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 (master_data directory): GF1.csv: Summarizes all data provided by graduate student Graham Frye on his data collection in a specific datum/projection, used to create and extract data from shapefiles Header Key: SAMPLE_TYP: Describes if the point was a used (browsed) or available (random) site; categorical FORAGING_P: Unique identifier for each forage patch; integer YEAR: Year in which data were collected; integer MONTH: Month in which data were collected; integer DAY: Day of the month in which data were collected; integer CP: Crude protein of vegetation samples (%); continuous numerical SPECIES: Species of vegetation collected at the used or available patch (DWARF or ATW); categorical TOTAL_MONO: Total AUMs of monoterpene chemical at each patch from the lab analysis of vegetation samples; continuous numerical EASTING: Easting UTM; integer NORTHING: Northing UTM; integer ZONE: Projection zone; integer DATUM: Datum of data collected; categorical RASTERVALU: Raster value from the LANDFIRE or GAP dataset, which provides a numeric code to describe the vegetation classification; integer EVT_FUEL: Raster value from the LANDFIRE or GAP dataset, which provides a numeric code to describe the vegetation classification; integer EVT_NAME: Ecological Systems name in the LANDFIRE EVT legend; categorical EVT_LF: Vegetation lifeform (e.g., Tree, Shrub, Herb, Sparse); categorical SYSTEMGROU: Landfire system group number SYSTMGRPPH: Landfire system group physiognomy SYSTMGRPNA: Landfire system group name SAF_SRM: Society of American Foresters/Society for Range Management cover type; categorical NVCSORDER: Vegetation Physiognomic Order (FGDC Classes); categorical NVCSCLASS: Vegetation Class (FGDC Classes); categorical NVCSSUBCLA: Vegetation Subclass (FGDC Classes); categorical GF2.csv: Summarizes all data provided by graduate student Graham Frye on his data collection in a specific datum/projection, used to create and extract data from shapefiles Header Key: CLUSTER: Unique identifier for foraging or available site FORAGING_P: Unique identifier for each forage patch; integer SITE: Study area COLLECTION: Date sagebrush samples were collected EASTING: Easting UTM; integer NORTHING: Northing UTM; integer Zone: Projection zone; integer Datum: Datum of data collected; categorical CSI_NUMBER: Unique identifier for each forage patch; integer SAMPLE_TYP: Describes if the point was a used (browsed) or available (random) site; categorical CP: Crude protein of vegetation samples (%); continuous numerical TOTAL_MONO: Total AUMs of monoterpene chemical at each patch from the lab analysis of vegetation samples; continuous numerical CHEMOTYPE: Species of vegetation collected at the used or available patch (DWARF or ATW); categorical RASTERVALU: Raster value from the LANDFIRE or GAP dataset, which provides a numeric code to describe the vegetation classification; integer EVT_FUEL: Raster value from the LANDFIRE or GAP dataset, which provides a numeric code to describe the vegetation classification; integer EVT_NAME: Ecological Systems name in the LANDFIRE EVT legend; categorical EVT_LF: Vegetation lifeform (e.g., Tree, Shrub, Herb, Sparse); categorical SYSTEMGROU: Landfire system group number SYSTMGRPPH: Landfire system group physiognomy SYSTMGRPNA: Landfire system group name SAF_SRM: Society of American Foresters/Society for Range Management cover type; categorical NVCSORDER: Vegetation Physiognomic Order (FGDC Classes); categorical NVCSCLASS: Vegetation Class (FGDC Classes); categorical NVCSSUBCLA: Vegetation Subclass (FGDC Classes); categorical GF3.csv: Summarizes all data provided by graduate student Graham Frye on his data collection in a specific datum/projection, used to create and extract data from shapefiles Header Key: CLUSTER: Unique identifier for foraging or available site FORAGING_P: Unique identifier for each forage patch; integer SITE: Study area COLLECTION: Date sagebrush samples were collected LATITUDE: Latitude of point (decimal degrees north of the equator) LONGITUDE: Longitude of point (decimal degrees west of the principal meridian) Datum: Datum of data collected; categorical CSI_NUMBER: Unique identifier for each forage patch; integer SAMPLE_TYP: Describes if the point was a used (browsed) or available (random) site; categorical CP: Crude protein of vegetation samples (%); continuous numerical TOTAL_MONO: Total AUMs of monoterpene chemical at each patch from the lab analysis of vegetation samples; continuous numerical CHEMOTYPE: Species of vegetation collected at the used or available patch (DWARF or ATW); categorical RASTERVALU: Raster value from the LANDFIRE or GAP dataset, which provides a numeric code to describe the vegetation classification; integer EVT_FUEL: Raster value from the LANDFIRE or GAP dataset, which provides a numeric code to describe the vegetation classification; integer