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Data for Estimating McKay's Bunting (Plectrophenax hyperboreus) Population Change on St. Matthew and Hall Islands, Alaska

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This dataset consists of three tables relating to (1) detections of adult McKay's Buntings from line transect with distance estimation surveys on St. Matthew and Hall islands in Alaska between May 30 and June 29, 2003 and June 6 and 11, 2018, (2) environmental covariates associated with detections of adult McKay's Buntings in less than or equal to 250-m long contiguous transect segments, and (3) environmental covariates used to predict McKay's Bunting population size in less than or equal to 300 x 300-m pixels across the study area in each year, and to estimate population change between years.

Author(s): Richardson, R. M.; Matsuoka, S. M.

Suggested Citation:
Richardson, R. M. and Matsuoka, S. M., 2023, Data for estimating McKay's Bunting (Plectrophenax hyperboreus) population change on St. Matthew and Hall islands, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P94JY2KH.

Referenced Publication(s):

Matsuoka, S. M. and J. A. Johnson. 2008. Using a multimodel approach to estimate the population size of McKay's Buntings. The Condor 110(2):371-376. doi:10.1525/cond.2008.8492

Richardson, R. M., C. L. Amundson, J. A. Johnson, M. D. Romano, A. R. Taylor, M. D. Fleming, and S. M. Matsuoka. 2023. Rapid population decline in McKay's Bunting, an Alaskan endemic, highlights the species’ current status relative to international standards for vulnerable species. Ornithological Applications 126(2):duad064. doi:10.1093/ornithapp/duad064

Johnson, J. A., L. H. DeCicco, S. M. Matsuoka, and A. L. Sowls. 2013. Nesting ecology of McKay's Buntings on St. Matthew Island, Alaska. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 125(2):376-384.


DataID: 589 | doi:10.5066/P94JY2KH | Date Posted Online: 2023-08-30 | Last Updated:

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