Mule Deer Habitat of North America
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- Identification_Information:
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- Citation:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: RS/GIS Laboratory, Utah State University
- Publication_Date: 20041231
- Title: Mule Deer Habitat of North America
- Edition: First
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
- Description:
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- Abstract:
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This database contains GIS datasets representing the distribution of
mule deer habitat throughout the United States and Canada (Alberta
& Saskatewan only). Mule deer habitat is divided into 6 separate
GIS layers corresponding to 6 types of mule deer habitat: 1)limited
range, 2) summer range, 3) other important habitat, 4) winter range, 5)
winter concentration, and 6) year-round population. Information on mule
deer limiting factors associated with each habitat type is provided
within the GIS datasets. Habitat delineations were identified through a
Delphi process on a state-by-state basis and were subsequently
tablet-digitized from 1:250,000 scale maps.
- Purpose:
- These data are intended to provide resource managers regional
scale information (1: 250,000) on mule deer habitat for wildlife
conservation and management purposes.
- Time_Period_of_Content:
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- Time_Period_Information:
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- Single_Date/Time:
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- Calendar_Date: 2004
- Currentness_Reference: ground condition
- Status:
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- Progress: Complete
- Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
- Spatial_Domain:
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- Bounding_Coordinates:
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- West_Bounding_Coordinate: -140
- East_Bounding_Coordinate: -96
- North_Bounding_Coordinate: 66
- South_Bounding_Coordinate: 30
- Keywords:
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- Theme:
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- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
- Theme_Keyword: Mule deer habitat
- Place:
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- Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
- Place_Keyword: United States
- Place_Keyword: Canada
- Place_Keyword: North America
- Access_Constraints: none
- Use_Constraints:
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Appropriate scale for these data is 1: 250,000 smaller. The user assumes responsiblity when using this dataset.
- Point_of_Contact:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Organization_Primary:
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- Contact_Organization:
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Remote Sensing/GIS Laboratory, College of Natural Resources, Utah State University
- Contact_Position: Director or Assistant Director
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: mailing
- Address: UMC 5275
- City: Logan
- State_or_Province: Utah
- Postal_Code: 84321-5275
- Country: USA
- Data_Set_Credit:
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Todd Black, Wildlife Extension Associate, Utah State University.
Terry Messner, Professor, Dept. of Forestry, Range and Wildlife Sciences, Utah State University.
Douglas Ramsey, Associate Professor, Dept. of Forestry, Range and Wildlife Sciences, Utah State University.
Alan Luce, GIS Technician, RS/GIS Laboratory, Utah State University.
Wendy Hurd, GIS Technician, RS/GIS Laboratory, Utah State University.
John Lowry, Assistant Director for Projects, RS/GIS Laboratory, Utah State University.
- Data_Quality_Information:
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- Attribute_Accuracy:
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- Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
- A review of digiting efforts was performed by state biologists
to quality control the digitizing process. Besides this effort at
quality control, no accuracy assessment was performed.
- Logical_Consistency_Report:
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All polygons were checked for correct coding by state biologist.
- Completeness_Report:
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Habitat ranges were delineated and coded to the best ability of the local state biologists.
- Lineage:
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- Source_Information:
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- Source_Citation:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator:
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1:250K topographic maps (United States Geological Survey and Canada Energy, Mines & Resources)
- Title: USGS Topographic Quadrangle
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
- Source_Scale_Denominator: 250,000
- Type_of_Source_Media: paper
- Source_Citation_Abbreviation:
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1:250K topographic maps (United States Geological Survey and Canada Energy, Mines & Resources)
- Source_Contribution:
- Paper 1:250K maps were used by biologists to delineate habitat
ranges. Polygons were tablet digitized and coded according to
biologist's specifications.
- Process_Step:
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- Process_Description:
- 1) Wildlife biologists for each state and/or province were
visited and presented with instructions to delineate mule deer habit
range in their state (Delphi process).
2) Delineations were drawn on 1:250,000 topographic paper maps.
3) Topographic maps were tablet digitized and attributed using
workstation ArcInfo as coverages. Each state was digitized in
appropriate UTM zone for that state.
4) Proof maps (approx scale 1: 500,000) were sent back to biologists
for review of linework and attribute coding.
5) Individual state datasets were projected to a common projection
(Albers Equal Area) and merged in ArcGIS.
- Process_Date: 2004
- Process_Contact:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Organization_Primary:
- Contact_Position: Director or Assistant Director
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: mailing
- Address: UMC 5275
- City: Logan
- State_or_Province: Utah
- Postal_Code: 84321-5275
- Country: USA
- Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
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- Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: vector
- Spatial_Reference_Information:
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- Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
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- Planar:
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- Map_Projection:
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- Map_Projection_Name: Albers Conical Equal Area
- Albers_Conical_Equal_Area:
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- Standard_Parallel: 29 30 00
- Standard_Parallel: 45 30 00
- Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -96 00 00
- Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 23 00 00
- False_Easting: 00 00 00
- False_Northing: 00 00 00
- Planar_Coordinate_Information:
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- Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair
- Coordinate_Representation:
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- Abscissa_Resolution: 50
- Ordinate_Resolution: 50
- Planar_Distance_Units: meters
- Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
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- Overview_Description:
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- Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
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A separate GIS coverage was created for each habitat class. Each coverage contains at a minimum the following fields:
Class: A letter designation for the habitat class
Class_name: A name for the habitat class
Limits_all: A list of all limiting factor categories in order of importance, separated by a comma.
