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Gridded Species Distribution, Version 1: Birds of the Americas Family Richness Grids

Entry ID: CIESIN_SEDAC_SPECIES_BIRD_RICH

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Summary

Abstract: The Birds of the Americas Family Richness Grids of the Gridded Species Distribution, Version 1 are the aggregations of the Presence Grids data at the family level. They are available in 30-arc second (1 kilometer) resolutions. The cell values represent the number of species in a particular family. The input vector layers were produced by a consortium led by NatureServe. The gridding and grid processing are done by the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN).

The data in Band Interleaved by Line (BIL)and maps in Portable Document Format (PDF) and Portable Network Graphics (PNG) formats are available from the from the NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC).

Purpose: To provide provide information on the number of bird species present at a 1 kilometer spatial resolution which can be used in modeling efforts, wildlife conservation planning, natural resource management, policy-making, biodiversity studies and human-environment interactions.

Related URL

Link: GET DATA

Description: Data download page.

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 90.0

S: -90.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University, and NatureServe

Dataset Title: Gridded Species Distribution, Version 1: Birds of the Americas Family Richness Grids

Dataset Release Date: 2008

Dataset Release Place: Palisades, NY

Dataset Publisher: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)

Version: 1.00

Data Presentation Form: raster, tabular, map

Online Resource: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/species-v1-americas-bird-...

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2005-01-01

Stop Date: 2007-12-31

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > EQUATORIAL

Science Keywords

HUMAN DIMENSIONS > INFRASTRUCTURE

ISO Topic Category

TRANSPORTATION

UTILITIES/COMMUNICATIONS

Instrument

GPS > Global Positioning System

Quality The majority of the waypoint locations were digitised according to positions indicated on a computer screen or 1:50000 map by Greg Hodge or Ben Galbraith (Station and Field Operations) in April to August 2001. Ben Galbraith (Field Training Officer 2000-01) provided the coordinates of
waypoints for the route from Platcha to the plateau and for a drum on the plateau - captured during the ...

Access Constraints The dataset is available for download from the url given below.

Use Constraints This data set conforms to the PICCCBY Attribution License
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=vestfold... when using these data.

Ancillary Keywords

ANTARCTICA

DAVIS

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

Australian Antarctic Division

Data Center

Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia

Data Center URL: http://data.aad.gov.au

Data Center Personnel
Name: DATA OFFICER AADC Phone: +61 3 6232 3244 Fax: +61 3 6232 3351 Email: metadata at aad.gov.au Contact Address: Australian Antarctic Division 203 Channel Highway City: Kingston Province or State: Tasmania Postal Code: 7050 Country: Australia