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Land Cover on the Elizabeth Islands, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket 1938

The widespread influence of land use and natural disturbance on population, community, and landscape dynamics and the long-term legacy of disturbance on modern ecosystems requires that a historical, broad-scale perspective become an integral part of modern ecological studies and conservation assessment and planning. In previous studies, the Harvard Forest Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) program has developed an integrated approach of paleoecological and historical reconstruction, meteorological modeling, air photo interpretation, GIS analyses, and field studies of vegetation and soils, to address fundamental ecological questions concerning the rates, direction, and causes of vegetation change, to evaluate controls over modern species and community distributions and landscape patterns, and to provide critical background for conservation and restoration planning. In the current study, we extend this approach to investigate the link between landscape history and the abundance, distribution, and dynamics of species, communities and landscapes of the Cape Cod to Long Island coastal region, including the islands of Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, and Block Island. The study region includes many areas of high conservation priority that are linked geographically, historically, and ecologically. This dataset includes a land cover GIS layer created from aerial photographs from 1938. Janice Stone interpreted the photos onto acetates which were then redrawn onto USGS topographic maps using a zoom transfer scope to reduce edge distortion from the photographs. The landcover polygons were then digitized into a GIS. As 1938 is near the midpoint between the peak of 19th century agricultural land clearance and the modern plant communities of the region, this data provides valuable information on changing landscape characteristics and vegetation successional patterns which shape the modern landscape.

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Lake Sediment Pollen from No Bottom Pond in Nantucket MA from 13333 BP to Present

Aim We analyzed a dataset composed of multiple palaeoclimate and lake-sediment pollen records from New England to explore how postglacial changes in the composition and spatial patterns of vegetation were controlled by regional-scale climate change, a subregional environmental gradient, and landscape-scale variations in soil characteristics. Location The 120,000-km2 study area includes parts of Vermont and New Hampshire in the north, where sites are 150-200 km from the Atlantic Ocean, and spans the coastline from southeastern New York to Cape Cod and the adjacent islands, including Block Island, the Elizabeth Islands, Nantucket, and Martha’s Vineyard. Results Boreal forest featuring Picea and Pinus banksiana was present across the region when conditions were cool and dry 14,000-12,000 calibrated 14C yrs before present (ybp). Pinus strobus became regionally dominant as temperatures increased between 12,000 and 10,000 ybp. The composition of forests in inland and coastal areas diverged in response to further warming after 10,000 ybp, when Quercus and Pinus rigida expanded across southern New England, while conditions remained cool enough in inland areas to maintain Pinus strobus. Increasing precipitation allowed Tsuga canadensis, Fagus grandifolia, and Betula to replace Pinus strobus in inland areas during 9000-8000 ybp, and also led to the expansion of Carya across the coastal part of the region beginning at 7000-6000 ybp. Abrupt cooling at 5500-5000 ybp caused sharp declines in Tsuga in inland areas and Quercus at some coastal sites, and the populations of those taxa remained low until they recovered around 3000 ybp in response to rising precipitation. Throughout most of the Holocene, sites underlain by sandy glacial deposits were occupied by Pinus rigida and Quercus. Main conclusions Postglacial changes in the composition and spatial pattern of New England forests were controlled by long-term trends and abrupt shifts in temperature and precipitation, as well as by

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Dragonfly and Damselfly populations on Nantucket Island

<p>Report and data submitted in fulfillment of a 2012 Nantucket Biodiversity Initiative grant.</p> <p>The first comprehensive survey of Odonates (dragonflies and damselflies) on Nantucket Island occurred in 1917. Four species were added to this list by 1930. In 2012, we surveyed several ponds bi-weekly for adults and larval skins to update the species list and provide records of relative abundance.&nbsp; We found six species of dragonflies that have colonized the island since 1930 and added two species to the island list that are migratory or irruptive. The damselflies are more complicated because of difficult or questionable identification, but there are certainly five species new to the Nantucket list and two species that have likely been extirpated since 1930.</p> <p>Files:</p> <p>allSurveyData.csv -&nbsp; survey for adults<br> Blyth-and-LoPresti-2013.pdf - the report itself<br> comparativeSpeciesList.csv - comparing this study data to past studies<br> dataDictionary.csv<br> keyedExuviae.csv - exuviae collected at ponds</p>

