Sorex arcticus, Sorex hoyi, Blarina brevicauda, Cryptotis parva, Scalopus aquaticus, Condylura cristata, Cervus elaphus, Odocoileus virginianus, Alces alces, Cathartes aura, Pandion haliaetus, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Circus cyaneus, Accipiter striatus, Accipiter cooperii, Accipiter gentilis, Buteo lineatus, Buteo platypterus, Buteo jamaicensis, Falco sparverius, Falco columbarius, Falco peregrinus, Botaurus lentiginosus, Ixobrychus exilis, Ardea herodias, Ardea alba, Bubulcus ibis, Butorides virescens, Nycticorax nycticorax, Dolichonyx oryzivorus, Agelaius phoeniceus, Sturnella magna, Sturnella neglecta, Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus, Euphagus carolinus, Euphagus cyanocephalus, Quiscalus quiscula, Molothrus ater, Cardinalis cardinalis, Pheucticus ludovicianus, Passerina cyanea, Spiza americana, Poecile atricapillus, Poecile hudsonicus, Baeolophus bicolor, Sitta canadensis, Sitta carolinensis, Certhia americana, Phalacrocorax auritus, Grus canadensis, Coccyzus erythropthalmus, Coccyzus americanus, Zenaida macroura, Carpodacus purpureus, Carpodacus mexicanus, Loxia curvirostra, Loxia leucoptera, Carduelis pinus, Carduelis tristis, Coccothraustes vespertinus, Contopus cooperi, Contopus virens, Empidonax flaviventris, Empidonax virescens, Empidonax alnorum, Empidonax traillii, Empidonax minimus, Sayornis phoebe, Myiarchus crinitus, Tyrannus tyrannus, Chordeiles minor, Caprimulgus vociferus, Larus delawarensis, Larus argentatus, Sterna caspia, Sterna hirundo, Sterna forsteri, Chlidonias niger, Archilochus colubris, Perisoreus canadensis, Cyanocitta cristata, Corvus brachyrhynchos, Corvus corax, Ceryle alcyon, Regulus satrapa, Regulus calendula, Polioptila caerulea, Eremophila alpestris, Gavia immer, Podilymbus podiceps, Podiceps grisegena, Dumetella carolinensis, Mimus polyglottos, Toxostoma rufum, Icterus spurius, Icterus galbula, Otus a sio, Bubo virginianus, Strix varia, Strix nebulosa, Asio otus, Asio flammeus, Aegolius acadicus, Phasianus colchicus, Falcipennis canadensis, Bonasa umbellus, Tympanuchus phasianellus, Meleagris gallopavo, Colinus virginianus, Charadrius melodus, Charadrius vociferus, Coturnicops noveboracensis, Rallus elegans, Rallus limicola, Porzana carolina, Gallinula chloropus, Fulica americana, Actitis macularia, Bartramia longicauda, Gallinago gallinago, Scolopax minor, Phalaropus tricolor, Lanius ludovicianus, Pipilo erythrophthalmus, Spizella passerina, Spizella pallida, Spizella pusilla, Pooecetes gramineus, Passerculus sandwichensis, Ammodramus savannarum, Ammodramus henslowii, Ammodramus leconteii, Melospiza melodia, Melospiza lincolnii, Melospiza georgiana, Zonotrichia albicollis, Junco hyemalis, Progne subis, Tachycineta bicolor, Stelgidopteryx serripennis, Riparia riparia, Petrochelidon pyrrhonota, Hirundo rustica, Cygnus buccinator, Branta canadensis, Aix sponsa, Anas crecca, Anas rubripes, Anas platyrhynchos, Anas acuta, Anas discors, Anas clypeata, Anas strepera, Anas americana, Aythya americana, Aythya collaris, Bucephala clangula, Lopho,dytes cucullatus, Mergus merganser, Mergus serrator, Oxyura jamaicensis, Chaetura pelagica, Piranga olivacea, Sialia sialis, Catharus fuscescens, Catharus ustulatus, Catharus guttatus, Hylocichla mustelina, Turdus migratorius, Vireo griseus, Vireo solitarius, Vireo flavifrons, Vireo gilvus, Vireo philadelphicus, Vireo olivaceus, Vermivora pinus, Vermivora chrysoptera, Vermivora peregrina, Vermivora ruficapilla, Parula americana, Dendroica petechia, Dendroica pensylvanica, Dendroica magnolia, Dendroica tigrina, Dendroica caerulescens, Dendroica coronata, Dendroica virens, Dendroica fusca, Dendroica dominica, Dendroica pinus, Dendroica kirtlandii, Dendroica discolor, Dendroica palmarum, Dendroica castanea, Dendroica cerulea, Mniotilta varia, Setophaga ruticilla, Protonotaria citrea, Helmitheros vermivorus, Seiurus aurocapillus, Seiurus noveboracensis, Seiurus motacilla, Oporornis agilis, Oporornis philadelphia, Geothlypis trichas, Wilsonia citrina, Wilsonia pusilla, Wilsonia canadensis, Icteria virens, Bombycilla cedrorum, Melanerpes erythrocephalus, Melanerpes carolinus, Sphyrapicus varius, Picoides pubescens, Picoides villosus, Picoides arcticus, Colaptes auratus, Dryocopus pileatus, Thryothorus ludovicianus, Troglodytes aedon, Troglodytes troglodytes, Cistothorus platensis, Cistothorus palustris
Theme_Keyword:
Blue-spotted salamander, Spotted salamander, Marbled salamander, Smallmouth salamander, Eastern tiger salamander, Four-toed salamander, Redback salamander, Mudpuppy, Eastern newt, Western lesser siren, American toad, Fowler's toad, Blanchard's cricket frog, Gray treefrog, Western chorus frog, Northern spring peeper, Bullfrog, Green frog, Pickerel frog, Northern leopard frog, Mink frog, Wood frog, Five-lined skink, Six-lined racerunner, Kirtland's snake, Blue racer, Northern ring-necked snake, Black rat snake, Eastern fox snake, Westen fox snake, Eastern hog-nosed snake, Eastern milk snake, Copper-bellied water snake, Northern water snake, Queen snake, Brown snake, Northern red-bellied snake, Butler's garter snake, Northern ribbon snake, Eastern garter snake, Smooth green snake, Eastern massasauga rattlesnake, Snapping turtle, Painted turtle, Spotted turtle, Wood turtle, Blanding's turtle, Common map turtle, Eastern box turtle, Red-eared slider, Common musk turtle, Spiny softshell, Little brown bat, Indiana bat, Northern myotis, Silver-haired bat, Eastern pipistrelle, Big brown