R/BBS_PA_SCTA.R
BBS_PA_SCTA.Rd
PA BBS data for SCTA for 2006
BBS_PA_SCTA
A data frame...
year; all = 2006, the year landcover data obtained
American Ornithological Union (AOU) 4 digit code; all 6080 for scarlet tanager
BBS route number within Pennsylvania
species name; all SCTA for scarlet tanager
total number of Scarlet tanagers seen on each route in 2006
Total amount of forested landcover (NLCD.41,42,43) pixels around each route
Total number of landcover pixels
percentage of landcover that is forested
https://figshare.com/articles/Data_Paper_Data_Paper/3554424
Landcover is within a 1km buffer of Pennsylvania BBS routes. Original cover classes combined into overarching groups. Original data from the National Land Cover Database (NLCD) https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/national-land-cover-database-nlcd-land-cover-collection The data were taken from the 2006 NLCD dataset.
Small et al. 2016. Data Paper: Local landscape composition and configuration around North American Breeding Bird Survey routes. See also: http://esapubs.org/archive/ecol/E093/215/