Snowy_Owl_pts

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

Alaska Natural Heritage Program, Environment and Natural Resources, University of Alaska Anchorage

Publication_Date: 20060630

Title: Snowy_Owl_pts

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Anchorage, Alaska

Publisher: Alaska Natural Heritage Program

Online_Linkage:

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Description:

Abstract:

This shapefile contains point features summarizing current statewide observations for the Snowy Owl, Bubo scandiacus. This coverage was created by the Zoology program of the Alaska Natural Heritage Program, Anchorage, AK. Sources of these point locations include published scientific papers, unpublished reports and surveys, and museum specimens.

Purpose:

This dataset is intended to describe current known observations of the Snowy Owl, Bubo scandiacus. This information was developed in association with efforts to describe life history and distribution of species featured in Alaska's Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy, which was prepared by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game and reviewed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20070530

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -180.000000

East_Bounding_Coordinate: 180.000000

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 71.309977

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 49.799017

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Parmelee 1992

Theme_Keyword: Snowy Owl

Theme_Keyword: Bubo scandiacus

Place:

Place_Keyword: Alaska

Stratum:

Stratum_Keyword: Distribution

Access_Constraints:

This dataset summarizes public information and may be provided to aid users in generating various natural resource analyses and products; as such there are no access constraints.

Use_Constraints:

Any products utilizing these data should clearly indicate their source. If the user has modified the data in any way, they are obligated to describe modifications performed, and the user specifically agrees not to misrepresent the data or to imply that the Alaska Natural Heritage Program approved the changes they made.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Julie Michaelson

Contact_Organization:

Alaska Natural Heritage Program, Environment and Natural Resource Institute, University of Alaska Anchorage

Contact_Position: Program Data Manager

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (907) 257-2749

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (907) 257-2789

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: anjam1@uaa.alaska.edu

Hours_of_Service: 8:00am-5:00pm Mon-Fri AST

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.0.1324

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

Attributes assembled from published hardcopy and digital data and standardized across the entire dataset.

Logical_Consistency_Report: Point features presented.

Completeness_Report: Unknown.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Unknown

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Unknown

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title:

American Ornithologists' Union (AOU). 1983. Checklist of North American birds. 6th ed. American Ornithologists' Union, Allen Press, Inc., Lawrence, Kansas. 877 pp.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1983

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: AOU 1983

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title:

Bee, J.W. 1958. Birds found on the Arctic Slope of Northern Alaska. University of Kansas, Lawrence.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1958

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Bee 1958

Source_Contribution: observation data

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title:

Brooks, W.S. 1915. Notes on birds from east Siberia and arctic Alaska. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 59(5):361-413.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1915

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Brooks 1915

Source_Contribution: observation data data

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title:

Brueggeman, J.J. 1980. Coastal occurence of birds at Point Barrow, Alaska, in Spring. The Murrelet. 61: 31-34.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1980

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Brueggeman 1980

Source_Contribution: observation data

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title:

Dau, C.P. and W. W. Larned. 2004. Aerial population survey of common eiders and other waterbirds in near shore waters and along barrier islands of the Arctic Coastal Plain of Alasak, 24-27 June 2004.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2004

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Dau and Larned 2004

Source_Contribution: observation data

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title:

Dau. C.P. and E.J. Taylor. 2000. Aerial population survey of common eiders and other waterbirds in near shore waters and along barrier islands of the Arctic Coastal Plain of Alaska, 28 June-2 July 1999. Available at: <http://alaska.fws.gov/mbsp/mbm/waterfowl/surveys/pdf/coei99PDF.pdf> Accessed on 5-23-07

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2000

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Dau and Taylor 2000

Source_Contribution: observation data

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title:

Day, R.H., R.J. Ritchie, and D.A. Flint. 1995. Spectacled and Steller's eider surveys at remote air force sites in Alaska, 1994. Prepared for EA Engineering, Science, and Technology, and The United States Air Force, 611th Air Support Group, Elmendorf Air force Base, Alaska.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1995

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Day et al. 1995

Source_Contribution: observation data

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title:

Derksen, D.V., T.C. Rothe, and W.D. Eldridge. 1981. Use of wetland habitats by birds in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. Resource Pub. 141. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington, DC. 27 pp.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1981

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Derksen et al. 1981

Source_Contribution: observation data

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title:

Isleib, M.E., and B. Kessel. 1973. Birds of the north Gulf Coast-Prince William Sound region, Alaska. Biological Papers of the Univ. of Alaska 14. Univ. of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK. 149 pp.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1973

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Isleib and Kessel 1973

Source_Contribution: observation data

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title:

Fay, F.H., and T.J. Cade. 1959. An ecological analysis of the avifauna of St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. Univ. Calif. Publ. Zool. 63:73-150.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Fay and Cade 1959

Source_Contribution: observation data

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title:

