Florida Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia floridana) Surveys Florida

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:

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Florida Wildlife Research Institute

Publication_Date: Unpublished Material

Title:

Florida Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia floridana) Surveys Florida

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Online_Linkage: <http://research.myfwc.com/>

Description:

Abstract:

A compilation of 4 different Burrowing Owl spatial datasets that were previously undocumented. Where possible, common fields were matched and records were spatially joined. All attributes collected in the disparate studies were retained.

Purpose:

These data can be used for point locations throughout Florida for use in analysis. Caution should be used when using these data for any applications other than presence-absence data at broader scales (e.g., counties).

Supplemental_Information:

Prior to July 1, 2004, the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI) was known as the Florida Marine Research Institute (FMRI). The institute name has not been changed in historical data sets or references to work completed by the Florida Marine Research Institute. The institute name has been changed in references to ongoing research, new research, and contact information.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 1987

Ending_Date: 2006

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -86.788990

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -79.913137

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 30.662363

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 24.531167

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: FWC Common Names

Theme_Keyword: Burrowing Owl

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category

Theme_Keyword: Biota

Theme_Keyword: Geoscientific Information

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Wildlife

Theme_Keyword: Birds

Theme_Keyword: Occupied Range

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: FWC Theme

Theme_Keyword: ground surveys

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: FWC Place

Place_Keyword: Florida

Place_Keyword: statewide

Access_Constraints:

Available without restriction. All data must be verified by Principal Investigator or Group Database Analyst prior to release. It is strongly recommended that this data is directly acquired from FWC and not indirectly through other sources which may have changed the data in some way. FWC makes no claims as to the data's suitability for other purposes.

Use_Constraints:

Acknowledgement of the FWC-FWRI (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute) as the data source would be appreciated in any products developed from these data, and such acknowledgment as is standard for citation and legal practices for data source is expected by users of this data. Please cite the original metadata when using portions of the record to create a similar record of slightly altered data, such as reprojection. If any data are modified or adjusted, please share the edited information with FWC. Users should be aware that comparison with other data sets for the same area from other time periods may be inaccurate due to inconsistencies resulting from changes in mapping conventions, data collection, and computer processes over time. FWC shall not be liable for improper or incorrect use of this data. These data are not legal documents and are not to be used as such. This is not a survey data set and should not be utilized as such. These data are not to be used for navigation.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: GISLibrarian

Contact_Organization:

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute

Contact_Position: GIS Data Librarian

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: Fish and Wildlife Research Institute

Address: 100 Eighth Avenue Southeast

City: St. Petersburg

State_or_Province: Florida

Postal_Code: 33701

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-896-8626

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727-893-1679

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: GISLibrarian@MyFWC.com

Hours_of_Service: 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Eastern time

Data_Set_Credit: Rebecca Telesco

Security_Information:

Security_Classification_System: FWRI-DC

Security_Classification: Available without restriction

Security_Handling_Description: Available without restriction

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.4000

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report: Unknown

Logical_Consistency_Report:

Logically consistent. All attribute values fall within defined values.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Unknown, input data models were not validated

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: FWC

Publication_Date: Unpublished Material

Title: FWC Florida Wildlife Observations, 2002

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Other_Citation_Details: BuOwl_WildObs02.shp

Online_Linkage: \\keaton\datalib\spp_locs\burrowing_owl\originaldata

Type_of_Source_Media: server

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 1987

Ending_Date: 2002

Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: WildObs02

Source_Contribution: Florida Borrowing Owl survey point data

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: FWC

Publication_Date: Unpublished Material

Title: FWC Florida Wildlife Observations, 2006

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Other_Citation_Details: BuOwl_WildObs06.shp

Online_Linkage: \\keaton\datalib\spp_locs\burrowing_owl\originaldata

Type_of_Source_Media: server

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 1987

Ending_Date: 2006

Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: WildObs06

Source_Contribution: Florida Borrowing Owl survey point data

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: FWC

Title: owl_pts.shp

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Online_Linkage: \\keaton\datalib\spp_locs\burrowing_owl\originaldata

