Data from: Assessing accuracy of GAP and LANDFIRE land cover datasets in winter habitats used by greater sage-grouse in Idaho and Wyoming, USA Dataset DOI: 10.7923/9CFT-9G84 Dataset published to support the following peer-reviewed manuscript: Title: Assessing accuracy of GAP and LANDFIRE land cover datasets in winter habitats used by greater sage-grouse in Idaho and Wyoming, USA Journal: Journal of Environmental Management Manuscript DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111720 Data use: License: CC-BY 4.0 - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Recommended Citation: Fremgen-Tarantino, M. R., Olsoy, P., Frye, G. G., Connelly, J. W., Krakauer, A. H., Patricelli, G. L., Child, A. W., & Sorensen Forbey, J. (2022). Data from: Assessing accuracy of GAP and LANDFIRE land cover datasets in winter habitats used by greater sage-grouse in Idaho and Wyoming, USA [Data set]. University of Idaho. https://doi.org/10.7923/9CFT-9G84 Data Files (gap_landfire_extracted_data directory): Field_GAP_LANDFIRE_LandCover.csv: This file summarizes the classification of field collected vegetation types into appropriate ecological systems, communities, and species to match GAP and LANDFIRE data, as well as summarizes the data extracted at each spatial scale (0 m/point, 100 m, 1000 m, and 5000 m) for each data set at each study area. File Header Key: STATE: State in which field data were collected (Idaho or Wyoming); categorical SITE: Study area in which field data were collected; categorical PATCH: Unique identifier for each forage or random point at which field data were collected; unique codes SPECIES: Species of sagebrush identified at each field location; categorical Field (ground-truthed) GAP: Ecological systems classification identified at each field location, based on vegetation type present and other ecological information/site knowledge; categorical Point GAP (code): GAP ecological systems land cover classification at each point, extracted from the point (codes define raster display, but are unique vegetation codes); integer Point GAP (name): GAP ecological systems land cover classification at each point, extracted from the point; categorical 100 m GAP (code for majority): Numerical raster code for the GAP Ecological system that dominated the 100-m radius plot around the field point where data were collected 100 m GAP (proportion of cells): Proportion of raster cells within the 100-m radius of the field point that were the primary GAP ecological system identified 100 m GAP (name): Categorical description for the GAP Ecological system that dominated the 100-m radius plot around the field point where data were collected 1000 m GAP (code for majority): Numerical raster code for the GAP Ecological system that dominated the 1000-m radius plot around the field point where data were collected 1000 m GAP (proportion of cells): Proportion of raster cells within the 1000-m radius of the field point that were the primary GAP ecological system identified 1000 m GAP (name): Categorical description for the GAP Ecological system that dominated the 1000-m radius plot around the field point where data were collected 5000 m GAP (code for majority): Numerical raster code for the GAP Ecological system that dominated the 5000-m radius plot around the field point where data were collected 5000 m GAP (proportion of cells): Proportion of raster cells within the 5000-m radius of the field point that were the primary GAP ecological system identified 5000 m GAP (name): Categorical description for the GAP Ecological system that dominated the 5000-m radius plot around the field point where data were collected LANDFIRE Point (code): Numerical raster code for the LANDFIRE existing vegetation type (EVT) SAF-SRM description at the field point where data were collected LANDFIRE Point (name): Categorical description for the LANDFIRE existing vegetation type (EVT) SAF-SRM description at the field point where data were collected Field LANDFIRE (community): LANDFIRE existing vegetation type (EVT) SAF-SRM description translated into an appropriate functional/structural group of sagebrush for the point at which data were collected Point LANDFIRE (community): Categorical description of the vegetation at a point divided into functional/structural groups of sagebrush, described in terms of the LANDFIRE existing vegetation type (EVT) SAF-SRM description were collected Field LANDFIRE (species): Categorical description of the vegetation at a point, described in terms of the LANDFIRE existing vegetation type (EVT) SAF-SRM description were collected Point LANDFIRE (species): Categorical description of the vegetation at a point extracted from the LANDFIRE existing vegetation type (EVT) SAF-SRM descriptions 100 m LANDFIRE (code for majority): Numerical raster code for the LANDFIRE existing vegetation type (EVT) SAF-SRM description that dominated the 100-m radius plot around the field point where data were collected 100 m LANDFIRE (proportion of cells): Proportion of raster cells within the 100-m radius of the field point that were the primary LANDFIRE existing vegetation type (EVT) SAF-SRM description identified 100 m LANDFIRE (name extracted): Categorical description for the LANDFIRE existing vegetation type (EVT) SAF-SRM description that dominated the 100-m radius plot around the field point where data were collected 100 m LANDFIRE (community name): Categorical description for the