Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

Predicting wildlife distribution patterns in New England USA with expert elicitation techniques: American black bear

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  • Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

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      South Burlington, Vermont 05403
      United States of America

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      Email: femc@uvm.edu
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Abstract

    In this project, we used expert elicitation techniques to develop species distribution models (SDMs) for harvested wildlife species (n = 10) in the New England region of the northeastern United States. We administered an online survey that elicited opinions from wildlife experts on the probability of species occurrence throughout the study region. We collected 3396 probability of occurrence estimates from 46 experts, and used linear mixed-effects methods and landcover variables at multiple spatial extents to develop SDMs. We applied models to rasters (30 × 30 m pixles) of the New England region to map each species’ distribution. Details of the project can be found in the following publication: Pearman-Gillman SB, Katz JE, Mickey R, Murdoch JD, and Donovan TM. 2020. Predicting wildlife distribution patterns in New England USA with expert elicitation techniques. Global Ecology and Conservation 21:e00853. doi:10.1016/j.gecco.2019.e00853

People

  • Terri Donovan: Content Provider

  • James Murdoch: Content Provider

  • Schuyler Pearman-Gillman: Principal Investigator

  • Jon Katz: Content Provider

  • Ruth Mickey: Content Provider

Keywords

  • new england, species distribution models, wildlife,

Organizations

  • United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture: funder
  • University of Vermont Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources: lead
  • Vermont Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit : partner

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    • Title: American black bear
    • Start Date: 2016-05-01
    • Description: This is a raster map of American black bear (Ursus americanus) distribution in the New England region of the northeastern United States. The value of each pixel in the map is an estimate of the species probability of occurrence. Occurrence estimates were calculated from species-specific distribution models fit using expert-opinion data and generalized linear mixed modeling. For details on the collection of expert opinion data, the modeling process, and the development of the distribution maps, please see: Pearman-Gillman, S, J. E. Katz, R. Mickey, J. Murdoch, and T. Donovan. 2020. Predicting wildlife distribution patterns in New England USA with expert elicitation techniques. Global Ecology and Conservation 21:e00853.

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    • Condensed Title: 20200420193026_american_black_bear_distribution_New_England.tif

    • Object Name: VMC.1629.3251

    • Data Type: mySQL
    • Citation: Pearman-Gillman, S. B., Katz, J. E., Mickey, R. M., Murdoch, J. D., and Donovan, T. M. (2020). Predicting wildlife distribution patterns in New England USA with expert elicitation techniques. Global Ecology and Conservation. 21:e00853. doi: 10.1016/ j.gecco.2019.e00853

    • Online Distribution: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/new_england_wildlife/dataset/american-black-bear

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