Comment: Notes provided by biologist when applicable.
Acres: Area of the polygon in acres.
Hectares: Area of the polygon in hectares.
Limit1: First limiting factor as identifed by biologist.
Limit2: Second limiting factor as identified by biolgist.
Limit3: Third limiting factor as identified by biolgist.
Limit4: Fourth limiting factor as identified by biolgist.
Limit5: Fifth limiting factor as identified by biolgist.
Limit6: Sixth limiting factor as identified by biolgist.
Limit7: Seventh limiting factor as identified by biolgist.
Limit8: Eighth limiting factor as identified by biolgist.
Limit9: Nineth limiting factor as identified by biolgist.
Limit10: Tenth limiting factor as identified by biolgist.
The following provides descriptions of the habitat classes:
A-limited range: Includes habitat which is occasionally
inhabited and/or contains small population of scattered mule deer.
B-Summer Range: That part of the overall range where 90% of the
individuals are located between spring green-up and the first heavy
snowfall.
C-Other important habitat: Areas that are part of the overall range
where higher quality habitat supports significantly higher densities
than surrounding areas. These areas are typically occupied year round
and not necessarily associated with a specific season. Examples
include: rough break country, riparian areas, small drainages and large
areas of irrigated cropland, migration corridors, highway crossings,
fawning areas, etc..
D-Winter Range: That part of the overall range where 90 percent of the
individuals are located during the average five winters out of ten from
the first heavy snowfall to spring green-up, or during a site-specific
period of winter. A subset of this definition would include a “severe
winter range†definition to include areas within the winter range
where 90% of the individuals are located when annual snow pack is at
its maximum and/or temperatures are at a minimum in the two worst
winters our of ten. limited
E-Winter Concentration: That part of the winter range where densities
are at least 200% greater than the surrounding winter range density
during the same period used to define winter range in the average five
winters out of ten.
F-Year-round Population: An area that provides year-round range for a
population of mule deer. The resident mule deer use all of the area all
year; it cannot be subdivided into seasonal ranges although it may be
included within the overall range of the larger population.
The following provides descriptions of limiting factors:
00: Domestic livestock forage competition--Primarly affects: Habitat Management,
01: Habitat succession/ maturation--Primarly affects: Habitat Management,
02: Urban expansion--Primarly affects: Habitat Conservation,
03: Public land habitat availability--Primarly affects: Habitat Conservation,
04: Increased road densities--Primarly affects: Habitat Management,
05: Riparian impacts--Primarly affects: Habitat Management,
06: Timber harvest impacts--Primarly affects: Habitat Management,
07: Depredation--Primarly affects: Habitat Management,
08: Limited private land access--Primarly affects: Population Management,
09: Artificial feeding--Primarly affects: Habitat Management,
10: Habitat conversion--Primarly affects: Habitat Management,
11: Social carrying capacity exceeded--Primarly affects: Population Management,
12: Late seral stages needed--Primarly affects: Habitat Management,
13: High Density Recreation--Primarly affects: Habitat Management,
14: Water availability--Primarly affects: Habitat Management,
15: Transport/Water conveyance corridors--Primarly affects: Population Management,
16: Mineral Extraction/Exploration--Population Management,
17: Competition with other wild ungulates--Primarly affects: Habitat Management,
18: Special Situation--Primarly affects: Varied (see note below),
Special Situation Note: Habitat where deer populations may
occur, intermittently, in small numbers. In some instances, the public
may receive wildlife viewing, photographic or consumptive recreational
uses. However, land ownership, social carrying capacity considerations,
weather limitations, range conditions, and small size or configuration
of the topography is not suitable to manage for increasing deer
populations at the present time. Other situations could include game
farms, tribal lands, past catastrophic fires, invasion of weedy
species, feral horses etc.
- Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:
- For more detailed information on Habitat Classes and Limiting
Factor Categories, see the documents class_descriptions.doc and
limits_descriptions.doc.
- Distribution_Information:
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- Distributor:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Organization_Primary:
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- Contact_Organization: RS/GIS Laboratory
- Contact_Position: Director or Assistant Director
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: mailing
- Address: UMC 5275
- City: Logan
- State_or_Province: Utah
- Postal_Code: 84321-5275
- Country: USA
- Distribution_Liability:
- The RS/GIS Laboratory, Utah State University nor any
institution responsible for creating this dataset are responsible for
the re-distribution, content, or use of these data.
- Metadata_Reference_Information:
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- Metadata_Date: 20041231
- Metadata_Future_Review_Date: none
- Metadata_Contact:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Organization_Primary:
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- Contact_Organization: RSGIS Laboratory, Utah State University
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: mailing
- Address: UMC 5275
- City: Logan
- State_or_Province: Utah
- Postal_Code: 84321-5275
- Country: USA
- Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Statndard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
- Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
- Metadata_Security_Information:
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- Metadata_Security_Classification_System: none
- Metadata_Security_Classification: unclassified
- Metadata_Security_Handling_Description: none
- Metadata_Language: English
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