Golden Eagle Observations [ds963]

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Tags
nesting, fly-over, Aquila chrysaetos, location, NDOW, Golden eagle, California, breeding, biota, perched, Golden Eagle Working Group, GEWG, bird


Summary

This is a spatial database compiling many sources of golden eagle observations into a standard format for comparison and management. The observations contained in this dataset may not be represented in the California Natural Diversity Database (CNDDB) but may be included in the future. For the time being, users should utilize both datasets concurrently.

Description

This is the California and Nevada Golden Eagle Working Group's (GEWG) observation dataset. This is a working dataset requiring more documentation and should not be shared outside of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife until finalized. The records generally represent observations of golden eagles (GOEA, Aquila chrysaetos) nesting, perching, flying, and foraging (excludes mortality). This is a cooperative project with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), the Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS, Service), and members of the CA/NV Golden Eagle Working Group (https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Conservation/Birds/Golden-Eagles/GEWG).

Credits

Use limitations

For use by California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) staff and California Natural Diversity Database (CNDDB) government subscribers. Due to the sensitive status of the species in this data, CDFW policy restricts its access. Do not distrubute this dataset without the permission of Carie Battistone. Do not publish this data in any form without the permission of the data contributor.

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 -124.358769 East -109.060780
North 42.008657 South 31.590427

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 biota


* Content type Downloadable Data
Export to FGDC CSDGM XML format as Resource Description No

Place keywords California

Theme keywords biota, location

Thesaurus
Title ISO 19115 Topic Category


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Theme keywords nesting, fly-over, Aquila chrysaetos, Nevada Department of Wildlife, NDOW, Golden eagle, breeding, perched, Golden Eagle Working Group, GEWG, bird

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Citation

Title Golden Eagle Observations [ds963]
Publication date 2020-04-1400:00:00


Presentation formats * digital map


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Citation Contacts

Responsible party
Organization's name California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Contact's role originator


Responsible party
Individual's name Kate Keiser
Organization's name California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Contact's role point of contact


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

Address
Type physical
City Sacramento
Administrative area CA
Country US
Postal code 95814
e-mail address Kate.Keiser@wildlife.ca.gov

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Responsible party
Individual's name Carie Battistone
Organization's name California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Contact's position Nongame Wildlife Program, Wildlife Branch
Contact's role point of contact


Contact information
Phone
Voice (916) 445-3615

Address
Type physical
City Sacramento
Administrative area CA
Country US
Postal code 95811
e-mail address Carie.Battistone@wildlife.ca.gov

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Resource Details

Dataset languages English(UNITED STATES)
Dataset character set utf8 - 8 bit UCS Transfer Format


Status under development
Spatial representation type * vector


* Processing environment Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.6.1.9270


ArcGIS item properties
* Name Golden Eagle Observations [ds963]
* Location Server=; :; Database=; User=; Version=
* Access protocol ArcSDE Connection

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Extents

Extent
Description
publication date
Extent
Geographic extent
Bounding rectangle
Extent type Extent used for searching
* West longitude -124.358769
* East longitude -109.060780
* North latitude 42.008657
* South latitude 31.590427
* Extent contains the resource Yes

Extent in the item's coordinate system
* West longitude -124.358769
* East longitude -109.060780
* South latitude 31.590427
* North latitude 42.008657
* Extent contains the resource Yes

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Resource Points of Contact

Point of contact
Individual's name Carie Battistone
Organization's name California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Contact's position Nongame Wildlife Program, Wildlife Branch
Contact's role point of contact


Contact information
Phone
Voice (916) 445-3615

Address
Type physical
City Sacramento
Administrative area CA
Country US
Postal code 95811
e-mail address Carie.Battistone@wildlife.ca.gov

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Resource Maintenance

Resource maintenance
Update frequency irregular


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Resource Constraints

Constraints
Limitations of use

For use by California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) staff and California Natural Diversity Database (CNDDB) government subscribers. Due to the sensitive status of the species in this data, CDFW policy restricts its access. Do not distrubute this dataset without the permission of Carie Battistone. Do not publish this data in any form without the permission of the data contributor.

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.