Fuller, M.R., D. Holt, and L.S. Schueck. 2003. Snowy Owl movements: variations on the migration theme. Pp. 359-366 in: Berthold, P., E. Gwinner, and E. Sonnenschein (Eds.). Springer, Heidelberg.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Fuller et al. 2003

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title:

Gabrielson, I.N. and F.C. Lincoln. 1959. The birds of Alaska. The Stackpole Company, Harrisburg, PA and Wildl. Manage. Inst., Washington, D.C. 922 pp.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Gabrielson and Lincoln 1959

Source_Contribution: observation data

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title:

Gill, R.E., Jr., M.R. Petersen, and P.D. Jorgensen. 1981. Birds of the north-central Alaska Peninsula, 1976-1980. Arctic 34(4):286-306.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Gill et al. 1981

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title:

Hanna, G.D. 1917. The summer birds of St. Matthew Island bird reservation. Auk 34: 403-410.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Hanna 1917

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title:

Hohenberger, C.J., W.C. Hanson, E.E. Burroughs. 1994. Birds of the Prudhoe Bay region, Northern Alaska. Western Birds Vol. 25(2):73-103.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Hohenberger et al. 1994

Source_Contribution: observation data

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title:

Holt, D.W., R. Berkeley, C. Deppe, P.L. Enriques-Rocha, P.D. Olsen, J.L. Peterson, J.L. Rangel-Salazar, K.P. Segars, and K. Wood. 1999. Species Accounts: Family Strigidae. Pp. 153-242 in: del Hoyo, J., A. Elliott, and J. Sargatal (Eds.). Handbook of the birds of the world. Volume 5: Barn-owls to hummingbirds. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain. 759 pp.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Holt et al. 1999

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title:

Johnsgard, P. 2002. North American owls: biology and natural history, 2nd Ed. Smithsonian Inst. Press. 298 pp.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Johnsgard 2002

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title:

Johnson, S.R. and D.R. Herter. 1989. The birds of the Beaufort Sea. British Petroleum Exploration Inc. Anchorage, AK. 372 pp.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Johnson and Herter 1989

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title:

Jozwiak, E. 2001. A snowy owl visits the Kenai Pennisula. Peninsula Clarion. January 12, 2001. Available at <http://alaska.fws.gov/internettv/nwrtv/kenaitv/overview/notebook/2001/jan/12jan01.htm>. Accessed on 5-23-07

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Jozwaik 2001

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title:

Kessel, B. 1989. Birds of the Seward Peninsula, Alaska: their biogeography, seasonality, and natural history. Univ. of Alaska Press, Fairbanks, AK. 330 pp.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Kessel 1989

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title:

King, R.J. and A.W. Brackney. 1997. Aerial breeding pair surveys of the Arctic coastal plain of Alaska 1996. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Migratory Bird Management, Fairbanks, AK 8 p.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: King and Brackney 1997

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title:

Larned, W., R. Stehn and R. Platte. 2006. Eider breeding population survey, Arctic Coastal Plain, Alaska 2006. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Migratory Bird Management, Soldotna and Anchorage, AK.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Larned et al. 2006

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title:

Larned, W., R. Stehn, and R. Platte. 2003. Eider breeding population survey Arctic Coastal Plain, Alaska. Waterfowl Management, Migratory Bird Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 44 pp.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Larned et al. 2003

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title:

Mallek, E. J. and R. J. King. 2000. Aerial breeding pari surveys of the Arctic Coastal Plain of Alaska 1999. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Migratory Bird Management, Fairbanks, AK

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Mallek and King 2000

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title:

Mallek. E.J. 2001. Aerial breeding pair surveys of the arctic coastal plain of Alaska 2000. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Waterfowl Management.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Mallek 2001

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title:

Markon, C.J. and F.A. Heinz. 1979. Waterbirds and their wetland resources at Island Lake, NPR-A, 1978. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Anchorage, AK.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Markon and Heinz 1979

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title:

Martin, P.D. 1983. Bird use of arctic tundra habitats at Canning River delta, Alaska. M.S. thesis. Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK. 117 pp.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Martin 1983

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title:

Murie, O.J. 1929. Nesting of the snowy owl. The Condor. 31:3-12.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Murie 1929

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title:

Murie, O.J. 1959. Fauna of the Aleutian Islands and Alaska Peninsula. N. Amer. Fauna 61:1-364.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Murie 1959

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title:

Parmelee, D.F. 1992. Snowy Owl. The Birds of North America. Vol. 1, No. 10. American Ornithologists' Union. The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Parmelee 1992

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title:

Petersen, J. and D.W. Holt. 1999. Observations on the Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca) at Barrow, Alaska: a progress report 1992-1998. Submitted to the Dept. of Wildlife Management, North Slope Borough, Barrow, AK.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Petersen and Holt 1999