EVT_NAME: Ecological Systems name in the LANDFIRE EVT legend; categorical EVT_LF: Vegetation lifeform (e.g., Tree, Shrub, Herb, Sparse); categorical SYSTEMGROU: Landfire system group number SYSTMGRPPH: Landfire system group physiognomy SYSTMGRPNA: Landfire system group name SAF_SRM: Society of American Foresters/Society for Range Management cover type; categorical NVCSORDER: Vegetation Physiognomic Order (FGDC Classes); categorical NVCSCLASS: Vegetation Class (FGDC Classes); categorical NVCSSUBCLA: Vegetation Subclass (FGDC Classes); categorical MF1.csv: Summarizes all data provided by graduate student Marcella Fremgen on her data collection in a specific datum/projection, used to create and extract data from shapefiles Header key: site_id: Unique identifier for each forage patch; letter and integer combination year: Year in which data were collected month: Month in which data were collected day: Day of the month when data were collected time: Time of day when sagebrush samples were collected use: Patch use or non-use by Greater Sage-Grouse study_peri: Study period, dividing winter into different timeframes based on duration of winter study_site: Study area datum: Datum of data collected; categorical zone: Projection zone; integer easting: Easting UTM; integer northing: Northing UTM; integer elevation: Elevation where data were collected (in feet) cloud_cove: Cloud cover when data were collected (%) precipitat: Precipitation when data were collected recent_pre: Recent precipitation when data were collected, as a description snow_depth: Average snow depth at the sample collection site percent_sn: Percent snow cover (ocular estimate) at the sample collection site snow_condi: Snow condition at the sample collection site wind_speed: Estimated wind speed at the sample collection site bird_id: Bird identification number from Idaho Fish and Game sex: Bird sex (from either capture data or observation of a flock opportunistically flushed) frequency: Frequency of radio collar affixed to birds by Idaho Fish and Game (null values for opportunistic flushing events) listen_fre: Frequency of radio collar affixed to birds - adjusted for the best frequency to listen to the radio collar distance_a: Distance birds flushed from the observer flock: Number of birds in a flock juniper_re: Sample collection site description of if juniper removal occurred recently or not burned: Sample collection site description of if a fire had occurred recently or not location: Rough written location description based off of local features Small_Arb: Number of browsed small (<15 cm tall) Artemisia arbuscula plants collected for chemical analyses Small_Wyo: Number of browsed small (<15 cm tall) Artemisia tridentata wyomingensis plants collected for chemical analyses Small_3Tip: Number of browsed small (<15 cm tall) Artemisia tripartita plants collected for chemical analyses Sheet1__Me: Number of browsed medium (15 - 45 cm tall) Artemisia arbuscla plants collected for chemical analyses Med_Nova: Number of browsed medium (15 - 45 cm tall) Artemisia nova plants collected for chemical analyses Med_3Tip: Number of browsed medium (15 - 45 cm tall) Artemisia tripartita wyomingensis plants collected for chemical analyses Large_Wyo: Number of browsed large (<45 cm tall) Artemisia tridentata wyomingensis plants collected for chemical analyses Large_3Tip: Number of browsed large (<45 cm tall) Artemisia tripartita plants collected for chemical analyses Small_Arb1: Number of unbrowsed small (<15 cm tall) Artemisia arbuscula plants collected for chemical analyses Small_Wyo1: Number of unbrowsed small (<15 cm tall) Artemisia tridentata wyomingensis plants collected for chemical analyses Small_3T_1: Number of unbrowsed small (<15 cm tall) Artemisia triparitita plants collected for chemical analyses Sheet1___1: Number of unbrowsed medium (15 - 45 cm tall) Artemisia arbuscula plants collected for chemical analyses Med_Wyo1: Number of unbrowsed medium (15-45 cm tall) Artemisia tridentata wyomingensis plants collected for chemical analyses Med_Nova1: Number of unbrowsed medium (15-45 cm tall) Artemisia nova plants collected for chemical analyses Med_3Tip1: Number of unbrowsed medium (15-45 cm tall) Artemisia tripartita plants collected for chemical analyses Large_Wyo1: Number of unbrowsed large (>45 cm tall) Artemisia tridentata wyomingensis plants collected for chemical analyses Large_3T_1: Number of unbrowsed large (>45 cm tall) Artemisia tripartita plants collected for chemical analyses Large_Basi: Number of unbrowsed large (>45 cm tall) Artemisia tridentata tridentata plants collected for chemical analyses comments: Comments and observations from data collection RASTERVALU: Raster value from the LANDFIRE or GAP dataset, which provides a numeric code to describe the vegetation classification; integer EVT_FUEL: Raster value from the LANDFIRE or GAP dataset, which