Security constraints
Classification restricted


Limitations of use
The CA/NV golden eagle dataset contains sensitive information and is in draft form. Do not distribute without permission of Carie Battistone. In addition, data is not to be used without permission from the data contributor.
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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 0.001
M tolerance 0.001
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 8.8(9.3.1.2)


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Spatial Data Properties

Vector
* Level of topology for this dataset geometry only


Geometric objects
Feature class name DS0963_20200416
* Object type point
* Object count 0

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ArcGIS Feature Class Properties
Feature class name DS0963_20200416
* Feature type Simple
* Geometry type Point
* Has topology FALSE
* Feature count 0
* Spatial index TRUE
* Linear referencing FALSE

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Data Quality

Geoprocessing history

Process
Date 2020-04-1610:29:50
Tool location c:\program files (x86)\arcgis\desktop10.6\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\Project
Command issued
Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


Process
Date 2020-04-1610:30:26
Tool location c:\program files (x86)\arcgis\desktop10.6\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Conversion Tools.tbx\FeatureClassToFeatureClass
Command issued
Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


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Distribution

Distributor
Contact information
Individual's name Carie Battistone
Organization's name California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Contact's position Nongame Wildlife Program, Wildlife Branch
Contact's role point of contact


Contact information
Phone
Voice (916) 445-3615

Address
Type physical
City Sacramento
Administrative area CA
Country US
Postal code 95811
e-mail address Carie.Battistone@wildlife.ca.gov

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Distribution format
* Name SDE Feature Class


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

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Fields

Details for object DS0963_20200416
* Type Feature Class
* Row count 0
Definition
Golden Eagle Observations, CA and NV - DRAFT [ds963]


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 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 ObsDate
* Alias Observation Date
* Data type String
* Width 8
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Date of detection; year and month is required at a minimum. Format is YYYYMMDD.
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Field RecordType
* Alias Record Type
* Data type String
* Width 17
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
General description of what the golden eagle record represents.
List of values
Value nest
Description The record represents a golden eagle nest site.


Value fly-over
Description The record represents a golden eagle that was primarily observed flying.


Value perched
Description The record represents a golden eagle that was primarily observed perched.


Value use area centroid
Description The record represents the centroid of an area known to be used by a golden eagle or golden eagles. Area may represent a territory, home range, feeding area, or any other area of observed use.


Value unknown
Description The record type is unknown.


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Field SurveyType
* Alias Survey Type
* Data type String
* Width 15
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
The survey method used to detect the golden eagle(s) or nest.
List of values
Value aerial
Description Survey conducted by aircraft, helicopter or fixed wing.


Value ground
Description Survey conducted from traversing the ground.


Value incidental
Description Non-systematic detection of a golden eagle.


Value unknown
Description The survey method is unknown.


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Field NumTotal
* Alias Number Total
* Data type SmallInteger
* Width 2
* Precision 5
* Scale 0
Field description
Total number of golden eagles detected at represented point. A null value indicates that the number of birds detected is unknown.
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Field NumAdult
* Alias Number of Adults
* Data type SmallInteger
* Width 2
* Precision 5
* Scale 0
Field description
Number of adults detected. An adult is an individual eagle capable of breeding, generally about 4-5 years of age; generally after fourth year or after fifth year (definitive basic plumage).
Description source
Bloom & Clark 2001, Driscoll 2010
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Field NumSubAd
* Alias Number of Sub Adults
* Data type SmallInteger
* Width 2
* Precision 5
* Scale 0
Field description
Number of subadults detected. A subadult is an individual eagle greater than 1 year old, but typically not able to breed; generally second year to fourth year (basic I-basic III plumage).
Description source
Bloom & Clark 2001, Driscoll 2010
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Field NumJuv
* Alias Number of Juveniles
* Data type SmallInteger
* Width 2
* Precision 5
* Scale 0
Field description
Number of juveniles detected. A juvenile is an individual eagle less than 1 year old; generally hatch year and early second year.
Description source
Bloom & Clark 2001, Driscoll 2010
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Field NumFledgli
* Alias Number of Fledglings
* Data type SmallInteger
* Width 2
* Precision 5
* Scale 0
Field description
Number of fledglings detected. A fledgling is an eaglet that has recently flown from the nest (See Driscoll 2010) or a young eagle that has taken the first flight from the nest but is not yet independent.
Description source
USFWS 2009
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Field NumNestlng
* Alias Number of Nestlings
* Data type SmallInteger
* Width 2
* Precision 5
* Scale 0
Field description
Number of nestlings
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Field NumEgg
* Alias Number of Eggs
* Data type SmallInteger
* Width 2
* Precision 5
* Scale 0
Field description
Number of eggs detected.
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Field NumUnkAge
* Alias Number of Unknown Age
* Data type SmallInteger
* Width 2
* Precision 5
* Scale 0
Field description
Number of unknown age class golden eagles detected.
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Field Behavior1
* Alias Behavior Primary
* Data type String
* Width 25
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
The primary activity or behavior of the observed eagle. Examples include, perch, fly, brood, feed, incubating, courtship display, territorial display, etc.
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Field Behavior2
* Alias Behavior Secondary
* Data type String
* Width 25
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
The secondary activity or behavior of the observed eagle. This may be an inferred behavior; e.g. a GOEA seen flying may be assumed to be hunting. Examples include, feeding, preening, hunting, resting, etc.
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Field NestID
* Alias Nest Identification Code
* Data type String
* Width 100
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Unique nest identifying code.
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Field NestOccup
* Alias Nest Occupancy
* Data type String
* Width 15
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Description of the nest occupancy by golden eagle. (Occupied, Unoccupied, Unknown). A previously known golden eagle nest occupied by a different species would be considered unoccupied for the purposes of the golden eagle database. The nest occupancy field is not meant to address territory occupancy by golden eagles since the purpose of the database is to capture observational data. However, the database as a whole may be used to help determine golden eagle territory occupancy.
Description source
Pagel et al. 2010
List of values
Value occupied
Description A nest used for breeding in the current year by a pair of golden eagles. Presence of an adult, eggs, or young, freshly molted feathers or plucked down, or current years mutes (whitewash) suggest occupancy.
Enumerated domain value definition source Pagel et al. 2010


