Multiple Threats (Fig. 8) - A Sagebrush Conservation Design to Proactively Restore America?s Sagebrush Biome [U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service] Full Details

Full Details

Title:

Multiple Threats (Fig. 8) - A Sagebrush Conservation Design to Proactively Restore America?s Sagebrush Biome [U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service]

Description:

File-based data for download: https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/632a33ced34e71c6d67b914fRelated report with figures: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20221081Location and extent of three mapped threats (invasive annual grasses, expanding conifers, and human modification) with core sagebrush areas and growth opportunity areas across the sagebrush biome of theUnited States for 2020. Blue areas (dark and light, representing core sagebrush areas [CSAs] and growth opportunity areas [GOAs], respectively) arelocations of high sagebrush ecological integrity and could serve as anchor points in an overall biome-wide strategy.Sagebrush foliage percent cover is a definitive characteristic of the ecosystem and relevant to persistence of most sagebrush-associated animal species studied, such as greater sage-grouse (Connelly and others, 2011), sagebrush-obligate songbirds (Knick and Rotenberry, 1995; Earnst and Holmes, 2012; Carlisle and others, 2018), and pygmy rabbits (Smith and others, 2019). Fragmentation and loss of formerly large and contiguous sagebrush patches are primarily the result of altered fire regimes, annual grass invasion, conifer woodlands expansion, and various human land uses—trends that profoundly alter the composition, structure, and function of the ecosystem (table 2; Knick, 1999).

Creator:

Department of the Interior

Provider:

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Open Data

Resource Class:

Datasets and Web services

Resource Type:

Vector data

Temporal Coverage:

Last modified 2023-12-04

Date Issued:

2022-09-20

Place:

United States

Rights:

United States Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein. While the Service makes every reasonable effort to ensure the accuracy and completeness of data provided for distribution, it may not have the necessary accuracy or completeness required for every possible intended use. The Service recommends that data users consult the associated metadata record to understand the quality and possible limitations of the data. The Service creates metadata records in accordance with the standards endorsed by the Federal Geographic Data Committee. As a result of the above considerations, the Service gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of the data. It is the responsibility of the data user to use the data in a manner consistent with the limitations of geospatial data in general and these data in particular. Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the Service, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made regarding the utility of the data on another system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. This applies to the use of the data both alone and in aggregate with other data and information.

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

Shapefile

Language:

English

Date Added:

2023-08-11