provides a numeric code to describe the vegetation classification; integer EVT_NAME: Ecological Systems name in the LANDFIRE EVT legend; categorical EVT_LF: Vegetation lifeform (e.g., Tree, Shrub, Herb, Sparse); categorical SYSTEMGROU: Landfire system group number SYSTMGRPPH: Landfire system group physiognomy SYSTMGRPNA: Landfire system group name SAF_SRM: Society of American Foresters/Society for Range Management cover type; categorical NVCSORDER: Vegetation Physiognomic Order (FGDC Classes); categorical NVCSCLASS: Vegetation Class (FGDC Classes); categorical NVCSSUBCLA: Vegetation Subclass (FGDC Classes); categorical MF2.csv: Summarizes all data provided by graduate student Marcella Fremgen on her data collection in a specific datum/projection, used to create and extract data from shapefiles Header Key: site_id: Unique identifier for each forage patch; letter and integer combination year: Year in which data were collected month: Month in which data were collected day: Day of the month when data were collected time: Time of day when sagebrush samples were collected study_peri: Study period, dividing winter into different timeframes based on duration of winter study_site: Study area datum: Datum of data collected; categorical zone: Projection zone; integer easting: Easting UTM; integer northing: Northing UTM; integer elevation: Elevation where data were collected (in feet) cloud_cove: Cloud cover when data were collected (%) precipitat: Precipitation when data were collected recent_pre: Recent precipitation when data were collected, as a description snow_depth: Average snow depth at the sample collection site percent_sn: Percent snow cover (ocular estimate) at the sample collection site snow_condi: Snow condition at the sample collection site wind_speed: Estimated wind speed at the sample collection site bird_id: Bird identification number from Idaho Fish and Game sex: Bird sex (from either capture data or observation of a flock opportunistically flushed) frequency: Frequency of radio collar affixed to birds by Idaho Fish and Game (null values for opportunistic flushing events) listen_fre: Frequency of radio collar affixed to birds - adjusted for the best frequency to listen to the radio collar distance_a: Distance birds flushed from the observer flock: Number of birds in a flock juniper_re: Sample collection site description of if juniper removal occurred recently or not burned: Sample collection site description of if a fire had occurred recently or not location: Rough written location description based off of local features Small_Arb: Number of browsed small (<15 cm tall) Artemisia arbuscula plants collected for chemical analyses Small_Wyo: Number of browsed small (<15 cm tall) Artemisia tridentata wyomingensis plants collected for chemical analyses Small_3Tip: Number of browsed small (<15 cm tall) Artemisia tripartita plants collected for chemical analyses Sheet1__Me: Number of browsed medium (15 - 45 cm tall) Artemisia arbuscla plants collected for chemical analyses Med_Nova: Number of browsed medium (15 - 45 cm tall) Artemisia nova plants collected for chemical analyses Med_3Tip: Number of browsed medium (15 - 45 cm tall) Artemisia tripartita wyomingensis plants collected for chemical analyses Large_Wyo: Number of browsed large (<45 cm tall) Artemisia tridentata wyomingensis plants collected for chemical analyses Large_3Tip: Number of browsed large (<45 cm tall) Artemisia tripartita plants collected for chemical analyses Small_Arb1: Number of unbrowsed small (<15 cm tall) Artemisia arbuscula plants collected for chemical analyses Small_Wyo1: Number of unbrowsed small (<15 cm tall) Artemisia tridentata wyomingensis plants collected for chemical analyses Small_3T_1: Number of unbrowsed small (<15 cm tall) Artemisia triparitita plants collected for chemical analyses Sheet1___1: Number of unbrowsed medium (15 - 45 cm tall) Artemisia arbuscula plants collected for chemical analyses Med_Wyo1: Number of unbrowsed medium (15-45 cm tall) Artemisia tridentata wyomingensis plants collected for chemical analyses Med_Nova1: Number of unbrowsed medium (15-45 cm tall) Artemisia nova plants collected for chemical analyses Med_3Tip1: Number of unbrowsed medium (15-45 cm tall) Artemisia tripartita plants collected for chemical analyses Large_Wyo1: Number of unbrowsed large (>45 cm tall) Artemisia tridentata wyomingensis plants collected for chemical analyses Large_3T_1: Number of unbrowsed large (>45 cm tall) Artemisia tripartita plants collected for chemical analyses Large_Basi: Number of unbrowsed large (>45 cm tall) Artemisia tridentata tridentata plants collected for chemical analyses comments: Comments and observations from data collection RASTERVALU: Raster value from the LANDFIRE or GAP dataset, which provides a numeric code to describe the vegetation classification; integer EVT_FUEL: Raster value from the LANDFIRE or GAP