Georgia GAP mammal models

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Georgia Gap analysis Project
Publication_Date: Dec. 2003
Title: Georgia GAP mammal models
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: raster digital data
Description:
Abstract:
This data set consists of a binary grid of predicted habitat for mammal 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.
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
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
Theme_Keyword: GAP
Theme_Keyword: vertebrate
Theme_Keyword: habitat
Theme_Keyword: models
Theme_Keyword: prediction
Theme_Keyword: mammal
Theme_Keyword: Blarina brevicauda
Theme_Keyword: Blarina carolinensis
Theme_Keyword: Canis latrans
Theme_Keyword: Castor canadensis
Theme_Keyword: Clethrionomys gapperi
Theme_Keyword: Condylura cristata
Theme_Keyword: Corynorhinus rafinesquii
Theme_Keyword: Cryptotis parva
Theme_Keyword: Dasypus novemcinctus
Theme_Keyword: Didelphis virginiana
Theme_Keyword: Eptesicus fuscus
Theme_Keyword: Equus caballus
Theme_Keyword: Geomys pinetis
Theme_Keyword: Glaucomys volans
Theme_Keyword: Lasionycteris noctivagans
Theme_Keyword: Lasiurus borealis
Theme_Keyword: Lasiurus cinereus
Theme_Keyword: Lasiurus intermedius
Theme_Keyword: Lasiurus seminolus
Theme_Keyword: Lutra canadensis
Theme_Keyword: Lynx rufus
Theme_Keyword: Marmota monax
Theme_Keyword: Mephitis mephitis
Theme_Keyword: Microtus pennsylvanicus
Theme_Keyword: Microtus pinetorum
Theme_Keyword: Mus musculus
Theme_Keyword: Mustela frenata
Theme_Keyword: Mustela nivalis
Theme_Keyword: Mustela vison
Theme_Keyword: Myocastor coypus
Theme_Keyword: Myotis austroriparius
Theme_Keyword: Myotis grisescens
Theme_Keyword: Myotis leibii
Theme_Keyword: Myotis lucifugus
Theme_Keyword: Myotis septentrionalis
Theme_Keyword: Myotis sodalis
Theme_Keyword: Napaeozapus insignis
Theme_Keyword: Neofiber alleni
Theme_Keyword: Neotoma floridana
Theme_Keyword: Nycticeius humeralis
Theme_Keyword: Ochrotomys nuttalli
Theme_Keyword: Odocoileus virginianus
Theme_Keyword: Ondatra zibethicus
Theme_Keyword: Oryzomys palustris
Theme_Keyword: Parascalops breweri
Theme_Keyword: Peromyscus gossypinus
Theme_Keyword: Peromyscus leucopus
Theme_Keyword: Peromyscus maniculatus
Theme_Keyword: Peromyscus polionotus
Theme_Keyword: Pipistrellus subflavus
Theme_Keyword: Procyon lotor
Theme_Keyword: Rattus norvegicus
Theme_Keyword: Rattus rattus
Theme_Keyword: Reithrodontomys humulis
Theme_Keyword: Scalopus aquaticus
Theme_Keyword: Sciurus carolinensis
Theme_Keyword: Sciurus niger
Theme_Keyword: Sigmodon hispidus
Theme_Keyword: Sorex cinereus
Theme_Keyword: Sorex dispar
Theme_Keyword: Sorex fumeus
Theme_Keyword: Sorex hoyi
Theme_Keyword: Sorex longirostris
Theme_Keyword: Sorex palustris
Theme_Keyword: Spilogale putorius
Theme_Keyword: Sus scrofa
Theme_Keyword: Sylvilagus aquaticus
Theme_Keyword: Sylvilagus floridanus
Theme_Keyword: Sylvilagus palustris
Theme_Keyword: Sylvilagus transitionalis (obscurus)
Theme_Keyword: Synaptomys cooperi
Theme_Keyword: Tadarida brasiliensis
Theme_Keyword: Tamias striatus
Theme_Keyword: Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Theme_Keyword: Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Theme_Keyword: Ursus americanus
Theme_Keyword: Vulpes vulpes
Theme_Keyword: Zapus hudsonius
Theme_Keyword: Meadow jumping mouse
Theme_Keyword: Red fox
Theme_Keyword: Black bear
Theme_Keyword: Common gray fox
Theme_Keyword: Red squirrel
Theme_Keyword: Eastern chipmunk
Theme_Keyword: Brazilian free-tailed bat
Theme_Keyword: New England (Appalachian) cottontail
Theme_Keyword: Marsh rabbit
Theme_Keyword: Eastern cottontail
Theme_Keyword: Swamp rabbit
Theme_Keyword: Wild pig
Theme_Keyword: Eastern spotted skunk
Theme_Keyword: Water shrew
Theme_Keyword: Southeastern shrew
Theme_Keyword: Pygmy shrew
Theme_Keyword: Smoky shrew
Theme_Keyword: Longtail shrew
Theme_Keyword: Masked shrew
Theme_Keyword: Hispid cotton rat
