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Title:
Southern California shrub and subshrub use-availability data
Author(s):
Riordan, Erin C.; Montalvo, Arlee M.; Beyers, Jan L.; Johnson, Nels G.; Williams, Matthew R.
Publication Year:
2021
How to Cite:
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Riordan, Erin C.; Montalvo, Arlee M.; Beyers, Jan L.; Johnson, Nels G.; Williams, Matthew R. 2021. Southern California shrub and subshrub use-availability data. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2021-0060
Abstract:
This data publication contains information used in the use-availability modeling of five plant species that occur in southern California shrublands: Acmispon glaber (Vogel) Brouillet, Arctostaphylos glandulosa Eastw., Eriodictyon crassifolium Benth., Eriogonum fasciculatum Benth., and Eriodictyon trichocalyx A. Heller. Use data (latitude, longitude of known species locations) were collected from herbarium records and field surveys. Availability data corresponds to locations in the study region where species have not been sampled. Localities are in an Albers Equal Area planar projection. Corresponding historical (1951-1980) 30 year average climate data for use-availability localities were obtained from the Basin Characterization Model (BCM), which models the interactions of climate with landscape attributes such as topography and soils and provides 270 meter resolution grids for historical and future climate in California. Climate variables include temperature and precipitation seasonality, precipitation of the warmest and coldest quarter, minimum winter temperatures, maximum summer temperatures, evapotranspiration and climatic water deficit.

Keywords:
biota; environment; Ecology, Ecosystems, & Environment; Plant ecology; Natural Resource Management & Use; Restoration; alluvial scrub; California sage scrub; chaparral; climate; ecological restoration; shrubland; species distribution model; use-availability model; Acmispon glaber; Arctostaphylos glandulosa; Eriodictyon crassifolium; Eriodictyon trichocalyx; Eriogonum fasciculatum; California; southern California
Related publications:
  • Johnson, Nels G.; Williams, Matthew R.; Riordan, Erin C. 2021. Generalized nonlinear models can solve prediction problem for data from species-stratified use-availability design. Diversity and Distributions. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13384
  • Riordan, Erin C.; Montalvo, Arlee M.; Beyers, Jan L. 2018. Using species distribution models with climate change scenarios to aid ecological restoration decisionmaking for southern California shrublands. Research Paper. PSW-RP-270. Albany, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station. 130 p. https://doi.org/10.2737/PSW-RP-270
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