University of California Riverside Center for Conservation Biology 2009 vector digital data https://wildlife.ca.gov/Data/BIOS https://ccb.ucr.edu/ https://filelib.wildlife.ca.gov/Public/BDB/GIS/BIOS/Public_Datasets/600_699/ds638.zip The Western Riverside County Multiple Species Conservation Plan (WRCMSHCP) is the largest conservation plan in southern California and seeks to protect approximately 500,000 acres of natural habitats (Dudek and Associates 2003). The University of California Riverside's Center for Conservation Biology (CCB) began developing methods and collecting data to describe coastal sage scrub and riparian communities in the WRCMSHCP preserve system as part of the Community Monitoring Program (Barrows et al. 2005; CCB 2005). This data was used to help determine the status of many of the 146 species protected by the WRCMSHCP plan and provide information on ecological relationships and processes important in managing these communities.Riparian habitats within the Plan Area have become increasingly fragmented and isolated as areas are being developed or converted for agriculture. In addition, these habitats are vulnerable to threats such as invasive plants. CCB conducted surveys for birds, soil arthropods, and vegetation in cottonwood-willow and southern willow scrub riparian habitats in 2004 as part of the Community Monitoring Plan. Within each riparian corridor, biologists surveyed 281 stations along the length of the corridor, spaced at 200 m intervals. Vegetation was sampled following a minimal disturbance protocol developed by Point Reyes Bird Observatory (http://www.prbo.org/tools/pc/relevepr.html). This method was designed to assess the habitat of the bird point counts (see ds212), which may serve as a predictor for species occurence and can be used to track changes over time (Allen et al. 2005). Habitat assessments were conducted following the bird point count surveys. A 50 meter plot was established at each survey station and the riparian habitat was characterized at each plot. If more than one habitat was found in the plot, the additional habitats and percentage present were noted.This data layer represents the habitat description results of the riparian corridor vegetation community monitoring sampling and was compiled as part of the Southern California Data Integration Project.REFERENCESAllen, M.F., John T. Rotenberry, Kristine L. Preston, Ken J. Halama, Tracy Tennant, Cameron W. Barrows, Vanessa Rivera del Rio, Antonio Celis Murrillo, Xiongwen Chen, and Veronique M. Rorive. 2005. CCB 2005: Towards developing a monitoring framework for Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plans. Part I. Center for Conservation Biology. Paper CCB2005. http://repositories.cdlib.org/ccb/CCB2005Barrows, C.W., M.B. Swartz, W.L. Hodges, M.F. Allen, J.T. Rotenberry, and B.L. Li. 2005. A framework for monitoring multiple species conservation plans. Journal of Wildlife Management 69: 1333-1345.Center for Conservation Biology. 2005. Western Riverside County Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan. Calif. Dept. of Fish and Game, Inland Ecosystems of California: Resource Assessment Program.Dudek and Associates. 2003. Western Riverside County Multiple Species Conservation Plan. Final MSHCP, County of Riverside, Riverside California. The purpose of CCB's research program was to develop a monitoring framework for the WRCMSHCP. This framework involved constructing and testing models identifying suitable habitat for Covered Species, constructing and testing conceptual models postulating Covered Species population responses to environmental processes, and establishing sampling strategies to characterize natural communities. The combination of modeling and data sampling strategies were being developed to aid in guiding future monitoring and management of 146 Covered Species in the WRCMSHCP. 2004 ground condition Complete None planned -117.536251 -116.724963 33.984933 33.538048 None Riparian Corridor Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan Habitat Ground Cover ISO 19115 Topic Category biota environment None Riverside County California Government Users of BIOS. Distribution Requests must be approved by CCB. 