Rails - Spears and Didion Ranches [ds310]

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biota, sample points, Virginia rail, California, Didion Ranch, Placer County, Sierra Nevada foothills, Placer Legacy Program, wetland habitat, California black rail, Sora, environment, riparian, Spears Ranch, playback survey


Summary

These data are intended to represent baseline data for wildlife communities and habitat conditions in these parks. They can be used to assess and monitor the park's ecological viability and sustainability.

Description

These data are the detections of Virginia rail (Rallus limicola), Sora (Porzana carolina), and California black rail (Laterallus jamaicensis) from 13 survey points at wetlands at the Spears and Didion Ranch parks in Placer County, California. These detections resulted from playback surveys at these points in April and May 2005.

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Use limitations

These data can be used without constraints.

License: This work is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ). Using the citation standards recommended for BIOS datasets ( https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Data/BIOS/Citing-BIOS ) satisfies the attribution requirements of this license.

Disclaimer: The State makes no claims, promises, or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, reliability, or adequacy of these data and expressly disclaims liability for errors and omissions in these data. No warranty of any kind, implied, expressed, or statutory, including but not limited to the warranties of non-infringement of third party rights, title, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and freedom from computer virus, is given with respect to these data.

Extent

West -121.209653 East -121.168058
North 38.974248 South 38.963697

Scale Range
Maximum (zoomed in) 1:5,000
Minimum (zoomed out) 1:150,000,000

ArcGIS Metadata

Topics and Keywords

Themes or categories of the resource environment, biota


* Content type Downloadable Data


Place keywords California, Didion Ranch, Placer County, Sierra Nevada foothills, Spears Ranch

Theme keywords sample points, Virginia rail, Placer Legacy Program, wetland habitat, California black rail, Sora, riparian, playback survey

Theme keywords biota, environment

Thesaurus
Title ISO 19115 Topic Category


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Citation

Title Rails - Spears and Didion Ranches [ds310]
Publication date 2007-06-15


Edition Version 1


Presentation formats * digital map


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Citation Contacts

Responsible party
Organization's name Barrett A. Garrison, Resource Assessment Program, California Department of Fish and Game, North Central Region
Contact's role originator


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Resource Details

Dataset languages English(UNITED STATES)


Status completed
Spatial representation type * vector


Supplemental information
Methodology: The wetlands where the surveys were done were found during habitat surveys of the parks. Playback surveys were done between April 11, 2005 and May 31, 2005. Playback surveys were done at one point at the 13 wetlands using recorded calls of the target rail species that were broadcast with an MP3 player and a battery-powered speaker. Species-specific territorial calls were used to detect these rails using standardized playback and listening periods as follows: 1 minute silent pre-broadcast period; 4 one-minute broadcast periods of 30 seconds of territorial call playbacks followed by 30 seconds of silent listening; and a 1 minute silent post-listening period. Playback surveys were done during daylight hours. Because rails are secretive, the compass bearing and distance from the observer's position at the survey point for each individual that responded to the playback were measured with a compass and laser rangefinder, respectively. The location of each playback point at each wetland was recorded in the field with a handheld GPS unit. Sample points were individually selected at each wetland to maximize the effective survey area at each wetland. Also, the observers tried to determine the age of the responding individual.
* Processing environment Microsoft Windows 10 Version 10.0 (Build 19045) ; Esri ArcGIS 13.1.0.41833


ArcGIS item properties
* Name ds310
* Size 0.000
* Location file://\\geodata.\\BIOSOnline\Refresh\TODOData\BIOSOnlineData.gdb
* Access protocol Local Area Network

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Extents

Extent
Description
ground condition
Temporal extent
Beginning date
Indeterminate date April 2005
Ending date
Indeterminate date May 2005

Extent
Geographic extent
Bounding rectangle
Extent type Extent used for searching
* West longitude -121.209653
* East longitude -121.168058
* North latitude 38.974248
* South latitude 38.963697
* Extent contains the resource Yes

Extent in the item's coordinate system
* West longitude -104700.141122
* East longitude -101113.465658
* South latitude 105972.369196
* North latitude 107100.179264
* Extent contains the resource Yes

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Resource Points of Contact

Point of contact
Individual's name Barrett A. Garrison
Organization's name Resource Assessment Program, California Department of Fish and Game, North Central Region
Contact's position Staff Environmental Scientist
Contact's role point of contact


Contact information
Phone
Voice (916) 358-2945
Fax (916) 358-2912

Address
Type postal
Delivery point 1701 Nimbus Road
Delivery point California Department of Fish and Game, North Central Region
City Rancho Cordova
Administrative area CA
Postal code 95670
e-mail address bgarrison@dfg.ca.gov

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Resource Maintenance

Resource maintenance
Update frequency not planned


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Resource Constraints

Legal constraints
Limitations of use
Neither the State of California nor the California Department of Fish and Game warrant the correctness or accuracy of the observation data presented in here. They are used at the user's own risk.
Other constraints
Public use.
Constraints
Limitations of use

These data can be used without constraints.