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A survey of Hogna carolinensis burrows on Nantucket Island, MA

<p>This dataset contains the locations of <em>Hogna carolinensis</em> burrows in the Quaker Cemetery on Nantucket Island, MA. This population is probably near where James Emerton collected specimens in 1928/1929. (<a href="https://www.mariamitchell.org/wp-content/uploads/Publication_Johnson1930_Insects.pdf">https://www.mariamitchell.org/wp-content/uploads/Publication_Johnson1930_Insects.pdf</a>).<br> Students from Matt Liddle&#39;s Nantucket New School 8th grade class measured and recorded these data under the guidance of Andrew Mckenna-Foster on 22 April and 13 May 2016.<br> To calculate georeferenced locations for each burrow, we chose a convenient base point that is 38 meters at 280 degrees from the hydrant at the SE corner of the Quaker Cemetery. Using QGIS and data from MassGIS (<a href="http://www.mass.gov/orgs/massgis-bureau-of-geographic-information">https://www.mass.gov/orgs/massgis-bureau-of-geographic-information</a>), we found the UTM coordinates of the hydrant and calculated the coordinates of the base point: 407230.04E 4570493.1N UTM 19N NAD83.<br> For each burrow we collected a bearing and distance from base point to calculate a UTM coordinate. We also measured the turret height, full turret width, and interior turret width.<br> These data do not represent all the burrows in the area but cover the main population center.<br> We hope that this dataset acts as a reference point for follow up surveys.</p>

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Spider species composition in Gaylussacia baccata clones of varying sizes on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts

<p>This research was funded by grants from the Nantucket Land Bank and the Nantucket Land Council in 2008.<br> <br> Sandplain grassland and coastal heathland habitats intermingle to form a mosaic on Nantucket&rsquo;s glacial outwash plain. Gaylussacia baccata (black huckleberry) is a dominant species in coastal heathland and forms large clonal monocultures. As these clones expand they replace grassland and reduce overall plant species diversity. In this pilot study I captured spiders in different size classes of G. baccata clones to determine if clone size affects spider species diversity. I also recorded differences in major plant species. Smaller clones had significantly higher numbers of two wolf spider species: Pardosa saxatilis and Schizocosa bilineata. Smaller clones tended to have a higher number of spider species than larger clones. Smaller clones had higher percentages of grass cover and less G. baccata coverage. I suggest that future work should produce separate species area curves for sandplain grassland and coastal heathland habitats to determine an optimum ratio of areas to maximize spider species richness.</p> <p>allSpiderData.csv<br> dataDictionary.csv - Data dictionary for all data files<br> mckenna-foster-report-2009.pdf - report describing project<br> vegetationData.csv</p>

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Repository for adjoint convolution analysis of sea level variations near Charleston and Nantucket

<p>This repository contains adjoint sensitivity, forcing, and example adjoint-convolution script to reconstruct sea level variations near Charleston and Nantucket.&nbsp;</p>

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Seismic and Hydrostratigraphic Characterization of the Onshore-Offshore Freshwater Systems of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA: Field Survey Report

<p>This data archive includes three files: field project report, seisimic data (shot gathers) from Martha's Vineyard, and seismic data (shot gathers) from Nantucket. This work was supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF Award 2052794). Technical support was provided by Geophysical Technology, Inc. (<a href="https://geophysicaltechnology.com/">https://geophysicaltechnology.com/</a>), Exploration Instruments (<a href="https://www.exiusa.com/">https://www.exiusa.com/</a>) , and Seismic Source (<a href="https://seismicsource.com/">https://seismicsource.com/</a>). Field work in Manuel F. Correllus State Forest was conducted with the approval of the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation under Research Access Permit #R-209. Daniel Wright and Conor Laffey of the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation provided local logistical support on Martha&rsquo;s Vineyard.&nbsp;Field work on Nantucket was conducted with the approval of Wannacommet Water Company. Mark Willett of Wannacommet water company provided local logistical support on Nantucket.</p>

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Harvard Forest site, station Nantucket County, MA (FIPS 25019), study of county area in units of squareKilometers on a yearly timescale

