California Department of Fish and Wildlife 20190523 vector digital data https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Data/BIOS ftp://ftp.wildlife.ca.gov/BDB/GIS/BIOS/Public_Datasets/2800_2899/ds2824.zip Automated acoustic recorders were deployed at 331 sites across the Mojave Desert ecoregion and 263 sites across the Great Valley ecoregion between March and July of 2016 and 2017. At each survey location, an SM3-BAT bioacoustic recorder was deployed with both an SMM-A1 acoustic microphone and an SMM-U1 ultrasonic microphone (Wildlife Acoustics, Inc., Maynard, MA, USA, hereafter termed ARU). Automated recorders were cable locked to securely-placed T-posts, with microphones 2 meters above the ground, and were located within 10 meters of the site center at a relatively open spot not occupied by thick vegetation. The ARUs were programmed to record three 5-minute sessions each morning during the survey period, with the first session at 30 minutes before sunrise, the second at sunrise, and the third at 30 minutes after sunrise. The ARUs were also programmed to alternate between 7.5-minute audible acoustic recordings and 22.5-minute triggered, full-spectrum ultrasonic recordings from 30 minutes before sunset until 0400 the following morning, at which time the ultrasonic recordings ceased; the 7.5-minute acoustic recordings continued every 30 minutes until the 5-minute dawn chorus recordings began at 30 minutes before sunrise. Deployments lasted for seven consecutive days, on average. For the avian acoustic analysis, all birds were surveyed on the acoustic channel from the three 5-minute dawn chorus recordings collected from three mornings during the survey period, preferably from consecutive days. Recordings were reviewed, and bird species identified by song or call. To aid in bird identification, spectrograms were visually examined using Raven Pro software (v. 1.5; Cornell Lab of Ornithology Bioacoustics Research Program, Ithaca, NY, USA). Multispecies hierarchical occupancy models were then used to estimate 1) the probability a given bird species occurred within the area sampled by an acoustic recorder during the survey period, 2) the richness of bird species, and 3) community and species-specific responses to different ecological covariates. For each sampling location, each 5-minute acoustic recording (n = 9) was treated as a repeat survey at that particular site. Occurrence and detection probabilities were assumed to differ between years and among species, and were assumed to be influenced by ecological covariates (e.g., crop cover, forest cover, water availability). In response to a drought State of Emergency declared by the Governor in January 2014 and subsequent executive orders, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) was charged to implement projects that respond to drought conditions through habitat restoration and other measures. To provide scientific information necessary to meet these conservation challenges, leadership at CDFW prioritized establishment of a statewide resource assessment program, one component of which would be to monitor wildlife populations and their vulnerability to drought stressors. The purpose of Terrestrial Species Stressor Monitoring (TSM) was to begin the monitoring process by collecting baseline survey data on a wide variety of common wildlife species throughout the Great Valley and Mojave Desert ecoregions. Data collected at some or all study sites include infrared camera trap images, ultrasonic acoustic recordings, audible acoustic recordings, visual encounter surveys for reptiles and amphibians, avian point counts, and vegetation surveys. The data will be used to estimate occupancy and abundance of wildlife species and to model associations with drought and other habitat conditions. Complete None planned -122.262150 -113.842257 40.217404 33.862025 None TSM, Terrestrial Species Stressor Monitoring, drought, central valley, Great Valley, Mojave Desert, environment, California, biodiversity, bird, bat, reptile, amphibian, vegetation, acoustic, acoustic survey ISO 19115 Topic Categories biota environment None Mojave Desert, Great Valley, California None License: This work is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Using the citation standards recommended for BIOS datasets (https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Data/BIOS/Citing-BIOS) satisfies the attribution requirements of this license.Disclaimer: The State makes no claims, promises, or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, reliability, or adequacy of these data and expressly disclaims liability for errors and omissions in these data. No warranty of any kind, implied, expressed, or statutory, including but not limited to the warranties of non-infringement of third party rights, title, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and freedom from computer virus, is given with respect to these data. California Department of Fish and Wildlife-WFD-WLB Brett Furnas Wildlife Ecologist (530) 227-3998 Brett.Furnas@wildlife.ca.gov California Department of Fish and Wildlife-WFD-WLB Brett Furnas Wildlife Ecologist (530) 227-3998 Brett.Furnas@wildlife.ca.gov Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.6.1.9270 Vector GT-polygon composed of chains 28759 NAD 1983 California Teale Albers 34.0 40.5 -120.0 0.0 0.0 -4000000.0 coordinate pair 0.0001 0.0001 meter D North American 1983 GRS 1980 6378137.0 298.257222101 ds2824 OBJECTID Internal feature number. Esri Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. Shape Feature geometry. Esri Coordinates defining the features. SpeciesCode Shorthand code refering to a specific species File Audio filename, which includes SiteID, Date, and Time of recording Detection Type of sound detected Detection_Time Seconds into recording at which species was detected Audibility Audibility of detection Detection_Notes Notes on the detection MinNumber Minimum number of individuals detected Notes Notes associated with specific detection Ecoregion USDA Ecoregion Lifeform Type of generalized habitat at this location Cname Common name of species detected Sname Scientific name of species detected Wind Level of wind noise that was detected in acoustic recording file Rain Level of noise from rain that was detected in acoustic recording file SiteID Hex ID and survey location within the hex combined into a unique identifying field Stream Level of noise from flowing water that was detected in acoustic recording file Deployment Deployment of auditory trap Retrieval Retrieval of auditory trap OtherNoise Level of other noise that was detected in acoustic recording file Shape_Length Length of feature in internal units. Esri Positive real numbers that are automatically generated. Shape_Area Area of feature in internal units squared. Esri Positive real numbers that are automatically generated. 20210604 California Department of Fish and Wildlife-WFD-WLB Brett Furnas Wildlife Ecologist (530) 227-3998 Brett.Furnas@wildlife.ca.gov FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata FGDC-STD-001-1998 local time