Value unoccupied
Description Those nests not selected by golden eagles for use in the current nesting season. Nests would also be considered unoccupied for the nonbreeding period of the year.
Enumerated domain value definition source Pagel et al. 2010


Value unknown
Description Unknown


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Field NestStatus
* Alias Nest Status
* Data type String
* Width 15
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Description of the nest status.
Description source
Pagel et el. 2010
List of values
Value active
Description A nest in which eggs have been laid (See Driscoll 2010) or a Golden Eagle nest characterized by the presence of any adult, egg, or dependent young at the nest in the past 10 consecutive days immediately prior to, and including, at present (See Pagel et al. 2010).
Enumerated domain value definition source Driscol 2010, Pagel et al. 2010


Value inactive
Description A Golden Eagle nest that is not currently being used by eagles as determined by the continuing absence of any adult, egg, or dependent young at the nest for at least 10 consecutive days immediately prior to, and including, at present.
Enumerated domain value definition source Pagel et al. 2010


Value tended
Description A nest with fresh mute (feces), fresh material, or signs of reconstruction within the year, but an egg or golden eagle was never observed.


Value successful
Description An active nest in which at least one young survived to an advanced stage of development (See Driscoll 2010), or Fledging success will be determined via the observation of young that are at least 51 days of age, or are known to have fledged from the observed nest (See Pagel et al. 2010).
Enumerated domain value definition source Driscol 2010, Pagel et al. 2010


Value failed
Description An active nest in which the eggs did not hatch, or the young died before reaching an advanced stage of development (See Driscoll 2010), or nesting failure occurs when a nest where eggs were laid or where incubation behavior was observed fails to have any young reach 51 days of age (See Pagel et al. 2010).
Enumerated domain value definition source Driscol 2010, Pagel et al. 2010


Value unknown
Description Unknown status


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Field NestCond
* Alias Nest Condition
* Data type String
* Width 20
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Description of the condition of the nest.
List of values
Value intact
Description Nest integrity is well built and does not appear altered, dilapidated, or deteriorating.


Value deteriorating
Description Nest is not well built and appears to be falling apart.


Value destroyed
Description Nest material is completely absent or minimal remains, and nest substrate may be damaged or removed (e.g. felled tree, collapsed cliff ledge).


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Field NestSubstr
* Alias Nest Substrate
* Data type String
* Width 20
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Description of the substrate the nest was built on. (cliff, outcrop, tree, utility, platform, other structure, other).
List of values
Value cliff
Description A high steep face of rock


Value outcrop
Description A rock formation appearing above the surface of the surrounding land


Value tree
Description A plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground


Value utility
Description An electrical utility tower


Value platform
Description An artificial platform to promote nesting


Value other structure
Description Other man-made structure supporting the nest that is not a utility tower or platform


Value other
Description Any other substrate not defined above; please describe in Notes field


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Field NestTreeSp
* Alias Nest Tree Species
* Data type String
* Width 40
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Common or scientific name of the tree species if the nest was built in a tree.
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Field NestStage
* Alias Nest Stage
* Data type String
* Width 15
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
The stage of reproductive cycle the nest is in.
List of values
Value build
Description Adults are actively building a new nest or adding material/reconstructing an existing nest.