bat, Eastern red bat, Hoary bat, Coyote, Gray wolf, Red fox, Common gray fox, Black bear, Common raccoon, American marten, Fisher, Ermine, Least weasel, Long-tailed weasel, Mink, American badger, Striped skunk, Northern river otter, Bobcat, Virginia opossum, Eastern cottontail, Snowshoe hare, Least chipmunk, Eastern chipmunk, Woodchuck, Thirteen-lined ground squirrel, Eastern gray squirrel, Eastern fox squirrel, Red squirrel, Southern flying squirrel, Northern flying squirrel, American beaver, Deer mouse (bairdii), Deer mouse (gracilis), White-footed mouse, Southern red-backed vole, Meadow vole, Prairie vole, Woodland vole, Muskrat, Southern bog lemming, Meadow jumping mouse, Woodland jumping mouse, Common porcupine, Masked shrew, Water shrew, Smoky shrew, Arctic shrew, Pygmy shrew, Northern short-tailed shrew, Least shrew, Eastern mole, Star-nosed mole, Elk, White-tailed deer, Moose, Turkey vulture, Osprey, Bald eagle, Northern harrier, Sh arp-shinned hawk, Cooper's hawk, Northern goshawk, Red-shouldered hawk, Broad-winged hawk, Red-tailed hawk, American kestrel, Merlin, Peregrine falcon, American bittern, Least bittern, Great blue heron, Great egret, Cattle egret, Green heron, Black-crowned night-heron, Bobolink, Red-winged blackbird, Eastern meadowlark, Western meadowlark, Yellow-headed blackbird, Rusty blackbird, Brewer's blackbird, Common grackle, Brown-headed cowbird, Northern cardinal, Rose-breasted grosbeak, Indigo bunting, Dickcissel, Black-capped chickadee, Boreal chickadee, Tufted titmouse, Red-breasted nuthatch, White-breasted nuthatch, Brown creeper, Double-crested cormorant, Sandhill crane, Black-billed cuckoo, Yellow-billed cuckoo, Mourning dove, Purple finch, House finch, Red crossbill, White-winged crossbill, Pine siskin, American goldfinch, Evening grosbeak, Olive-sided flycatcher, Eastern wood-pewee, Yellow-bellied flycatcher, Acadian flycatcher, Alder flycatcher, Willow flycatcher, Least flycatcher, Eastern phoebe, Great crested flycatcher, Eastern kingbird, Common nighthawk, Whip-poor-will, Ring-billed gull, Herring gull, Caspian tern, Common tern, Forster's tern, Black tern, Ruby-throated hummingbird, Gray jay, Blue jay, American crow, Common raven, Belted kingfisher, Golden-crowned kinglet, Ruby-crowned kinglet, Blue-gray gnatcatcher, Horned lark, Common loon, Pied-billed grebe, Red-necked grebe, Gray catbird, Northern mockingbird, Brown thrasher, Orchard oriole, Baltimore oriole, Eastern screech-owl, Great horned owl, Barred owl, Great gray owl, Long-eared owl, Short-eared owl, Northern saw-whet owl, Ring-necked pheasant, Spruce grouse, Ruffed grouse, Sharp-tailed grouse, Wild turkey, Northern bobwhite, Piping plover, Killdeer, Yellow rail, King rail, Virginia rail, Sora, Common moorhen, American coot, Spotted sandpiper, Upland sandpiper, Common snipe, American woodcock, Wilson's phalarope, Loggerhead shrike, Eastern towhee, Chipping sparrow, Clay-colored sparrow, Field sparrow, Vesper sparrow, Savannah sparrow, Grasshopper s parrow, Henslow's sparrow, Le Conte's sparrow, Song sparrow, Lincoln's sparrow, Swamp sparrow, White-throated sparrow, Dark-eyed junco, Purple martin, Tree swallow, Northern rough-winged swallow, Bank swallow, Cliff swallow, Barn swallow, Trumpeter swan, Canada goose, Wood duck, Green-winged teal, American black duck, Mallard, Northern pintail, Blue-winged teal, Northern shoveler, Gadwall, American wigeon, Redhead, Ring-necked duck, Common goldeneye, Hooded merganser, Common merganser, Red-breasted merganser, Ruddy duck, Chimney swift, Scarlet tanager, Eastern bluebird, Veery, Swainson's thrush, Hermit thrush, Wood thrush, American robin, White-eyed vireo, Blue-headed vireo, Yellow-throated vireo, Warbling vireo, Philadelphia vireo, Red-eyed vireo, Blue-winged warbler, Golden-winged warbler, Tennessee warbler, Nashville warbler, Northern parula, Yellow warbler, Chestnut-sided warbler, Magnolia warbler, Cape May warbler, Black-throated blue warbler, Yellow-rumped warbler, Black-throated green warbler, Blackburnian warbler, Yellow-throated warbler, Pine warbler, Kirtland's warbler, Prairie warbler, Palm warbler, Bay-breasted warbler, Cerulean warbler, Black-and-white warbler, American redstart, Prothonotary warbler, Worm-eating warbler, Ovenbird, Northern waterthrush, Louisiana waterthrush, Connecticut warbler, Mourning warbler, Common yellowthroat, Hooded warbler, Wilson's warbler, Canada warbler, Yellow-breasted chat, Cedar waxwing, Red-headed woodpecker, Red-bellied woodpecker, Yellow-bellied sapsucker, Downy woodpecker, Hairy woodpecker, Black-backed woodpecker, Northern flicker, Pileated woodpecker, Carolina wren, House wren, Winter wren, Sedge wren, Marsh wren
Place:
Place_Keyword: Michigan
Access_Constraints:
REQUIRED: Restrictions and legal prerequisites for accessing the data set.
Use_Constraints:
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources assumes no liability for results or conclusions drawn from use of this data.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Division
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address: P.O. Box 30444, Stephens T. Mason Building
City: Lansing
State_or_Province: MI
Postal_Code: 48909-7944
Country: USA
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
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Data_Quality_Information:
Lineage:
Process_Step:
Process_Description: Metadata imported.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: C:\DOCUME~1\Genny\LOCALS~1\Temp\xml60.tmp

