Mule Deer [ds108]

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Tags
Tulare County, monitoring, Ventura County, numbers, Monterey County, Santa Clara County, San Luis Obispo County, Mono County, San Mateo County, comp counts, Alameda County, Alpine County, distribution, Santa Catalina Island, biota, deer herd composition, Inyo County, California, Sonoma County, biota, San Bernardino County, location, Santa Barbara County, Lake County, sex ratios, Los Angeles County, Lassen County, San Benito County, San Diego County, Orange County, survey, Plumas County, Riverside County, mule deer, Kern County, Sierra County, Mendocino County


Summary

The purpose of the surveys is to establish age and sex ratios for use in determining deer population estimates. This information is used to set deer hunt quotas.

Description

These observations come from helicopter surveys of deer in selected ranges of California. The fall 2001/winter 2002 data were collected in October through January, the spring 2002 were collected in February and March, the fall 2002/winter 2003 were collected in October through January, and the spring 2003 data were collected in March. The data are summarized by survey polygon. Attributes include number of adults (for spring data), bucks & does (for fall/winter data), fawns, and unclassified deer seen, the number and total length of transects flown, and the area of each survey polygon.

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Use limitations

Use of this dataset requires permission from the primary contact

Extent

West -123.459826 East -116.203227
North 40.373398 South 32.662090

Scale Range

ArcGIS Metadata

Topics and Keywords

Themes or categories of the resource inlandWaters, location, biota


* Content type Downloadable Data


Place keywords Tulare County, Ventura County, Monterey County, Santa Clara County, San Luis Obispo County, Mono County, San Mateo County, Alameda County, Alpine County, Santa Catalina Island, Inyo County, California, Sonoma County, San Bernardino County, Santa Barbara County, Lake County, Los Angeles County, Lassen County, San Benito County, San Diego County, Orange County, Plumas County, Riverside County, Kern County, Sierra County, Mendocino County

Theme keywords biota

Thesaurus
Title ISO 19115 Topic Category


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Theme keywords monitoring, numbers, comp counts, distribution, biota, deer herd composition, location, sex ratios, survey, mule deer

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Citation

* Title DS0108_20050520
Publication date 2005-04-01


Presentation formats * digital map


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Citation Contacts

Responsible party
Organization's name Mary Sommer
Contact's role originator


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Resource Details

Dataset languages English(UNITED STATES)


Status completed
Spatial representation type * vector


Supplemental information
In California, helicopter deer surveys conducted in cooperation with the Deer Management Program are based on a random transect design. Initial survey polygons are created for use in these surveys in conjunction with local Department of Fish and Game biologists. Each polygon is then overlaid with 500 meter wide transects. A subset of these transects are then randomly selected to be flown. Transects are surveyed either in the fall/winter or the spring depending on the herd requirements. Transects are flown by helicopter containing a pilot and three observers. One observer also serves as data recorder. When deer are spotted within 250 meters of the transect being flown they are classified as to sex and age (bucks, does and fawns in the fall and winter, and adults and fawns in the spring when the bucks have shed their antlers). A waypoint is recorded for the deer group using a GPS, and the rest of the survey information is recorded on hard copy data sheets. All data is delivered to Rick Mayfield of the Department of Fish and Game upon completion of the surveys. The data is then compiled and used to estimate populations and set deer hunt quotas.
* Processing environment Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; Esri ArcGIS 10.1.1.3143


ArcGIS item properties
* Name DS0108_20050520
* Location Server=; :; Database=; User=; Version=
* Access protocol ArcSDE Connection

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Extents

Extent
Description
publication date
Temporal extent
Beginning date 2001-01-01
Ending date 2003-01-01

Extent
Geographic extent
Bounding rectangle
Extent type Extent used for searching
* West longitude -123.459826
* East longitude -116.203227
* North latitude 40.373398
* South latitude 32.662090
* Extent contains the resource Yes

Extent in the item's coordinate system
* West longitude -13743484.984200
* East longitude -12935684.027300
* South latitude 3850537.444300
* North latitude 4920352.684600
* Extent contains the resource Yes

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Resource Points of Contact

Point of contact
Individual's name Mary Sommer
Organization's name Wildlife Programs Branch, DFG
Contact's position Associate Wildlife Biologist
Contact's role point of contact


Contact information
Phone
Voice (916)445-3549

Address
Type postal
Delivery point 1812 Ninth Street
City Sacramento
Administrative area CA
Postal code 95814
Country US
e-mail address msommer@dfg.ca.gov

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Resource Maintenance

Resource maintenance
Update frequency not planned


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Resource Constraints

Legal constraints
Other constraints
Access restricted to authorized BIOS users
Constraints
Limitations of use
Use of this dataset requires permission from the primary contact
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Spatial Reference

ArcGIS coordinate system
* Type Projected
* Geographic coordinate reference GCS_WGS_1984
* Projection WGS_1984_Web_Mercator_Auxiliary_Sphere
* Coordinate reference details
Projected coordinate system
Well-known identifier 102100
X origin -20037700
Y origin -30241100
XY scale 10000
Z origin 0
Z scale 1
M origin 0
M scale 1
XY tolerance 0.001
Z tolerance 2
M tolerance 2
High precision true
Latest well-known identifier 3857
Well-known text PROJCS["WGS_1984_Web_Mercator_Auxiliary_Sphere",GEOGCS["GCS_WGS_1984",DATUM["D_WGS_1984",SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137.0,298.257223563]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Mercator_Auxiliary_Sphere"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",0.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",0.0],PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_1",0.0],PARAMETER["Auxiliary_Sphere_Type",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0],AUTHORITY["EPSG",3857]]