dataset, which provides a numeric code to describe the vegetation classification; integer EVT_NAME: Ecological Systems name in the LANDFIRE EVT legend; categorical EVT_LF: Vegetation lifeform (e.g., Tree, Shrub, Herb, Sparse); categorical SYSTEMGROU: Landfire system group number SYSTMGRPPH: Landfire system group physiognomy SYSTMGRPNA: Landfire system group name SAF_SRM: Society of American Foresters/Society for Range Management cover type; categorical NVCSORDER: Vegetation Physiognomic Order (FGDC Classes); categorical NVCSCLASS: Vegetation Class (FGDC Classes); categorical NVCSSUBCLA: Vegetation Subclass (FGDC Classes); categorical All_ActualOutput.csv: Summarizes all data provided by graduate students Graham Frye and Marcella Fremgen on the data extracted from combined shapefiles, focused on the actual output from LANDFIRE data extractions Header key: Page: Original tab data were from (GF1, GF2, GF3, MF1, or MF2) Patch ID: Unique identifier for each forage patch; letter and integer combination Site: Study area "Field Data: Species Present": Species present at the field site, determined from site visits and canopy gap transects "Field Data: Translated to LANDFIRE": Species present at the field site, determined from site visits and canopy gap transects and translated into a matching LANDCOVER vegetation type description LANDFIRE: LANDFIRE existing vegetation type as extracted from the landfire raster data cell overlapping the point data Comments: Comments and observations "New LANDFIRE Categories: SPECIES": LANDFIRE existing vegetation type defined from field observations and re-categorized to include an "other" category for points with different land cover types than the primary vegetation types observed "New Field Data Categories: SPECIES": LANDFIRE existing vegetation type defined from LANDFIRE data extraction, re-categorized to include an "other" category for points with different land cover types than the primary vegetation types observed All_BySpecies(Big_Dwarf).csv: Summarizes all data provided by graduate students Graham Frye and Marcella Fremgen on the data extracted from combined shapefiles, focused on separating actual data into functional/structural groups of sagebrush Header Key: Page: Original tab data were from (GF1, GF2, GF3, MF1, or MF2) Patch ID: Unique identifier for each forage patch; letter and integer combination Site: Study area "Field Data: Species Present": Species present at the field site, determined from site visits and canopy gap transects "Field Data: Translated to LANDFIRE": Species present at the field site, determined from site visits and canopy gap transects and translated into a matching LANDCOVER vegetation type description LANDFIRE: LANDFIRE existing vegetation type as extracted from the landfire raster data cell overlapping the point data Comments: Comments and observations "New LANDFIRE Categories: SPECIES": LANDFIRE existing vegetation type defined from field observations and re-categorized to include an "other" category for points or "big sagebrush" or "dwarf sagebrush" "New Field Data Categories: SPECIES": LANDFIRE existing vegetation type defined from LANDFIRE data extraction, re-categorized to include an "other" category or "big sagebrush" or "dwarf sagebrush" All_GAP_Data.csv: Summarizes all data provided by graduate students Graham Frye and Marcella Fremgen on the data extracted from combined shapefiles, focused on GAP data Header key: FID: Unique identifier assigned by ArcGIS in attribute table SITE: Study area PATCH: Unique identifier for each forage patch; letter and integer combination PATCH USE: Describes if the point was a used (forage) or available (random) site; categorical SPECIES: Species of sagebrush identified during vegetation sampling CANOPY_COV: Percent canopy cover of sagebrush shrubs measured at the field site based on canopy gap protocol DENSITY__p: Sagebrush density, measured along 1 m belt transects at the field site HEIGHT: Average sagebrush height measured for every plant along the canopy gap transect Use: Use of sagebrush plants/patch datum: Datum of data collected; categorical zone: Projection zone; integer easting: Easting UTM; integer northing: Northing UTM; integer us_105evh: Existing vegetation height extracted from LANDFIRE data us_105evc: Existing vegetation cover extracted from LANDFIRE data gaplndcov_: GAP land cover classification extracted from GAP data FieldMeasured_GAP_ClassName: Translation of field collected data (species, cover, etc) to an appropriate GAP ecological system based on descriptions (see 2 columns later) Extracted_GAP_ClassName: GAP land cover classification extracted from GAP data Description of Ecological System or Land use class: GAP ecological systems description from GAP database FieldMeasured_LANDFIRE: Species present at the field site, determined from site visits and canopy gap transects and translated to a LANDFIRE category