Data

This data release contains data used within the PRMS CONUS Futures Portal including descriptions of data layers in the Uncertainty Analysis section, reference model performance at stream gage locations, and model performance metrics for climate model based simulations. 1) The description of variables available in the Uncertainty Analysis tab include variable short name, variable long...

This dataset contains CSV files for raw and processed stream biological data used in an analysis of temporal synchrony of proglacial rivers. Data include water quality metrics, fish survey data, and biomass calculations.

Aspen stands (Populus tremuloides Michx.) are declining in western U.S. forests due to drought, changing climate, and altered disturbance regimes. Management of aspen has focused on promoting vegetative suckering, which requires viable rootstock. With increasing wildfire frequency and severity in the West, there are opportunities for aspen reforestation post-fire. We tested how deadwood...

The area burned in high severity fire as well as the proportion of fires burning at high severity have been increasing in southwestern ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) forests since the 1980s, with over 100,000 hectares burning in many recent years and many fires burning at over 40% moderate to high severity. These fires often contain large patches (>100 ha) of 100% tree mortality. This...

We estimated thermal preference, acclimated chronic exposure, metabolic thermal optima, and critical thermal maximum for four species in the Notropis genus during 2022-2024. Thermal preference was estimated for Blacknose Shiner (Notropis heterolepis) and Ozark Shiner (N. ozarcanus) for individuals acclimated at both 22°C and 26°C for a minimum of two weeks using a behavioral shuttlebox...

Low-level stratiform clouds modulate California's coastal climate during the warm season. Previous work describing the seasonal and daily variability of coastal low cloudiness (CLC) suggests that in July, August, and September southern California's CLC is under the influence of an additional driver, which has less impact in northern California. In this work, we introduce the link in...

This dataset contains CSV files of freshwater invertebrate and stream physicochemsitry data used to calculate secondary production of invertebrate biomass.

This dataset includes data from a study testing the interacting effects of disturbance regime and winter snow depth on plant emergence, growth, and reproductive effort in a restored tallgrass prairie. The “Treatments.csv” file includes details of the experimental design. The design includes two snow manipulation treatments (ambient or reduced snow) nested within one of three disturbance...

In the moist, coniferous forests of Oregon and Washington, a dense network of headwater streams supports high levels of amphibian species endemism and diversity, including the torrent salamanders (Rhyacotriton spp.). The Columbia and Cascade torrent salamanders (R. kezeri and R. cascadae, respectively) are species of greatest conservation need, but current information is insufficient for...

This data release includes raster and text input files to initialize and run the forest disturbance and succession landscape simulation model, LANDIS-II with the Biomass Succession extension for the study area in the Adirondacks (ADK) National Park, New York, USA. The goal of this project was to develop inputs to forecast future spruce-fir forest extent using the landscape model LANDIS...

This data release contains a csv file of hexagon-tile specific summaries of several land use and climate variables that have been produced using R scripts. The hexagon tile grid spans the entire USA-portion of the Central and Mississippi Migratory Flyways and data has been extracted for the years 1979-2019.

This dataset contains modeled distributions for 20 species under two separate emission scenarios to inform conservation opportunity areas in new Mexico. A main objective of our study was to understand how well the current portfolio of conservation areas (SWAP Conservation Opportunity Areas and Important Plant Areas) in New Mexico would serve as refugia for species at risk with a changing...