Type_of_Source_Media: server

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Owl_pts

Source_Contribution: Florida Borrowing Owl survey point data

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: FWC

Publication_Date: Unpublished Material

Title: BurrowingOwl.shp

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Online_Linkage: \\keaton\datalib\spp_locs\burrowing_owl\originaldata

Type_of_Source_Media: server

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 19891230

Time_of_Day: 20:00:00

Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: BO point

Source_Contribution: Florida Borrowing Owl survey point

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

1. Converted the spatial datasets to FL Modified Albers HARN. Unknown projection for WO02 and WO06, assumed NAD83 Geographic. Performed Spatial Join to add WO02 attributes into WO06 table.
2. Converted newly created shapefile, BurrowingOwl.shp and owl_pts.shp attribute tables into Microsoft Excel tables. Edited tables for standardization (e.g., removed empty attribute fields).
3. Created shapefiles from the 4 prepared datasets. Used XTools tool to add xy values to table.
4. Combined shapefiles into single Burrowing Owl dataset.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: all data sets

Process_Date: 20110401

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Map_Projection:

Map_Projection_Name: NAD 1983 2011 Florida GDL Albers

Albers_Conical_Equal_Area:

Standard_Parallel: 24.0

Standard_Parallel: 31.5

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -84.0

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 24.0

False_Easting: 400000.0

False_Northing: 0.0

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 0.0001

Ordinate_Resolution: 0.0001

Planar_Distance_Units: meter

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: D NAD 1983 2011

Ellipsoid_Name: GRS 1980

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222101

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: GIS.FWC.burrowing_owl_survey_point

Entity_Type_Definition:

Combination of 4 datasets. Types of data collected among all datasets differed.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: OBJECTID

Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Esri

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape

Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SITEID

Attribute_Definition: Identification Code for location surveyed

Attribute_Definition_Source: FWC

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SITENAME

Attribute_Definition: name of site, if given

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SITEDESC

Attribute_Definition: location description of site

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: COUNTYNAME

Attribute_Definition: county where survey site located

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DATE_

Attribute_Definition: date when site was surveyed

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: COMNAME

Attribute_Definition: Burrowing Owl

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Count_

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: GFC

Attribute_Definition: FWC vulnerability ranking. SSC = Species of Special Concern

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: NESTS

Attribute_Definition: number of burrowing owl nests observed

Attribute_Definition_Source: BuOwl_WildObs02.shp

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SITETYPE

Attribute_Definition:

OBS - Incidental observation; 010 - Burrowing Owl nesting location

Attribute_Definition_Source: BuOwl_WildObs02.shp

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LAT

Attribute_Definition: latitude (decimal degrees)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LON

Attribute_Definition: longitude (decimal degrees)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: X