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Raster
Raster_Object_Information:
Raster_Object_Type: Grid Cell
Row_Count: 8693
Column_Count: 7496
Vertical_Count: 1

Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Planar:
Map_Projection:
Map_Projection_Name: Oblique Mercator
Oblique_Mercator:
Scale_Factor_at_Center_Line: 0.999600
Oblique_Line_Azimuth:
Azimuthal_Angle: 337.255560
Azimuth_Measure_Point_Longitude: -86.000000
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 45.309167
False_Easting: 2546731.496000
False_Northing: -4354009.816000
Planar_Coordinate_Information:
Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: row and column
Coordinate_Representation:
Abscissa_Resolution: 90.000000
Ordinate_Resolution: 90.000000
Planar_Distance_Units: meters
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

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: amph_sprich
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.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Value
Attribute_Definition:
Value equals the number of species in each taxonomic goup (amphibians, reptiles, mammals, and birds) who have predicted habitat located in a given pixel.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Count
Attribute_Definition: Total number of pixels with a given species richness.

Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Division
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address: P.O. Box 30444, Stephens T. Mason Building
City: Lansing
State_or_Province: MI
Postal_Code: 48909-7944
Country: USA
Resource_Description: Downloadable Data
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Transfer_Size: 10.981
Fees: None
Ordering_Instructions:
Download for free from the Michigan DNR Spatial Data Library at www.state.mi.us/spatialdatalibrary.

Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: USGS Gap Analysis Program
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 530 S. Asbury St. Suite 1
City: Moscow
State_or_Province: ID
Postal_Code: 83843
Country: USA
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:

Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20050218
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Division
Contact_Person: REQUIRED: The person responsible for the metadata information.
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address: P.O. Box 30444, Stephens T. Mason Building
City: Lansing
State_or_Province: MI
Postal_Code: 48909-7944
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone:
REQUIRED: The telephone number by which individuals can speak to the organization or individual.
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
Metadata_Extensions:
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