License: This work is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ). Using the citation standards recommended for BIOS datasets ( https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Data/BIOS/Citing-BIOS ) satisfies the attribution requirements of this license.

Disclaimer: The State makes no claims, promises, or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, reliability, or adequacy of these data and expressly disclaims liability for errors and omissions in these data. No warranty of any kind, implied, expressed, or statutory, including but not limited to the warranties of non-infringement of third party rights, title, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and freedom from computer virus, is given with respect to these data.


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Spatial Reference

ArcGIS coordinate system
* Type Projected
* Geographic coordinate reference GCS_North_American_1983
* Projection Custom
* Coordinate reference details
Projected coordinate system
X origin -16909700
Y origin -8597000
XY scale 10000
Z origin -100000
Z scale 10000
M origin -100000
M scale 10000
XY tolerance 0.001
Z tolerance 0.001
M tolerance 0.001
High precision true
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Reference system identifier
* Value 0


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Spatial Data Properties

Vector
* Level of topology for this dataset geometry only


Geometric objects
Feature class name ds310
* Object type point
* Object count 0

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ArcGIS Feature Class Properties
Feature class name ds310
* Feature type Simple
* Geometry type Point
* Has topology FALSE
* Feature count 0
* Spatial index TRUE
* Linear referencing FALSE

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Data Quality

Scope of quality information
Resource level dataset


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Data quality report - Conceptual consistency
Measure description
These detections are logically consistent because the detections represent responses of individual rails to playbacks at each wetland where the rail surveys were done. Detections of rails from the same wetlands at different dates and times may represent repeat detections of the same individual. These animals are typically resident animals that remain at these wetlands throughout the year, so it is likely but uncertain to some degree if these same animals and species will be found again at the same wetlands with return visits to the wetlands indicated in this file


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Data quality report - Completeness omission
Measure description
All data are complete.


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Data quality report - Quantitative attribute accuracy
Measure description
It is assumed that determination of each species, the age of the individual, and the distance and compass bearing of each detection are accurate to + 10 m for distance and + 10 for the compass bearing. Laser rangefinders and compasses were used to estimate distances and bearings for each detection. It is assumed that the latitude and longitude locations of these points are accurate with regard to the actual location on the ground of the wetlands where the surveys were done.


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Data quality report - Absolute external positional accuracy
Dimension horizontal


Measure description
The location accuracy of the responses are estimated to be + 10 m for distance and + 10 for the compass bearing.


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Lineage

Process step
Description
Distances and compass bearings were gathered with laser rangefinders and handheld compasses for each detection. Data on detections were gathered in the field, entered into SYSTAT statistical software as raw field data from the surveys, and then an Excel file was created with the same detection data. Survey points were registered in the field using global positioning system units and then uploaded to ArcView 3.2.


Process contact
Individual's name Barrett A. Garrison
Organization's name California Department of Fish and Game
Contact's role processor


Contact information


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Geoprocessing history

Process
Process name
Date 2023-10-0614:33:09
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Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


Process
Date 2023-10-1016:09:56
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Date 2023-10-1016:10:24
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Process
Date 2023-10-1016:10:45
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Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


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Distribution

Distributor
Contact information
Individual's name Gordon Gould
Organization's name Biogeographic Data Branch, California Department of Fish and Game
Contact's role distributor


Contact information
Phone
Voice (916) 445-5006
Fax (916) 324-0475

Address
Type postal
Delivery point California Department of Fish and Game
Delivery point 1416 Ninth St., 12th floor
City Sacramento
Administrative area CA
Postal code 95814
e-mail address ggould@dfg.ca.gov

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Ordering process
Terms and fees None
Turnaround time
1-2 weeks
Instructions
Contact Distributor.