Value lay
Description Female is laying eggs; clutch incomplete.


Value incubate
Description A clutch of eggs are laid and are being incubated.


Value brood
Description Eggs have hatched and nestlings are being brooded.


Value branchers (branchling)
Description Young that are old and strong enough to leave the nest structure to nearby branches or ledges, but are not well developed enough to fly.


Value fledged
Description Young are capable of flight and have left the nest.


Value nonbreeding
Description Nest was observed outside of the breeding season.


Value unknown


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Field LonDD_N83
* Alias Longitude (Decimal Degrees NAD83)
* Data type Double
* Width 8
* Precision 38
* Scale 8
Field description
Longitude, decimal degrees, NAD83 (WGS84) with 5 decimal places (-###.####). Coordinates for a nest detection should represent the nest location, for a fly-over detection should represent the primary air space used, and for perched bird detections should represent the bird's location.
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Field LatDD_N83
* Alias Latitude (Decimal Degrees NAD83)
* Data type Double
* Width 8
* Precision 38
* Scale 8
Field description
Latitude, decimal degrees, NAD83 (WGS84) with 5 decimal places(##.#####). Coordinates for a nest detection should represent the nest location, for a fly-over detection should represent the primary air space used, and for perched bird detections should represent the bird's location.
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Field CoordAcc_m
* Alias Coordinate Accurate Within (meters)
* Data type SmallInteger
* Width 2
* Precision 5
* Scale 0
Field description
The coordinates are accurate within what distance in meters? Estimate of the spatial error of the provided coordinates representing the actual location of the bird or nest.
List of values
Value 10
Description Accurate within 10 meters


Value 50
Description Accurate within 50 meters


Value 100
Description Accurate within 100 meters


Value 1,000
Description Accurate within 1,000 meters


Value 2,000
Description Accurate within 2,000 meters


Value 5,000
Description Accurate within 5,000 meters


Value 10,000
Description Accurate within 10,000 or more meters


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Field CoordSrc
* Alias Coordinate Source
* Data type String
* Width 20
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
The source of the provided coordinates.
List of values
Value GPS
Description Coordinates were collected in the field with a GPS unit


Value map
Description Coordinates were derived by the data compiler by digitizing points on a map or estimating the centroid of a use area


Value point
Description Coordinates were provided to the data compiler in a GIS file (shapefile, coverage, KML or KMZ, etc.), spreadsheet, report, etc. Method of collection is unknown.


Value description
Description The coordinates were determined from a written or verbal description of the site


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Field SiteName
* Alias Site Name
* Data type String
* Width 100
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
The site name, territory name, project name, locality name, or other location reference (other than nest ID) used as a reference by observer.
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Field SiteDirect
* Alias Site Directions/Location
* Data type String
* Width 254
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Directions to the site or detailed location description identifying the site.
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Field Notes
* Alias Notes (comments)
* Data type String
* Width 254
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
General comment/note fields to explain any of the other fields or add additional information about the observation.
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Field ObsvrAffil
* Alias Observer Affiliation
* Data type String
* Width 80
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Agency or organization affiliation of the observer/reporter.
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Field SourceID
* Alias Source Identification Code
* Data type String
* Width 9
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Assigned by data compiler. Unique code/key field linking the bibliographic data source record (DataSources) to the detection record (Data). It should be unique for each data source (report, field survey, field notes, article, etc.). Consists of a four-letter prefix for the agency of the compiler followed by a five-digit number.
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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 2020-04-16


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


Created in ArcGIS for the item 2020-04-1610:29:42
Last modified in ArcGIS for the item 2020-04-1610:30:16


Automatic updates
Have been performed Yes
Last update 2020-04-1610:30:16


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Metadata Contacts

Metadata contact
Individual's name Carie Battistone
Organization's name California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Contact's position Nongame Wildlife Program, Wildlife Branch
Contact's role point of contact


Contact information
Phone
Voice (916) 445-3615

Address
Type physical
City Sacramento
Administrative area CA
Country US
Postal code 95811
e-mail address Carie.Battistone@wildlife.ca.gov

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Maintenance
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