Integrating genetic and ecological data to measure and map terrestrial wildlife connectivity across the northeastern United States: Field collected sample data
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- Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative
- Address:
705 Spear Street
South Burlington, Vermont 05403
United States of America
Phone: (802) 391-4135
Email: femc@uvm.edu
Website: www.uvm.edu/femc
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This project integrated ecological and genetic data using a new circuit theory approach to measure and map connectivity for 10 terrestrial mammal species with high ecological, economic, and cultural importance: American black bear, American marten, bobcat, coyote, fisher, moose, raccoon, red fox, striped skunk, and white-tailed deer. Within the study region encompassing Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine, we collected genetic data from each focal species and optimized landscape resistance surfaces to identify landscape features that best explain observed patterns of genetic differentiation for each species. We then combined the landscape resistance data with species occurrence data to model and map species-specific landscape connectivity across the region. This work resulted in models of wildlife movement and genetic connectivity that can be applied across a range of land, infrastructure, and management contexts, providing tools and insights for connectivity planning in the northeastern United States. This project was funded by the Northeastern States Research Cooperative and was a partnership between UVM's Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, the US Forest Service, the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department, New Hampshire Fish and Game, and the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.
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- James Murdoch: dataset_eml_peopleprincipleinvestigator
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- Caitlin Drasher: dataset_eml_peoplecontentprovider
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- Stephanie McKay: dataset_eml_peopleprincipleinvestigator
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- Northeastern States Research Cooperative : funder
- University of Vermont Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources: lead
- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service Green Mountain National Forest: partner
- Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department : partner
- Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife : partner
- New Hampshire Fish and Game Department : partner
- Mammalian Ecology and Conservation Unit University of California - Davis: partner
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- dataset_eml_datatabletitle: Field collected sample data
- dataset_eml_datatablestartdate: 2021-01-01
- dataset_eml_datatableendate: 2023-01-31
- dataset_eml_datatabledescription: Contains information on sample type, location, year collected, sex, and species of 699 field-collected samples for the project. Additional existing moose data were obtained from Rosenblatt et al. (2023), and existing marten data were obtained from Aylward et al. (2019; 2020).
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- dataset_eml_datatablecitation: Integrating genetic and ecological data to measure and map terrestrial wildlife connectivity across the northeastern United States: Field collected sample data, 2021-01-01
- dataset_eml_datatableonlinedistribution: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/integrating-genetic-and-ecological-data-to-measure-and-map-terrestrial-wildlife-connectivity-across-the-northeastern-united-states/dataset/field-collected-sample-data
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