California Department of Fish and Wildlife 20190523 vector digital data ftp://ftp.wildlife.ca.gov/BDB/GIS/BIOS/Public_Datasets/2800_2899/ds2830.zip https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Data/BIOS A total of 36 visual encounter quadrat surveys were conducted at a subset of study sites in the Great Valley between April and July 2016. A time-constrained search of 1 hour was conducted within a one-hectare quadrat, which was positioned to overlap survey site center and to be representative of the lifeform associated with the survey site. Waypoints were established at the four corners of a 100m by 100m square, and a single observer systematically surveyed by visually searching for any surface-active reptiles, amphibians, or other terrestrial vertebrates, while also checking under cover objects, crevices, and within burrows using a hand mirror. For each encounter, the observer noted time, substrate, and behavior such as basking, foraging, courtship/reproduction, territoriality, and fleeing. As with transect surveys, all wildlife sign (tracks, scat, burrows, nests) were noted. 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 -122.044724 -118.906010 39.637979 35.235456 None TSM, Terrestrial Species Stressor Monitoring, drought, central valley, Great Valley, Mojave Desert, environment, California, biodiversity, bird, bat, reptile, amphibian, vegetation, quadrat survey ISO 19115 Topic Categories biota environment None Great Valley, Mojave Desert, 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 416 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 ds2830 OBJECTID Internal feature number. Esri Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. Shape Feature geometry. Esri Coordinates defining the features. Event_Species Species observed SName Scientific Name CName Common name Avian_Observation_Type If species was avian, type of observation (e.g., audio, visual, fly-over) Scat_Condition If observation was of scat, description of condition Count_Tally Number of individuals observed Date Date of survey Time_of_Sighting Time of observation Confidence Observer's confidence in species identification Behavior Behavior of species observed Start_Time Survey start time Stop_Time Survey end time Precipitation Precipitation at start of survey Wind Wind speed at start of survey Cloud_Cover Percent cloud cover at start of survey Substrate Substrate associated with species observation Ambient_Temperature_Start Ambient air temperature at start of survey (C) Soil_Temperature_Start Soil temperature at start of survey (C) Ambient_Temperature_Stop Ambient air temperature at end of survey (C) Soil_Temperature_Stop Soil temperature at end of survey (C) Notes Survey notes SiteID Unique study site identifier Ecoregion USDA Ecoregion Lifeform Type of generalized habitat at this location 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