The EcoTrends project was established in 2004 by Dr. Debra Peters (Jornada Basin LTER, USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range) and Dr. Ariel Lugo (Luquillo LTER, USDA-FS Luquillo Experimental Forest) to support the collection and analysis of long-term ecological datasets. The project is a large synthesis effort focused on improving the accessibility and use of long-term data. At present, there are ~50 state and federally funded research sites that are participating and contributing to the EcoTrends project, including all 26 Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) sites and sites funded by the USDA Agriculture Research Service (ARS), USDA Forest Service, US Department of Energy, US Geological Survey (USGS) and numerous universities. Data from the EcoTrends project are available through an exploratory web portal (http://www.ecotrends.info). This web portal enables the continuation of data compilation and accessibility by users through an interactive web application. Ongoing data compilation is updated through both manual and automatic processing as part of the LTER Provenance Aware Synthesis Tracking Architecture (PASTA). The web portal is a collaboration between the Jornada LTER and the LTER Network Office. The following dataset from Harvard Forest (HFR) contains county area measurements in squareKilometers units and were aggregated to a yearly timescale.

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Harvard Forest site, station Nantucket County, MA (FIPS 25019), study of number of farms in units of number on a yearly timescale

The EcoTrends project was established in 2004 by Dr. Debra Peters (Jornada Basin LTER, USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range) and Dr. Ariel Lugo (Luquillo LTER, USDA-FS Luquillo Experimental Forest) to support the collection and analysis of long-term ecological datasets. The project is a large synthesis effort focused on improving the accessibility and use of long-term data. At present, there are ~50 state and federally funded research sites that are participating and contributing to the EcoTrends project, including all 26 Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) sites and sites funded by the USDA Agriculture Research Service (ARS), USDA Forest Service, US Department of Energy, US Geological Survey (USGS) and numerous universities. Data from the EcoTrends project are available through an exploratory web portal (http://www.ecotrends.info). This web portal enables the continuation of data compilation and accessibility by users through an interactive web application. Ongoing data compilation is updated through both manual and automatic processing as part of the LTER Provenance Aware Synthesis Tracking Architecture (PASTA). The web portal is a collaboration between the Jornada LTER and the LTER Network Office. The following dataset from Harvard Forest (HFR) contains number of farms measurements in number units and were aggregated to a yearly timescale.

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Harvard Forest site, station Nantucket County, MA (FIPS 25019), study of farmland acres (total) in units of acre on a yearly timescale

The EcoTrends project was established in 2004 by Dr. Debra Peters (Jornada Basin LTER, USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range) and Dr. Ariel Lugo (Luquillo LTER, USDA-FS Luquillo Experimental Forest) to support the collection and analysis of long-term ecological datasets. The project is a large synthesis effort focused on improving the accessibility and use of long-term data. At present, there are ~50 state and federally funded research sites that are participating and contributing to the EcoTrends project, including all 26 Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) sites and sites funded by the USDA Agriculture Research Service (ARS), USDA Forest Service, US Department of Energy, US Geological Survey (USGS) and numerous universities. Data from the EcoTrends project are available through an exploratory web portal (http://www.ecotrends.info). This web portal enables the continuation of data compilation and accessibility by users through an interactive web application. Ongoing data compilation is updated through both manual and automatic processing as part of the LTER Provenance Aware Synthesis Tracking Architecture (PASTA). The web portal is a collaboration between the Jornada LTER and the LTER Network Office. The following dataset from Harvard Forest (HFR) contains farmland acres (total) measurements in acre units and were aggregated to a yearly timescale.

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Harvard Forest site, station Nantucket County, MA (FIPS 25019), study of population employed in commerce (percent of total) in units of percent on a yearly timescale

The EcoTrends project was established in 2004 by Dr. Debra Peters (Jornada Basin LTER, USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range) and Dr. Ariel Lugo (Luquillo LTER, USDA-FS Luquillo Experimental Forest) to support the collection and analysis of long-term ecological datasets. The project is a large synthesis effort focused on improving the accessibility and use of long-term data. At present, there are ~50 state and federally funded research sites that are participating and contributing to the EcoTrends project, including all 26 Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) sites and sites funded by the USDA Agriculture Research Service (ARS), USDA Forest Service, US Department of Energy, US Geological Survey (USGS) and numerous universities. Data from the EcoTrends project are available through an exploratory web portal (http://www.ecotrends.info). This web portal enables the continuation of data compilation and accessibility by users through an interactive web application. Ongoing data compilation is updated through both manual and automatic processing as part of the LTER Provenance Aware Synthesis Tracking Architecture (PASTA). The web portal is a collaboration between the Jornada LTER and the LTER Network Office. The following dataset from Harvard Forest (HFR) contains population employed in commerce (percent of total) measurements in percent units and were aggregated to a yearly timescale.