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title:

Petersen, M.R., Douglas N. Weir, and Matthew H. Dick. 1991. Birds of the Kilbuck and Ahklun Mountain Region, Alaska. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. December 1991.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Petersen et al. 1991

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title:

Pitelka, F.A., P.Q. Tomich, and G.W. Treichel. 1955. Breeding Behavior of jaegers and owls near Barrow, Alaska. Condor 57:3-18. Ecological Monographs 25(1):85-117.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Pitelka et al. 1955

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title:

Quakenbush, L.T., R.H. Day, B.T. Anderson, F.A Pitelka, and B.J. McCaffery. 2002. Historical and present breeding season distribution of Steller's Eiders in Alaska. Western Birds 33: 99-120.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Quackenbush et al. 2002

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title:

Sage, B.L. 1974. Ecological distribution of birds in the Atigun and Sagavanirktok River Valleys, Arctic Alaska. Canadian Field-Naturalist 88:281-291.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Sage 1974

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title:

Spindler, M.A. and P.A. Miller. 1982. Terrestrial bird populations and habitat use on coastal plain tundra of the arctic national wildlife refuge. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Fairbanks, AK.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Spindler and Miller 1982

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title:

Swarth, H. S. 1934. Birds of Nunivak Island, Alaska. Pac. Coast Avifauna 22.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Swarth 1934

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title:

Troy Ecological Research Associates. 1993. Population dynamics of birds in the Pt. McIntyre reference area 1981-1992. Prepared for: BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc., Environmental and Regulatory Affairs Department, Anchorage, AK. 30 pp.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: TROY 1993

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title:

Troy Ecological Research Associates. 1996. Distribution of terrestrial birds in the vicinity of Milne Point, Alaska: coastal gradients. Unpubl. report prepared by Troy Ecological Research Associates for BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: TROY 1996

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title:

USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. 2006. North American Breeding Bird Survey Internet data set. Available online at: (<http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbs/retrieval/>).

Type_of_Source_Media: online

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: USGS 2006

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title:

Williams, P.L., and L.G. Frank. 1979. Diet of the Snowy Owl in the absence of small mammals. Condor 81: 213-214.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Williams and Frank 1979

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title:

Winker, K., D. D. Gibson, A. L. Sowls, B. E. Lawhead, P. D. Martin, E. P. Hoberg, and D. Causey. 2002. The birds of St. Matthew Island, Bering Sea. Wilson Bull. 114(4):491-509.

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Winker et al. 2002

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Title:

Zeillemaker, C.F. 1987. Birds of Kiska, Segula, Rat Little Sitkin, Amchitka, and Semisopochnoi Islands. IBM ED GF-3A Ratbirds.1

Type_of_Source_Media: paper

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Zeillemaker 1987

Process_Step:

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All vertebrate observations were assembled from a variety of sources and evaluated by program zoologists for data accuracy and quality. Excel software was used to assemble observation data tables. These database files were transfered to ArcGIS software and x,y coordinates in each table were used to create a point feature coverage. The resulting shapefiles were displayed over various basemaps to check general locational accuracy and the shapefile was projected into Alaska Albers projection (NAD83). Where necessary, data of different projections were reprojected and merged into one Albers dataset.

Process_Date: 20070530

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

Alaska Natural Heritage Program, Environment and Natural Resource Institute, University of Alaska Anchorage

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 907 257-2749

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 907 257-2780

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: anjam1@uaa.alaska.edu

Hours_of_Service: 8:00-5:00 AST Mon-Fri

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Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

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Attribute_Definition_Source: AKNHP

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Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

Provides the scientific and common name to identify the species together with the Alaska Natural Heritage global and state rarity rank. General documentation of sources used to construct the point coverage is provided as are general location fields together with a precision field.

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Julie Michaelson

Contact_Organization: Alaska Natural Heritage Program

Contact_Position: Program Data Manager

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 907 257-2749

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 907 257-2780

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: anjam1@uaa.alaska.edu

Hours_of_Service: 8:00am - 5:00pm Mon-Fri AST

Resource_Description: Downloadable Data

Distribution_Liability:

The Alaska Natural Heritage Program (AKNHP) shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described. Information contained in the data is dynamic and may change over time. The data are not better than the original sources from which they were derived. It is the responsibility of the data user to use the data appropriately and consistent within the limitations of geospatial data in general and these data in particular. AKNHP gives no warranty as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of these data. It is strongly recommended that these data be directly acquired from the AKNHP and not indirectly through other sources that may have changed them in some way.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

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Custom_Order_Process: Contact the Alaska Natural Heritage Program.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20070724

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Julie Michaelson

Contact_Organization:

Alaska Natural Heritage Program, Environment and Natural Resource Institute, University of Alaska Anchorage

Contact_Position: Program Data Manager

Contact_Address:

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