1996 International Piping Plover Census

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Jonathan H. Plissner and Susan M. Haig

Publication_Date: 1997

Title: 1996 International Piping Plover Census

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: research report

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Corvallis, Oregon

Publisher:

US Geological Survey Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center

Other_Citation_Details: 231 p

Description:

Abstract:

This data set is an appendix to a paper report on the Piping Plover census. It consists of 11 tables of winter census information and 30 tables of breeding census data from the Atlantic Coast and Great Lakes/Northern Plains and Prairie regions of North America. Data are available in the form of journal articles listed in Cross References.

Purpose:

To assess the status and distribution of the Piping Plover and to provide a measure of success of preceding recovery efforts.

Supplemental_Information: Science Information System Project# 70-39

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1996

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Every 5 years

Spatial_Domain:

Description_of_Geographic_Extent: Wintering and breeding range of Piping Plover

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -116

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -57

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 56

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 16

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: endanged species

Theme_Keyword: at-risk species

Theme_Keyword: winter census

Theme_Keyword: breeding census

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Place_Keyword: North Carolina

Place_Keyword: South Carolina

Place_Keyword: Georgia

Place_Keyword: Florida

Place_Keyword: Alabama

Place_Keyword: Mississippi

Place_Keyword: Louisiana

Place_Keyword: Texas

Place_Keyword: Tamaulipas, Mexico

Place_Keyword: Bahamas

Place_Keyword: Cuba

Place_Keyword: Bermuda

Place_Keyword: St. Pierre and Miquelon, France

Place_Keyword: Newfoundland

Place_Keyword: Quebec

Place_Keyword: Price Edward Island

Place_Keyword: New Brunswick

Place_Keyword: Maine

Place_Keyword: Massachussetts

Place_Keyword: Rhode Island

Place_Keyword: Connecticut

Place_Keyword: New York

Place_Keyword: New Jersey

Place_Keyword: Delaware

Place_Keyword: Maryland

Place_Keyword: Virginia

Place_Keyword: Michigan

Place_Keyword: Wisconsin

Place_Keyword: Ontario

Place_Keyword: Alberta

Place_Keyword: Saskatchewan

Place_Keyword: Manitoba

Place_Keyword: Minnesota

Place_Keyword: Missouri River systen

Place_Keyword: Montana

Place_Keyword: North Dakota

Place_Keyword: South Dakota

Place_Keyword: Iowa

Place_Keyword: Nebraska

Place_Keyword: Colorado

Taxonomy:

Keywords/Taxon:

Taxonomic_Keyword_Thesaurus: none

Taxonomic_Keywords: birds

Taxonomic_Keywords: piping plover

Taxonomic_Classification:

Taxon_Rank_Name: Kingdom

Taxon_Rank_Value: Animalia

Taxonomic_Classification:

Taxon_Rank_Name: Division

Taxon_Rank_Value: Chordata

Taxonomic_Classification:

Taxon_Rank_Name: Class

Taxon_Rank_Value: Aves

Taxonomic_Classification:

Taxon_Rank_Name: Order

Taxon_Rank_Value: Charadriiformes

Taxonomic_Classification:

Taxon_Rank_Name: Family

Taxon_Rank_Value: Charadriidae

Taxonomic_Classification:

Taxon_Rank_Name: Genus

Taxon_Rank_Value: Charadrius

Taxonomic_Classification:

Taxon_Rank_Name: Species

Taxon_Rank_Value: melodus

Applicable_Commom_Name: piping plover

Access_Constraints:

Data are available in the form of journal articles listed in Cross References.

Use_Constraints: None

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Susan M. Haig

Contact_Organization:

US Geological Survey Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 3200 SW Jefferson Way

City: Corvallis

State_or_Province: OR

Postal_Code: 97331

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (541) 750-7482

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (541) 758-7761

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: susan_haig@usgs.gov

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: J.H. Plissner and S.M. Haig

Publication_Date: 2000

Title: Viability of piping plover Charadrius melodus metapopulations

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Biological Conservation

Issue_Identification: 92 (2000)

Other_Citation_Details: pp 163 - 173

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Jonathan H. Plissner and Susan M. Haig

Publication_Date: 2000

Title:

Status of a broadly distributed endangered species: results and implications of the second International Piping Plover Census

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Journal article

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Canadian Journal of Zoology

Issue_Identification: 78: 128-139 (2000)

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

Guidelines were provided to census takers to assure consistent data recording.

Logical_Consistency_Report: does not apply

Completeness_Report:

Observers were asked to avoid conducting censuses in extreme weather. Note methods for other details.

Lineage:

Methodology:

Methodology_Type: Field

Methodology_Description:

Approximately 1200 biologists and volunteers throughout Canada, the United States, Mexico, the Bahamas, and nations of the Greater Antilles participated in the second International Piping Plover Census using the methods described in Cross References.

Process_Step:

Process_Description: original field survey, no data processing was performed

Process_Date: Unknown

Cloud_Cover: 0

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Indirect_Spatial_Reference: Range of Piping Plover

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: State/Provincial summary tables

Entity_Type_Definition:

data summariesof census information for each state, province, or area where census was taken

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Project-defined

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: 91 census

Attribute_Definition: was site included in 1991 census

Attribute_Definition_Source: census guidelines

Attribute_Domain_Values:

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Enumerated_Domain_Value: y

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: yes

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: n

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: no

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: part

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: partial

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: null

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: County

Attribute_Definition: name of county where census was taken

Attribute_Definition_Source: State/Province

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: list of county names

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Date

Attribute_Definition: date of census

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: date value (mm/dd)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Km cvrd

Attribute_Definition: distance covered (shoreline) by habitat

Attribute_Definition_Source: census guidelines

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: null

Range_Domain_Maximum: no limit

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Map#

Attribute_Definition: map index number

Attribute_Definition_Source: map publisher

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: integer index value

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: owner

Attribute_Definition: owner of census site

Attribute_Definition_Source: census guidelines

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: project defined

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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: private

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Attribute:

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Attribute_Definition: habitat where birds were counted

Attribute_Definition_Source: census guidelines

Attribute_Domain_Values:

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Attribute_Definition: type of shoreline

Attribute_Definition_Source: census guidelines

Attribute_Domain_Values:

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Attribute:

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Attribute_Definition_Source: census guidelines

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Attribute_Definition_Source: census guidelines

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Attribute_Definition_Source: census guidelines

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Attribute_Domain_Values:

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Attribute_Definition: birds counted at census site

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Attribute_Definition_Source: map publisher

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Metadata_Future_Review_Date:

Metadata_Contact:

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Contact_Organization:

U.S. Geological Survey Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 3200 SW Jefferson Way

City: Corvallis

State_or_Province: OR

Postal_Code: 97331

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 541-750-7343

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 541-758-7761

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