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Harvard Forest site, station Nantucket County, MA (FIPS 25019), study of population employed at farms (percent of total) in units of percent on a yearly timescale

The EcoTrends project was established in 2004 by Dr. Debra Peters (Jornada Basin LTER, USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range) and Dr. Ariel Lugo (Luquillo LTER, USDA-FS Luquillo Experimental Forest) to support the collection and analysis of long-term ecological datasets. The project is a large synthesis effort focused on improving the accessibility and use of long-term data. At present, there are ~50 state and federally funded research sites that are participating and contributing to the EcoTrends project, including all 26 Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) sites and sites funded by the USDA Agriculture Research Service (ARS), USDA Forest Service, US Department of Energy, US Geological Survey (USGS) and numerous universities. Data from the EcoTrends project are available through an exploratory web portal (http://www.ecotrends.info). This web portal enables the continuation of data compilation and accessibility by users through an interactive web application. Ongoing data compilation is updated through both manual and automatic processing as part of the LTER Provenance Aware Synthesis Tracking Architecture (PASTA). The web portal is a collaboration between the Jornada LTER and the LTER Network Office. The following dataset from Harvard Forest (HFR) contains population employed at farms (percent of total) measurements in percent units and were aggregated to a yearly timescale.

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Harvard Forest site, station Nantucket County, MA (FIPS 25019), study of population employed in manufacturing (percent of total) in units of percent on a yearly timescale

The EcoTrends project was established in 2004 by Dr. Debra Peters (Jornada Basin LTER, USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range) and Dr. Ariel Lugo (Luquillo LTER, USDA-FS Luquillo Experimental Forest) to support the collection and analysis of long-term ecological datasets. The project is a large synthesis effort focused on improving the accessibility and use of long-term data. At present, there are ~50 state and federally funded research sites that are participating and contributing to the EcoTrends project, including all 26 Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) sites and sites funded by the USDA Agriculture Research Service (ARS), USDA Forest Service, US Department of Energy, US Geological Survey (USGS) and numerous universities. Data from the EcoTrends project are available through an exploratory web portal (http://www.ecotrends.info). This web portal enables the continuation of data compilation and accessibility by users through an interactive web application. Ongoing data compilation is updated through both manual and automatic processing as part of the LTER Provenance Aware Synthesis Tracking Architecture (PASTA). The web portal is a collaboration between the Jornada LTER and the LTER Network Office. The following dataset from Harvard Forest (HFR) contains population employed in manufacturing (percent of total) measurements in percent units and were aggregated to a yearly timescale.

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Harvard Forest site, station Nantucket County, MA (FIPS 25019), study of population employed in service (percent of total) in units of percent on a yearly timescale

The EcoTrends project was established in 2004 by Dr. Debra Peters (Jornada Basin LTER, USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range) and Dr. Ariel Lugo (Luquillo LTER, USDA-FS Luquillo Experimental Forest) to support the collection and analysis of long-term ecological datasets. The project is a large synthesis effort focused on improving the accessibility and use of long-term data. At present, there are ~50 state and federally funded research sites that are participating and contributing to the EcoTrends project, including all 26 Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) sites and sites funded by the USDA Agriculture Research Service (ARS), USDA Forest Service, US Department of Energy, US Geological Survey (USGS) and numerous universities. Data from the EcoTrends project are available through an exploratory web portal (http://www.ecotrends.info). This web portal enables the continuation of data compilation and accessibility by users through an interactive web application. Ongoing data compilation is updated through both manual and automatic processing as part of the LTER Provenance Aware Synthesis Tracking Architecture (PASTA). The web portal is a collaboration between the Jornada LTER and the LTER Network Office. The following dataset from Harvard Forest (HFR) contains population employed in service (percent of total) measurements in percent units and were aggregated to a yearly timescale.