Theme_Keyword: Eastern fox squirrel
Theme_Keyword: Eastern gray squirrel
Theme_Keyword: Eastern mole
Theme_Keyword: Eastern harvest mouse
Theme_Keyword: Black rat
Theme_Keyword: Norway rat
Theme_Keyword: Common raccoon
Theme_Keyword: Eastern pipistrelle
Theme_Keyword: Oldfield mouse
Theme_Keyword: Deer mouse
Theme_Keyword: White-footed mouse
Theme_Keyword: Cotton mouse
Theme_Keyword: Hairytail mole
Theme_Keyword: Marsh rice rat
Theme_Keyword: Muskrat
Theme_Keyword: White-tailed deer
Theme_Keyword: Golden mouse
Theme_Keyword: Evening bat
Theme_Keyword: Eastern woodrat
Theme_Keyword: Round-tailed muskrat
Theme_Keyword: Woodland jumping mouse
Theme_Keyword: Indiana bat
Theme_Keyword: Northern myotis
Theme_Keyword: Little brown myotis
Theme_Keyword: Eastern small-footed myotis
Theme_Keyword: Gray myotis
Theme_Keyword: Southeastern myotis
Theme_Keyword: Nutria
Theme_Keyword: Mink
Theme_Keyword: Least weasel
Theme_Keyword: Long-tailed weasel
Theme_Keyword: House mouse
Theme_Keyword: Woodland vole
Theme_Keyword: Meadow vole
Theme_Keyword: Striped skunk
Theme_Keyword: Woodchuck
Theme_Keyword: Bobcat
Theme_Keyword: Northern river otter
Theme_Keyword: Seminole bat
Theme_Keyword: Northern yellow bat
Theme_Keyword: Hoary bat
Theme_Keyword: Eastern red bat
Theme_Keyword: Silver-haired bat
Theme_Keyword: Southern flying squirrel
Theme_Keyword: Southeastern pocket gopher
Theme_Keyword: Horse
Theme_Keyword: Big brown bat
Theme_Keyword: Virginia opossum
Theme_Keyword: Nine-banded armadillo
Theme_Keyword: Least shrew
Theme_Keyword: Rafinesque's big-eared bat
Theme_Keyword: Star-nosed mole
Theme_Keyword: Southern red-backed vole
Theme_Keyword: American beaver
Theme_Keyword: Coyote
Theme_Keyword: Southern short-tailed shrew
Theme_Keyword: Northern short-tailed shrew
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
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: 6835
Column_Count: 8275
Vertical_Count: 1
Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Planar:
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
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: Georgia GAP vertebrate models
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ObjectID
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
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Count
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.
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Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2003
Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: National Gap Operations Office
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 530 S Asbury
City: Moscow
State_or_Province: Idaho
Postal_Code: 83843
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 208-885-3907
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 208-885-3618
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: natgap@uidaho.edu
Resource_Description: Downloadable Data
Distribution_Liability:
Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S.Geological Survey, no warrenty expressed or implied is made regarding the accuracy or utility of the data on any other system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warrenty. This disclaimer applies both to individual use of the data and aggregate use with other data. It is strongly recommended that these data re directly acquited from a U.S. Geological Survey server, and not indirecly through other sources which may have changed the data in some way. It is also strongly recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of the metadata file associated with these data. The U.S. Geoligogical Survey shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein.
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Network_Resource_Name: <http://www.gap.uidaho.edu/gap>
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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
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