Kansas GAP Analysis Reptile Species Predicted Distributions, ARC/INFO Grids

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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

Kansas GAP Analysis Project, Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Kansas State University

Publication_Date: 2002

Title:

Kansas GAP Analysis Reptile Species Predicted Distributions, ARC/INFO Grids

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: raster digital data

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Manhattan, Kansas

Publisher: Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit

Description:

Abstract:

This collection of grids contains individual predicted potential habitat grids for each breeding Kansas amphibian known to occur in the state. Habitats were predicted for each species from a combination of wildlife habitat relationship information collected from various references, county range limits, and the Kansas Land Cover Map. In order to save disk space, these grids were generalized to 90x90 m grid cells from the original 30x30 m grid cells.

Purpose:

The purpose of this coverage is to provide predicted habitats to analyze the distribution and conservation status of elements of biological diversity in Kansas and identify 'gaps' in protection.

The Gap Analysis Program (GAP) is a nationwide effort under the direction of the Biological Resources Division of the U.S. Geological Survey of the U.S. Department of the Interior. It is the first time in the history of the United States that a comprehensive effort has been made to inventory and computerize the kinds and geographic distributions of species of plants and animals that contribute to our national diversity. GAP is being done on a state-by-state basis and currently is underway in all 50 states. Using the methods of GIS, maps of distributions of butterflies, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals and threatened, endangered, or sensitive species and their habitats, typically are overlaid upon maps of public lands. Those geographic areas where there are high varieties of species not occurring on such lands are considered "gaps" in a total system of land ownership that can be assumed to be in place to provide for long-term conservation of biological diversity, among other purposes.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2002