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Harvard Forest site, station Nantucket County, MA (FIPS 25019), study of percent urban population in units of percent on a yearly timescale

The EcoTrends project was established in 2004 by Dr. Debra Peters (Jornada Basin LTER, USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range) and Dr. Ariel Lugo (Luquillo LTER, USDA-FS Luquillo Experimental Forest) to support the collection and analysis of long-term ecological datasets. The project is a large synthesis effort focused on improving the accessibility and use of long-term data. At present, there are ~50 state and federally funded research sites that are participating and contributing to the EcoTrends project, including all 26 Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) sites and sites funded by the USDA Agriculture Research Service (ARS), USDA Forest Service, US Department of Energy, US Geological Survey (USGS) and numerous universities. Data from the EcoTrends project are available through an exploratory web portal (http://www.ecotrends.info). This web portal enables the continuation of data compilation and accessibility by users through an interactive web application. Ongoing data compilation is updated through both manual and automatic processing as part of the LTER Provenance Aware Synthesis Tracking Architecture (PASTA). The web portal is a collaboration between the Jornada LTER and the LTER Network Office. The following dataset from Harvard Forest (HFR) contains percent urban population measurements in percent units and were aggregated to a yearly timescale.

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Harvard Forest site, station Nantucket County, MA (FIPS 25019), study of human population density in units of numberPerKilometerSquared on a yearly timescale

The EcoTrends project was established in 2004 by Dr. Debra Peters (Jornada Basin LTER, USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range) and Dr. Ariel Lugo (Luquillo LTER, USDA-FS Luquillo Experimental Forest) to support the collection and analysis of long-term ecological datasets. The project is a large synthesis effort focused on improving the accessibility and use of long-term data. At present, there are ~50 state and federally funded research sites that are participating and contributing to the EcoTrends project, including all 26 Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) sites and sites funded by the USDA Agriculture Research Service (ARS), USDA Forest Service, US Department of Energy, US Geological Survey (USGS) and numerous universities. Data from the EcoTrends project are available through an exploratory web portal (http://www.ecotrends.info). This web portal enables the continuation of data compilation and accessibility by users through an interactive web application. Ongoing data compilation is updated through both manual and automatic processing as part of the LTER Provenance Aware Synthesis Tracking Architecture (PASTA). The web portal is a collaboration between the Jornada LTER and the LTER Network Office. The following dataset from Harvard Forest (HFR) contains human population density measurements in numberPerKilometerSquared units and were aggregated to a yearly timescale.

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Harvard Forest site, station Nantucket County, MA (FIPS 25019), study of human population (total) in units of number on a yearly timescale

The EcoTrends project was established in 2004 by Dr. Debra Peters (Jornada Basin LTER, USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range) and Dr. Ariel Lugo (Luquillo LTER, USDA-FS Luquillo Experimental Forest) to support the collection and analysis of long-term ecological datasets. The project is a large synthesis effort focused on improving the accessibility and use of long-term data. At present, there are ~50 state and federally funded research sites that are participating and contributing to the EcoTrends project, including all 26 Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) sites and sites funded by the USDA Agriculture Research Service (ARS), USDA Forest Service, US Department of Energy, US Geological Survey (USGS) and numerous universities. Data from the EcoTrends project are available through an exploratory web portal (http://www.ecotrends.info). This web portal enables the continuation of data compilation and accessibility by users through an interactive web application. Ongoing data compilation is updated through both manual and automatic processing as part of the LTER Provenance Aware Synthesis Tracking Architecture (PASTA). The web portal is a collaboration between the Jornada LTER and the LTER Network Office. The following dataset from Harvard Forest (HFR) contains human population (total) measurements in number units and were aggregated to a yearly timescale.