Attribute_Definition: 'x' coordinate location, meters

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Y

Attribute_Definition: 'y' coordinate location, meters

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: OBSERVER

Attribute_Definition: name of surveyor

Attribute_Definition_Source: BuOwl_WildObs02.shp

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: AFFILTION

Attribute_Definition: affiliation of surveyor - GFC is now FWC

Attribute_Definition_Source: BuOwl_WildObs02.shp

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SCIENTIFIC

Attribute_Definition: Speotyto cunicularia

Attribute_Definition_Source: ITIS

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SUBSPECIES

Attribute_Definition: = floridana

Attribute_Definition_Source: ITIS

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ADULT_MALE

Attribute_Definition: # of adult males observed

Attribute_Definition_Source: BuOwl_WildObs02.shp

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: AMESTIMATE

Attribute_Definition_Source: BuOwl_WildObs02.shp

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ADULT_FEM

Attribute_Definition: # of adult females observed

Attribute_Definition_Source: BuOwl_WildObs02.shp

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: AFESTIMATE

Attribute_Definition_Source: BuOwl_WildObs02.shp

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ADULT_UNK

Attribute_Definition: # obsaerved, sex unknown

Attribute_Definition_Source: BuOwl_WildObs02.shp

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: AUESTIMATE

Attribute_Definition_Source: BuOwl_WildObs02.shp

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: YOUNG_UNK

Attribute_Definition: # young observed, sex unknown

Attribute_Definition_Source: BuOwl_WildObs02.shp

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: YUESTIMATE

Attribute_Definition_Source: BuOwl_WildObs02.shp

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: UNK_UNK

Attribute_Definition: # observed, neither sex nor age class known

Attribute_Definition_Source: BuOwl_WildObs02.shp

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: UUESTIMATE

Attribute_Definition_Source: BuOwl_WildObs02.shp

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ICOUNTTYPE

Attribute_Definition_Source: BuOwl_WildObs02.shp

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: NESTIMATE

Attribute_Definition_Source: BuOwl_WildObs02.shp

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: OCCUPIED

Attribute_Definition_Source: BuOwl_WildObs02.shp

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SURVEYTYPE

Attribute_Definition_Source: BuOwl_WildObs02.shp

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ACTIVITY1

Attribute_Definition: activity observed

Attribute_Definition_Source: BuOwl_WildObs02.shp

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 01

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Reproductive

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 02

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Loafing or Roosting

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 07

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Sign

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 11

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Territorial

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: 13

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Standing/Perching

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: A

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Agitated behavior, or giving anxiety calls

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: CO

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: confirmed breeding

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: FY

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: fledged young

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: N

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: nest-building

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: NE

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: nest with eggs

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: NU

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: used nest

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: NY

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: nest with young

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: O

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: observed during breeding season

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: ON

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: adults on nest

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: P

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: pair observed

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: PO

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: possible breeding

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: PR

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: probable breeding

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: SH

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: suitable nesting habitat

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: V

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: visiting probable nest site

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ACTIVITY2

Attribute_Definition:

second activity observed, see Activity 1 description for options

Attribute_Definition_Source: BuOwl_WildObs02.shp

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SPP_NOTES

Attribute_Definition: additional species observations

Attribute_Definition_Source: BuOwl_WildObs02.shp

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: HABITAT1

Attribute_Definition_Source: BuOwl_WildObs02.shp

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LOC_NOTES

Attribute_Definition: additional general site description

Attribute_Definition_Source: BuOwl_WildObs02.shp

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: MAPMETHOD

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: NewField1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Section1

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: GISLibrarian

Contact_Organization:

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute

Contact_Position: GIS Data Librarian

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: Fish and Wildlife Research Institute

Address: 100 Eighth Avenue Southeast

City: St. Petersburg

State_or_Province: Florida

Postal_Code: 33701

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-896-8626

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727-893-1679

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: GISLibrarian@MyFWC.com

Hours_of_Service: 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Eastern time

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This data set is in the public domain, and the recipient may not assert any proprietary rights thereto nor represent it to anyone as other than a FWC-FWRI produced data set; it is provided "as-is" without warranty of any kind, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The user assumes all responsibility for the accuracy and suitability of this data set for a specific application. In no event will the staff of the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute be liable for any damages, including lost profits, lost savings, or other incidental or consequential damages arising from the use of or the inability to use this data set.

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Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20110401

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: GISLibrarian

Contact_Organization:

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute

Contact_Position: GIS Data Librarian

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: Fish and Wildlife Research Institute

Address: 100 Eighth Avenue Southeast

City: St. Petersburg

State_or_Province: Florida

Postal_Code: 33701

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-896-8626

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727-893-1679

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: GISLibrarian@MyFWC.com

Hours_of_Service: 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Eastern time

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

Metadata_Access_Constraints: No restrictions on metadata

Metadata_Use_Constraints: Metadata must be distributed with the data set.

Metadata_Security_Information:

Metadata_Security_Classification_System: FWRI-MC

Metadata_Security_Classification: Available

Metadata_Security_Handling_Description: Metadata must be distributed with the data set.