R/BBS_PA_landcover_1km.R
BBS_PA_landcover_1km.Rd
Landcover within a 1km buffer of Pennsylvania BBS routes. 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.
BBS_PA_landcover_1km
A data frame...
BBS route number
Bird conservation region
State
Route name
length of route
amount of habitat in category 0 of the National Land Cover Database
Open water
NLCD.12
Developed Open Space; town and city parks, recreational fields, large-lot neighborhoods
Developed Low Intensity; 1 of 4 developed cover classes
Developed Medium Intensity; 1 of 4 developed cover classes
Developed High Intensity; 1 of 4 developed cover classes
Barren land
Deciduous Forest; 1 of 3 forest landcover classes
Evergreen Forest; 1 of 3 forest landcover classes
Mixed Forest; 1 of 3forest landcover classes
Shrub or scrub
Grassland or Herbaceous
Pasture or Hay
Cultivated Crops
Woody wetland
Herbaceous wetland
total landcover accross all variables
https://figshare.com/articles/Data_Paper_Data_Paper/3554424
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/
Veech et al. 2012. Representativeness f land cover composition along routes of the North American Breeding Bird Survey. Aug 129:259-267.