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Harvard Forest site, station Nantucket County, MA (FIPS 25019), study of population (urban) in units of number on a yearly timescale

The EcoTrends project was established in 2004 by Dr. Debra Peters (Jornada Basin LTER, USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range) and Dr. Ariel Lugo (Luquillo LTER, USDA-FS Luquillo Experimental Forest) to support the collection and analysis of long-term ecological datasets. The project is a large synthesis effort focused on improving the accessibility and use of long-term data. At present, there are ~50 state and federally funded research sites that are participating and contributing to the EcoTrends project, including all 26 Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) sites and sites funded by the USDA Agriculture Research Service (ARS), USDA Forest Service, US Department of Energy, US Geological Survey (USGS) and numerous universities. Data from the EcoTrends project are available through an exploratory web portal (http://www.ecotrends.info). This web portal enables the continuation of data compilation and accessibility by users through an interactive web application. Ongoing data compilation is updated through both manual and automatic processing as part of the LTER Provenance Aware Synthesis Tracking Architecture (PASTA). The web portal is a collaboration between the Jornada LTER and the LTER Network Office. The following dataset from Harvard Forest (HFR) contains population (urban) measurements in number units and were aggregated to a yearly timescale.

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Data for vertebrate scavenger species composition on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts and implications for Nicrophorus americanus Olivier (American burying beetle) reintroduction

<p>Abstract: We surveyed scavenger species on Nantucket Island, MA, using motion-activated wildlife cameras baited with carcasses of either a Mus musculus domesticus (House Mouse) or Colinus virginianus (Bobwhite Quail) in the summer of 2016. We aimed to identify vertebrate scavenger species, measure how long carcasses remained available, and examine differences in carrion consumption between grassland and shrubland vegetation types. This information is important for management decisions concerning a reintroduced population of a federally endangered obligate scavenger, Nicrophorus americanus (American Burying Beetle), on Nantucket Island. Carcasses were removed or consumed within 2.7 &plusmn; 1.8 d, and vertebrates removed the carcass in 74% of trials. Carcasses persisted for similar lengths of time between the 2 vegetation types, but avian scavengers were significantly more common on Bobwhite Quail carcasses in grassland, and mammalian scavengers were significantly more common on House Mouse carcasses in shrubland habitats. Avian species appear to be significant competitors for carrion appropriate for American Burying beetle reproduction.</p> <p>This project was partly funded by grant #15-233 from the <a href="https://www.norcrosswildlife.org/">Norcross Wildlife Foundation</a>.&nbsp;</p> <p>File descriptions:<br> allCameraData.csv- Cleaned raw camera data. 2015 data from a&nbsp;pilot study and 2016 data are what was used for the publication.<br> dataDictionary.csv- Data dictionary for all csv files<br> figure2_goodnessOfFitTests.R- R code to create figure 2 and run goodness of fit and post hoc tests<br> quadplotper.csv- Data used by&nbsp;figure2_goodnessOfFitTests.R to create figure<br> resultsSummarized.csv- Authors&#39; determinations of what species removed carrion</p>

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Effects of Sandplain Grassland Management on Spider Richness and Abundance on Nantucket Island

<p>These data were collected for a 2009 Master&#39;s Thesis.</p> <p>Sandplain grassland is a globally rare habitat that is found abundantly on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts. It is disturbance dependent and prescribed burning and mowing are management techniques used to impede shrub encroachment and maintain grassland. We used pitfall traps to investigate the effects of one time burning and mowing, annual mowing, and no management on spider richness and abundance in sandplain grasslands located in the Smooth Hummocks Coastal Preserve on Nantucket Island. In 2352 trap nights, we captured 1663 spiders representing 67 species. Burned treatments had significantly higher abundance because the most abundant species, Pardosa saxatilis (Lycosidae) was almost exclusively captured in burned areas. Accounting for P. saxatilis, abundance and richness were similar across all treatments. Guild structure was also very similar. In a correspondence analysis, we identified species that prefer recently managed grassland and those that prefer less recently managed grassland and conclude that maintaining several treatments in the area increases overall spider diversity. Euryopis gertschi (Theridiidae) was the third most abundant species and is an unusual component to the sandplain grassland species composition.</p> <p>File descriptions:</p> <p>allSpiderData.csv - spider counts by species and trap<br> dataDictionary.csv - Description of variable for all data<br> grassHeight.csv - grass height for transects<br> litterMass.csv - Litter mass from each transect<br> plotData.csv - location information for each plot<br> vegetationData.csv - percent cover for each transect</p>

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