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -102.433301

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -94.074234

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.286262

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 36.657303

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Theme_Keyword: GAP Analysis

Theme_Keyword: Reptiles

Theme_Keyword: Habitats

Theme_Keyword: Predicted Distribution

Theme_Keyword: Common Snapping Turtle

Theme_Keyword: Chelydra serpentina serpentina

Theme_Keyword: Alligator Snapping Turtle

Theme_Keyword: Macroclemys temminckii

Theme_Keyword: Western Painted Turtle

Theme_Keyword: Chrysemys picta bellii

Theme_Keyword: Common Map Turtle

Theme_Keyword: Graptemys geographica

Theme_Keyword: Mississippi Map Turtle

Theme_Keyword: Graptemys pseudogeographica kohni

Theme_Keyword: Ouachita Map Turtle

Theme_Keyword: Graptemys ouachitensis

Theme_Keyword: River Cooter

Theme_Keyword: Pseudemys concinna

Theme_Keyword: Three-toed Box Turtle

Theme_Keyword: Terrapene carolina triunguis

Theme_Keyword: Ornate Box Turtle

Theme_Keyword: Terrapene ornata ornata

Theme_Keyword: Red-eared Slider

Theme_Keyword: Trachemys scripta elegans

Theme_Keyword: Yellow Mud Turtle

Theme_Keyword: Kinosternon flavescens flavescens

Theme_Keyword: Common Musk Turtle

Theme_Keyword: Sternotherus odoratus

Theme_Keyword: Midland Smooth Softshell

Theme_Keyword: Apalone mutica mutica

Theme_Keyword: Western Spiny Softshell

Theme_Keyword: Apalone spinifera hartwegi

Theme_Keyword: Slender Glass Lizard

Theme_Keyword: Ophisaurus attenuatus

Theme_Keyword: Eastern Collared Lizard

Theme_Keyword: Crotaphytus collaris collaris

Theme_Keyword: Lesser Earless Lizard

Theme_Keyword: Holbrookia maculata

Theme_Keyword: Texas Horned Lizard

Theme_Keyword: Phrynosoma cornutum

Theme_Keyword: Northern Prairie Lizard

Theme_Keyword: Sceloporus undulatus garmani

Theme_Keyword: Northern Fence Lizard

Theme_Keyword: Sceloporus undulatus hyacinthinus

Theme_Keyword: Southern Coal Skink

Theme_Keyword: Eumeces anthracinus pluvialis

Theme_Keyword: Five-lined Skink

Theme_Keyword: Eumeces fasciatus

Theme_Keyword: Broadhead Skink

Theme_Keyword: Eumeces laticeps

Theme_Keyword: Southern Prairie Skink

Theme_Keyword: Eumeces septentrionalis obtusirostris

Theme_Keyword: Northern Prairie Skink

Theme_Keyword: Eumeces septentrionalis septentrionalis

Theme_Keyword: Great Plains Skink

Theme_Keyword: Eumeces obsoletus

Theme_Keyword: Ground Skink

Theme_Keyword: Scincella lateralis

Theme_Keyword: Six-lined Racerunner

Theme_Keyword: Cnemidophorus sexlineatus

Theme_Keyword: Kansas Glossy Snake

Theme_Keyword: Arizona elegans elegans

Theme_Keyword: Western Worm Snake

Theme_Keyword: Carphophis amoenus vermis

Theme_Keyword: Eastern Yellowbelly Racer

Theme_Keyword: Coluber constrictor flaviventris

Theme_Keyword: Prairie Ringneck Snake

Theme_Keyword: Diadophis punctatus arnyi

Theme_Keyword: Great Plains Rat Snake

Theme_Keyword: Elaphe guttata emoryi

Theme_Keyword: Black Rat Snake

Theme_Keyword: Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta

Theme_Keyword: Dusty Hognose Snake

Theme_Keyword: Heterodon nasicus gloydi

Theme_Keyword: Plains Hognose Snake

Theme_Keyword: Heterodon nasicus nasicus

Theme_Keyword: Eastern Hognose Snake

Theme_Keyword: Heterodon platirhinos

Theme_Keyword: Night Snake

Theme_Keyword: Hypsiglena torquata

Theme_Keyword: Prairie Kingsnake

Theme_Keyword: Lampropeltis calligaster calligaster

Theme_Keyword: Speckled Kingsnake

Theme_Keyword: Lampropeltis getula holbrooki

Theme_Keyword: Desert Kingsnake

Theme_Keyword: Lampropeltis getula splendida

Theme_Keyword: Red Milk Snake

Theme_Keyword: Lampropeltis triangulum syspila

Theme_Keyword: Central Plains Milk Snake

Theme_Keyword: Lampropeltis triangulum gentilis

Theme_Keyword: Coachwhip

Theme_Keyword: Masticophis flagellum

Theme_Keyword: Plainbelly Water Snake

Theme_Keyword: Nerodia erythrogaster

Theme_Keyword: Diamondback Water Snake

Theme_Keyword: Nerodia rhombifer rhombifer

Theme_Keyword: Northern Water Snake

Theme_Keyword: Nerodia sipedon sipedon

Theme_Keyword: Rough Green Snake

Theme_Keyword: Opheodrys aestivus

Theme_Keyword: Bullsnake

Theme_Keyword: Pituophis catenifer sayi

Theme_Keyword: Graham's Crayfish Snake

Theme_Keyword: Regina grahamii

Theme_Keyword: Longnose Snake

Theme_Keyword: Rhinocheilus lecontei

Theme_Keyword: Ground Snake

Theme_Keyword: Sonora semiannulata

Theme_Keyword: Brown Snake

Theme_Keyword: Storeria dekayi

Theme_Keyword: Northern Redbelly Snake

Theme_Keyword: Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata

Theme_Keyword: Flathead Snake

Theme_Keyword: Tantilla gracilis

Theme_Keyword: Plains Blackhead Snake

Theme_Keyword: Tantilla nigriceps

Theme_Keyword: Checkered Garter Snake

Theme_Keyword: Thamnophis marcianus

Theme_Keyword: Western Ribbon Snake

Theme_Keyword: Thamnophis proximus

Theme_Keyword: Western Plains Garter Snake

Theme_Keyword: Thamnophis radix haydenii

Theme_Keyword: Common Garter Snake

Theme_Keyword: Thamnophis sirtalis

Theme_Keyword: Texas Garter Snake

Theme_Keyword: Thamnophis sirtalis annectens

Theme_Keyword: Lined Snake

Theme_Keyword: Tropidoclonion lineatum

Theme_Keyword: Rough Earth Snake

Theme_Keyword: Virginia striatula

Theme_Keyword: Western Earth Snake

Theme_Keyword: Virginia valeriae elegans

Theme_Keyword: Texas Blind Snake

Theme_Keyword: Leptotyphlops dulcis

Theme_Keyword: Copperhead

Theme_Keyword: Agkistrodon contortrix

Theme_Keyword: Western Cottonmouth

Theme_Keyword: Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma

Theme_Keyword: Timber Rattlesnake

Theme_Keyword: Crotalus horridus

Theme_Keyword: Prairie Rattlesnake

Theme_Keyword: Crotalus viridis viridis

Theme_Keyword: Desert Massasauga

Theme_Keyword: Sistrurus catenatus edwardsii

Theme_Keyword: Western Massasauga

Theme_Keyword: Sistrurus catenatus tergeminus

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Place_Keyword: Kansas

Place_Keyword: Central Great Plains

Place_Keyword: Midwestern United States

Place_Keyword: United States

Temporal:

Temporal_Keyword: 2002

Temporal_Keyword: Early 21st century

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints: See www.gap.uidaho.edu

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit

Contact_Person: Jack Cully, Jr.