LANDFIRE existing vegetation type (EVT) SAF-SRM description translated into a functional/structural group of sagebrush that dominated the 100-m radius plot around the field point where data were collected 100 m LANDFIRE (species name): Categorical description for the LANDFIRE existing vegetation type (EVT) SAF-SRM description translated into a sagebrush species name that dominated the 100-m radius plot around the field point where data were collected 1000 m LANDFIRE (code for majority): Numerical raster code for the LANDFIRE existing vegetation type (EVT) SAF-SRM description that dominated the 1000-m radius plot around the field point where data were collected 1000 m LANDFIRE (proportion of cells): Proportion of raster cells within the 1000-m radius of the field point that were the primary LANDFIRE existing vegetation type (EVT) SAF-SRM description identified 1000 m LANDFIRE (name extracted): Categorical description for the LANDFIRE existing vegetation type (EVT) SAF-SRM description that dominated the 1000-m radius plot around the field point where data were collected 1000 m LANDFIRE (community name): Categorical description for the LANDFIRE existing vegetation type (EVT) SAF-SRM description translated into a functional/structural group of sagebrush that dominated the 1000-m radius plot around the field point where data were collected 1000 m LANDFIRE (species name): Categorical description for the LANDFIRE existing vegetation type (EVT) SAF-SRM description translated into a sagebrush species name that dominated the 1000-m radius plot around the field point where data were collected 5000 m LANDFIRE (code for majority): Numerical raster code for the LANDFIRE existing vegetation type (EVT) SAF-SRM description that dominated the 5000-m radius plot around the field point where data were collected 5000 m LANDFIRE (proportion of cells): Proportion of raster cells within the 5000-m radius of the field point that were the primary LANDFIRE existing vegetation type (EVT) SAF-SRM description identified 5000 m LANDFIRE (name extracted): Categorical description for the LANDFIRE existing vegetation type (EVT) SAF-SRM description that dominated the 5000-m radius plot around the field point where data were collected 5000 m LANDFIRE (community name): Categorical description for the LANDFIRE existing vegetation type (EVT) SAF-SRM description translated into a functional/structural group of sagebrush that dominated the 5000-m radius plot around the field point where data were collected 5000 m LANDFIRE (species name): Categorical description for the LANDFIRE existing vegetation type (EVT) SAF-SRM description translated into a sagebrush species name that dominated the 55000-m radius plot around the field point where data were collected Vegetation_Cover_and_Height.csv: This file summarizes the vegetation cover and height measurements taken at each field location (forage and available points), measured using canopy gap intercept and height measurements along transects. These field collected data are shared with the classification data extracted from LANDFIRE's vegetation structure datasets. File Header Key: SITE: Study area in which field data were collected; categorical PATCH: Unique identifier for each forage or random point at which field data were collected; unique codes SPECIES: Species of sagebrush identified at each field location; categorical CANOPY_COVER: Vegetative canopy cover measured using the canopy gap protocol on rangeland transects, as a proportion of 1; continuous numerical CANOPY_COVER_%: Vegetative canopy cover measured using the canopy gap protocol on rangeland transects, as a percentage; continuous numerical DENSITY (plants/sq.m): Density of sagebrush plants along a 1-m belt transect established at the plot center (plants/sq m); continuous numerical HEIGHT: Average height of sagebrush plants along the canopy gap range transects (cm); continuous numerical Use: Patch type, as either a forage (used) patch or random (available) patch; categorical datum: Geospatial datum; categorical zone: Projection zone for projected map datums; categorical easting: UTM location easting (m); integer northing: UTM location northing (m); integer LANDFIRE Cover Output: LANDFIRE code for cover value (codes for a vegetative cover range); integer LANDFIRE Cover (%): LANDFIRE canopy cover estimate (%); integer Field Cover within 10% Bin?: Column answers (yes/no) if the LANDFIRE percent cover estimate would fall into the same 0-10% "bin" as the field collected data (0-10, 11-20, 21-30, etc); binary categorical LANDFIRE Height Output: LANDFIRE code for vegetation height value (codes for a height range); integer LANDFIRE Height (cm): LANDFIRE height estimate as a range of potential values (range); categorical Field 10% cover bin: 0-10% bins in which the field-collected cover value falls into (0-10, 11-20, 21-30, etc); categorical SHRUB_Height_Correct?: Column answers (yes/no) if the LANDFIRE height estimate would fall into the same 0.5 m height "bin" as the field collected data; binary categorical Figures_Height_and_cover.xlsx: Proprietary Microsoft Excel file (.xlsx) utilized to generate figures for manuscript Data Sub-Directory: LANDFIRE_Height_Cover_Patches: See enclosed readme.txt for explanation of files. Directory Contents: All_Datums.csv NAD83_11N_Extract.csv NADCONUS27_11N.csv readme.txt WGS84_11N_Extract.csv WGS84_12N_Extract.csv WGS84_12N.csv WGS84_LatLong_Extract.csv