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.Recommended Citation: Center for Conservation Biology (CCB). UCR_CCB_RIPHabitat2004 [ds XXX]. Digital Data. Biogeographic Information and Observation System (BIOS). Retrieved on DATE from http://bios.dfg.ca.gov. University of California Riverside Center for Conservation Biology Darrel Jenerette Professor and Landscape Ecologist (951) 827-7113 darrel.jenerette@ucr.edu University of California Riverside Center for Conservation Biology Darrel Jenerette Professor and Landscape Ecologist (951) 827-7113 darrel.jenerette@ucr.edu Microsoft Windows Vista Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.4095 The grid of survey points was generated by randomly placing a network of regularly spaced points every 250 m across the western Riverside County region using the Fishnet procedure in ArcInfo. All generated maps were projected in UTM NAD 1927 Zone 11 CONUS. Observational and location data are maintained in the CCB Species Database and were submitted in an MS Excel file. These data were imported into ArcGIS 9.3 to create the final dataset and metadata. Dataset copied. Reprojected data into California Teale Albers NAD83. Edited original metadata by adding ISO keywords. 20100421 091954 California Department of Fish and Game Nancy Ying bios@dfg.ca.gov Vector Entity point 281 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 ds638 Vegetation community sampling conducted in Riparian Corridor habitats in Riverside County for the WRMSHCP. OBJECTID Internal feature number. Esri Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. Shape Feature geometry. ESRI Coordinates defining the features. Pt_Name Point Name. Includes Site Code (see below) and Point ID. BACR Bautista Creek Riparian Grid BOSP Box Springs Riparian Grid GERT Santa Gertrudis Creek Riparian Grid HIVA Santa Ana River- Hidden Valley Park Riparian Grid LIMO Santa Ana River- Limonite St Riparian Grid MOCA Mockingbird Canyon Riparian Grid MOTT Motte Reserve Riparian Grid POCA Potrero Canyon Riparian Grid SART Santa Ana River - Tyler St Riparian Grid SARV Santa Ana River - Van Buren Riparian Grid SJRN San Jacinto River North Riparian Grid SKIN Shipley Skinner Reserve Riparian Grid- (Canyon east of Lake Skinner ) STCA San Timoteo Canyon Riparian Grid SYCA Sycamore Canyon Riparian Grid UNIV University Riparian Grid WSCR Warm Springs Creek Riparian Grid Per_Rip Percent Riparian habitat in sampling plot. Hab2 Secondary habitat in sampling plot. Per_Hab2 Percent of secondary habitat in plot. Hab3 Tertiary habitat in plot. Per_Hab3 Percent of tertiary habitat in plot. PalmCover Percent Palm Cover. ShrubCover Percent Shrub Cover. HerbCover Percent Herb Cover. StndWater Standing Water presence/ absence. FlowWater Flowing Water presence/absence. LargeSnags Number of snags greater than 10cm diameter in Riparian habitat. SmallSnags Number of snags less than 10cm diameter in Riparian habitat. Num_Logs Number of logs greater than 10cm diameter in Riparian habitat. Slope_Deg The slope of the plot as a percentage (0 = flat, 100 = verticle). Averaged over entire 50 m plot. Slope_Asp Direction of the slope (degrees from N). Hab_Notes Comments about the Habitat. Water Percent Water in Riparian habitat. Veg Percent vegetative ground cover in Riparian habitat. Sand Percent sand ground cover in Riparian habitat. Rock Percent rock ground cover in Riparian habitat. Soil Percent soil ground cover in Riparian habitat. LeafLitter Percent leaf litter ground cover in Riparian habitat. CoarseWood Percent coarse wood ground cover in Riparian habitat. Pavement Percent pavement ground cover in Riparian habitat. Tot_Cov Total Percent of ground cover and water in Riparian habitat. OTHER Other types of ground cover in Riparian habitat. UTM27E UTM Easting Coordinate. UTM27N UTM Northing Coordinate. 20210720 University of California Riverside Center for Conservation Biology Darrel Jenerette Professor and Landscape Ecologist (951) 827-7113 darrel.jenerette@ucr.edu FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata FGDC-STD-001-1998 local time