Contact_Position: Principle Investigator

Data_Set_Credit:

Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Kansas Biological Survey, Geographic Information Systems Spatial Analysis Laboratory (GISSAL), Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, Kansas Applied Remote Sensing (KARS), University of Kansas, Kansas State University, Kansas GIS Policy Board, U.S. EPA, NASA, U.S.G.S. Biological Resources Division, National Park Service

Native_Data_Set_Environment: Windows NT - ARC/INFO 7.2

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

No formal accuracy assessment was completed. Accuracy of this dataset is difficult to analyze without extensive field data collection. Accuracy of the predicted habitats depends on several source datasets including: land cover map, species-habitat relationship database based on literature reviews, and species range information.

Completeness_Report: Modeling completed in 2002

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Todd Hoernemann

Title: Kansas Vertebrate Modeling Database

Type_of_Source_Media: Microsoft Access database

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2002

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Contribution:

Wildlife-habitat relationships and county distributions are documented for breeding wildlife species in Kansas

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Jack Cully, Jr.

Publication_Date: 2002

Title: KS-GAP Final Report

Series_Information:

Series_Name: GAP Analysis, USGS Biological Resources Division

Issue_Identification: Final Report

Type_of_Source_Media: CD-ROM

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2002

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Contribution: Documentation of detailed methods of coverage creation

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Jason Karl

Title: Hypergrid AML

Online_Linkage: <http://www.gap.uidaho.edu/>

Type_of_Source_Media: computer program

Source_Contribution:

AML used to combine individual species ARC/INFO grids into a single grid

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Wildlife-habitat relationships (WHR) and county distributions were developed for each vertebrate breeding in Kansas as described in the KS-GAP Final Report. WHRs for each species were created from literature references and from information provided by the Kansas Scientific Advisory Committee. Predicted distributions were modeled in a GIS by selecting appropriate habitat types and then limiting these areas to within the species' distribution.

Process_Date: 2002

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit

Contact_Person: Todd Hoernemann

Contact_Position: Research Assistant

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 205 Leasure Hall

City: Manhattan

State_or_Province: KS

Postal_Code: 66506-3501

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 785-532-6070

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The predicted distributions generalized to 90x90 m grid cells with 0 (absence) and 1 (presence) to reduce file size for easier viewing. Wildlife-habitat relationships (WHR) and county distributions were developed for each vertebrate breeding in Kansas as described in the KS-GAP Final Report. WHRs for each species were created from literature references and from information provided by the Kansas Scientific Advisory Committee. Predicted distributions were modeled in a GIS by selecting appropriate habitat types and then limiting these areas to within the species' distribution.

Process_Date: 2002

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Raster

Raster_Object_Information:

Raster_Object_Type: Grid Cell

Row_Count: 4360

Column_Count: 7906

Vertical_Count: 1

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Grid_Coordinate_System:

Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator

Universal_Transverse_Mercator:

UTM_Zone_Number: 14

Transverse_Mercator:

Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.999600

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -99.000000

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.000000

False_Easting: 500000.000000

False_Northing: 0.000000

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: row and column

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 90.000000

Ordinate_Resolution: 90.000000

Planar_Distance_Units: meters

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1927

Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke 1866

Semi-major_Axis: 6378206.400000

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 294.978698

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

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Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ObjectID

Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Value

Attribute_Definition: Presence (1) or Absence (0)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Count

Attribute_Definition: Number of pixels

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

Each grid includes two fields: Value and Count. Entries for the Value field include 0 (absence) or 1 (presence) for each cell. The Count field indicates the total count of cells for each Value.

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Jack Cully, Jr.

Contact_Organization:

Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit (Kansas State University, Division of Biology)

Contact_Position: Principle Investigator

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 205 Leasure Hall

Address: Kansas State University

City: Manhattan

State_or_Province: KS

Postal_Code: 66506-3501

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (785)532-6534

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (785)532-7159

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: bcully@ksu.edu

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Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Ree Brannon

Contact_Organization: National GAP Analysis Program

Contact_Position: Senior GIS Analyst

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 530 S. Asbury St., Suite 1

City: Moscow

State_or_Province: ID

Postal_Code: 83843

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 208-885-3720

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 208-885-3618

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: abrannon@uidaho.edu

Resource_Description: Downloadable Data

Distribution_Liability:

Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Geological Survey, no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the accuracy or utility of the data on any other system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. This disclaimer applies both to individual use of the data and aggregate use with other data. It is strongly recommended that these data are directly acquired from a U.S. Geological Survey server, and not indirectly through other sources which may have changed the data in some way. It is also strongly recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of the metadata file associated with these data. The U.S. Geological Survey shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein. Data evaluation and improvement may be ongoing. This is writable data which may have been altered from the original product if not obtained from a designated data distributor.

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Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20021107

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit

Contact_Person: Jack Cully, Jr.

Contact_Position: Principle Investigator

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 205 Leasure Hall

Address: Kansas State University

City: Manhattan

State_or_Province: KS

Postal_Code: 66506-3501

Country: USA

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Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

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