Title:

Data supporting an examination of estimating the potential capacity of ecosystems to support biodiversity in the prediction of realized avian diversity

Author(s):

Knowles, Michael S.; Flather, Curtis H.

Publication Year:

2021

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Knowles, Michael S.; Flather, Curtis H. 2021. Data supporting an examination of estimating the potential capacity of ecosystems to support biodiversity in the prediction of realized avian diversity. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2021-0001

Abstract:

These data document three classes of response variables: total abundance, total richness, and estimated richness for avian species in the coterminous United States. Each response variable was estimated for each year in the 2010-2014 time period and for all species, exotic species, native species, forest woodland species, grassland species, passerine species, exotic passerine species, native passerine species, forest woodland passerine species, and grassland passerine species. This data publication includes both the observed and estimated species richness for species detected using the 2016 Breeding Bird Survey routes. Estimates were calculated by COMDYN (https://www.usgs.gov/centers/pwrc/software). Also included are shapefiles containing Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) route centroids, BBS route start locations, and Bird Conservation Regions (BCR) for North America.

Keywords:

biota; boundaries; environment; Inventory, Monitoring, & Analysis; Techniques; Natural Resource Management & Use; Conservation; Wildlife (or Fauna); Birds; COMDYN; passerine; exotic; native; abundance; richness; Breeding Bird Survey; Bird Conservation Region; coterminous United States

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