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Inventory Data of Lowland-Breeding Birds and Associated Vegetation Types on the Alaska Peninsula, 2004-2007

Data Download [2GB] | AK Science Portal | Project Site | Date Range: 05/13/2004 - 05/26/2007

These data are from a stratified random survey to inventory the birds breeding in lowlands (elevation below 100m) of the Alaska Peninsula, during summers 2004-2007. Data were collected at 792 points on 52 5-km x 5-km plots.

The Data are in seven tables: 1) geographic coordinates of the bounding corners of each of the 52 plots, 2) geographic coordinates of each of the 792 bird count points, 3) counts and behavioral observations of shorebirds and avian predators during 10-min bird point counts, 4) counts of all other bird species encountered during 10-min bird point counts, 5) vegetative cover at each of the bird count points, 6) summary of all bird species encountered on each of the 52 plots before, during, and after the 10-min bird point counts, and 7) bird taxonomy references.

The Raw Data are eight PDF files of digitally scanned original (raw) field data forms describing each of the 792 points and 52 plots. The Habitat Photos are a ZIP package containing 2824 JPEG photos of vegetation at the survey points.

Data sets included:

Inventory Data of Lowland-Breeding Birds and Associated Vegetation Types on the Alaska Peninsula, 2004-2007 - Data Metadata
Inventory Data of Lowland-Breeding Birds and Associated Vegetation Types on the Alaska Peninsula, 2004-2007 - Raw Data Metadata
Inventory Data of Lowland-Breeding Birds and Associated Vegetation Types on the Alaska Peninsula, 2004-2007 - Habitat Photos Metadata

Author(s): Tibbitts, T. L.; Savage, S. E.; Sesser, K. A.; Kaler, R. A. S.

Suggested Citation:
Tibbitts, T. L., Savage, S. E., Sesser, K. A. and Kaler, R. A. S., 2019, Inventory data of lowland-breeding birds and associated vegetation types on the Alaska Peninsula, 2004-2007 (ver. 2.0, May 2022): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9FR8FLZ.

Version History:
First release: March 2019
Revised: May 2022 (ver. 2.0)

Referenced Publication(s):

Savage, S. E., T. L. Tibbitts, K. A. Sesser, and R. A. S. Kaler. 2018. Inventory of lowland-breeding birds on the Alaska Peninsula. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 9(2):637-658. doi:10.3996/082017-JFWM-070


DataID: 228 | doi:10.5066/P9FR8FLZ | Date Posted Online: 2019-03-01 | Last Updated: 2022-05-05 11:28:11

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