Reference system identifier
* Value 3857
* Codespace EPSG
* Version 7.11.2


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Spatial Data Properties

Vector
* Level of topology for this dataset geometry only


Geometric objects
Feature class name DS0108_20050520
* Object type composite
* Object count 208

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ArcGIS Feature Class Properties
Feature class name DS0108_20050520
* Feature type Simple
* Geometry type Polygon
* Has topology FALSE
* Feature count 208
* Spatial index TRUE
* Linear referencing FALSE

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Geoprocessing history

Process
Process name Project_2
Date 2005-04-1309:39:11
Tool location C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\Project
Command issued
Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


Process
Process name Append_4
Date 2005-05-2009:08:08
Tool location C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\Append
Command issued
Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


Process
Process name Append_5
Date 2005-05-2009:08:27
Tool location C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\Append
Command issued
Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


Process
Process name Append_6
Date 2005-05-2009:08:55
Tool location C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\Append
Command issued
Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


Process
Date 2011-07-2108:34:05
Tool location C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Conversion Tools.tbx\FeatureClassToFeatureClass
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Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


Process
Date 2013-06-2114:15:45
Tool location c:\program files (x86)\arcgis\desktop10.1\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\Project
Command issued
Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


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Distribution

Distributor
Contact information
Individual's name Mary Sommer
Organization's name California Dept. of Fish & Game, Wildlife Programs Branch
Contact's position Associate Wildlife Biologist
Contact's role distributor


Contact information
Phone
Voice (916)445-3549

Address
Type both
Delivery point 1812 Ninth Street
City Sacramento
Administrative area CA
Postal code 95814
Country US
e-mail address msommer@dfg.ca.gov

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Distribution format
* Name SDE Feature Class


Transfer options
Online source
Location http://bios.dfg.ca.gov/

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Fields

Details for object DS0108_20050520
* Type Feature Class
* Row count 208


Field OBJECTID
* Alias OBJECTID
* Data type OID
* Width 4
* Precision 10
* 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 POLY_NAME
* Alias POLY_NAME
* Data type String
* Width 30
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Name of the polygon surveyed.
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Field BUCKS
* Alias BUCKS
* Data type String
* Width 10
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Number of adult males seen.
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Field DOES
* Alias DOES
* Data type String
* Width 8
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Number of adult females seen.
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Field ADULTS
* Alias ADULTS
* Data type Double
* Width 8
* Precision 10
* Scale 0
Field description
Number of adult deer seen, includes both sexes.
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Field FAWNS
* Alias FAWNS
* Data type Double
* Width 8
* Precision 10
* Scale 0
Field description
Number of fawns seen.
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Field UNCLASS
* Alias UNCLASS
* Data type Double
* Width 8
* Precision 12
* Scale 0
Field description
Number of deer seen but not classified as adults or fawns.
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Field TOTAL
* Alias TOTAL
* Data type Integer
* Width 4
* Precision 10
* Scale 0
Field description
Total number of deer seen.
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Field AREA_SQMI
* Alias AREA_SQMI
* Data type Double
* Width 8
* Precision 19
* Scale 11
Field description
Area of survey polygon in square miles.
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Field SEASON
* Alias SEASON
* Data type String
* Width 14
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Season of the survey
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Field YEAR
* Alias YEAR
* Data type Integer
* Width 4
* Precision 10
* Scale 0
Field description
Year of the survey
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Field LEGEND
* Alias LEGEND
* Data type String
* Width 24
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Combined season & year used for map legend
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Field TRANSECTS
* Alias TRANSECTS
* Data type Double
* Width 8
* Precision 15
* Scale 0
Field description
Number of transects surveyed.
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Field TOT_T_LENG
* Alias TOT_T_LENG
* Data type Double
* Width 8
* Precision 18
* Scale 3
Field description
Total length of transects surveyed in meters.
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Field TRANS_MI_
* Alias TRANS_MI_
* Data type Double
* Width 8
* Precision 19
* Scale 11
Field description
Total length of transects surveyed in miles.
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Field SHAPE
* Alias Shape
* Data type Geometry
* Width 4
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
* Field description
Feature geometry.
* Description source
ESRI
* Description of values
Coordinates defining the features.


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Field Shape.STArea()
* Alias Shape.STArea()
* Data type Double
* Width 0
* Precision 0
* Scale 0


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Field Shape.STLength()
* Alias Shape.STLength()
* Data type Double
* Width 0
* Precision 0
* Scale 0


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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 2014-04-28


ArcGIS metadata properties
Metadata format ArcGIS1.0
Metadata style FGDC CSDGM Metadata


Created in ArcGIS for the item 2014-03-0615:21:50
Last modified in ArcGIS for the item 2014-04-2809:08:26


Automatic updates
Have been performed Yes
Last update 2014-04-2809:08:26


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Metadata Contacts

Metadata contact
Individual's name Mary Sommer
Organization's name California Dept. of Fish & Game, Wildlife Programs Branch
Contact's position Associate Wildlife Biologist
Contact's role point of contact


Contact information
Phone
Voice (916)445-3549

Address
Type both
Delivery point 1812 Ninth Street
City Sacramento
Administrative area CA
Postal code 95814
Country US
e-mail address msommer@dfg.ca.gov

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Enclosure
Enclosure type File
Description of enclosure original metadata
Original metadata document, which was translated yes
Source metadata format fgdc

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