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Distribution format
* Name File Geodatabase Feature Class


Transfer options
* Transfer size 0.000


Online source
Location https://wildlife.ca.gov/Data/BIOS
Function performed information

Online source
Location https://filelib.wildlife.ca.gov/Public/BDB/GIS/BIOS/Public_Datasets/300_399/ds310.zip
Function performed download

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Fields

Details for object ds310
* Type Feature Class
* Row count 0


Field OBJECTID
* Alias OBJECTID
* Data type OID
* Width 4
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
* Field description
Internal feature number.
* Description source
Esri
* Description of values
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.


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Field Shape
* Alias Shape
* Data type Geometry
* Width 0
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
* Field description
Feature geometry.
* Description source
ESRI
* Description of values
Coordinates defining the features.


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Field LATDD
* Alias LATDD
* Data type Double
* Width 8
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Latitude in degrees in NAD83
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Field LONDD
* Alias LONDD
* Data type Double
* Width 8
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Longitude in degrees in NAD83
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Field WETL_NUM
* Alias WETL_NUM
* Data type Integer
* Width 4
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Unique number for points at each wetland where the playback surveys were done.
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Details for object SR BIOS 2005 rail detectionsB
* Type Table
* Row count 40


Field OID
* Alias OID
* Data type OID
* Width 4
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
* Field description
Internal feature number.
* Description source
ESRI
* Description of values
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.


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Field DATE
* Alias DATE
* Data type Date
* Width 8
Field description
Date of detection
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Field COM_NAME
* Alias COM_NAME
* Data type Number
* Width 11
* Number of decimals 7
Field description
Common name of the detected rail
List of values
Value California black rail
Description California black rail (Laterallus jamaicensis)


Value Sora
Description Sora (Porzana carolina)


Value Virginia rail
Description Virginia rail (Rallus limicola)


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Field SCI_NAME
* Alias SCI_NAME
* Data type Number
* Width 12
* Number of decimals 7
Field description
Scientific name of the detected rail
List of values
Value Laterallus jamaicensis
Description California black rail (Laterallus jamaicensis)


Value Porzana carolina
Description Sora (Porzana carolina)


Value Rallus limicola
Description Virginia rail (Rallus limicola)


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Field RESP_AGE
* Alias RESP_AGE
* Data type Number
* Width 10
Field description
Age class of the detected rail
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Field RESP_TIME
* Alias RESP_TIME
* Data type String
* Width 14
Field description
Time of the response of the detected rail
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Field RESP_DIST
* Alias RESP_DIST
* Data type Number
* Width 16
Field description
Distance (m) from the observer at the survey point to the detected rail
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Field RESP_DEG
* Alias RESP_DEG
* Data type Number
* Width 12
Field description
Degree () from the observer at the survey point to the detected rail
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Field RESP_HAB
* Alias RESP_HAB
* Data type String
* Width 20
Field description
Habitat where the rail was detected
List of values
Value Freshwater Wetland
Description Freshwater Wetland habitat per CWHR habitat classification system


Value Valley Foothill-Riparian
Description Valley Foothill-Riparian habitat per CWHR habitat classification system


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Field WETL_NUM
* Alias WETL_NUM
* Data type Number
* Width 13
Field description
Number for the point at the wetland where the surveys were done
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Overview Description
Entity and Attribute Overview
These 41 detections represent detections of Virginia rails, California black rails, and Soras from 13 survey points at individual wetlands at the Spears and Didion Ranch parks in Placer County, California. The points are the actual locations where the playback surveys were done in April and May 2005.


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Metadata Details

Metadata language English(UNITED STATES)
Metadata character set utf8 - 8 bit UCS Transfer Format


Scope of the data described by the metadata dataset
Scope name * dataset


* Last update 2023-10-10


ArcGIS metadata properties
Metadata format ArcGIS1.0
Standard or profile used to edit metadata FGDC


Created in ArcGIS for the item 2023-10-1016:10:18
Last modified in ArcGIS for the item 2023-10-1016:09:55


Automatic updates
Have been performed Yes
Last update 2023-10-1016:09:55


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Metadata Contacts

Metadata contact
Individual's name Barrett A. Garrison
Organization's name Resource Assessment Program, California Department of Fish and Game, North Central Regionn.
Contact's role point of contact


Contact information
Phone
Voice (916) 358-2945
Fax (916) 358-2945

Address
Type postal
Delivery point 1701 Nimbus Road
Delivery point California Department of Fish and Game, North Central Region,
City Rancho Cordova
Administrative area CA
Postal code 95670
e-mail address bgarrison@dfg.ca.gov

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