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  • Common Raven (Corvus corax) Occupancy Survey and Habitat Selection Data in Cliff Habitat of the Central Appalachian Region, USA, 2009-2010
  • Felch, Joshua M; University of Kentucky Department of Forestry and Natural Resources
    Murphy, Sean M; University of Kentucky Department of Forestry and Natural Resources
    Hackworth, Zachary J; University of Kentucky Department of Forestry and Natural Resources
    Cox, John J; University of Kentucky Department of Forestry and Natural Resources
  • 2021-12-16
  • Felch, J.M., S.M. Murphy, Z.J. Hackworth, and J.J. Cox. 2021. Common Raven (Corvus corax) Occupancy Survey and Habitat Selection Data in Cliff Habitat of the Central Appalachian Region, USA, 2009-2010 ver 1. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/DOI_PLACE_HOLDER (Accessed 2024-12-28).

  • We identified 24 cliff sites across four states of the Central Appalachian Region of the eastern USA (Kentucky, North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia) with known raven occupancy at which to perform occupancy surveys for estimating detection probability and the effects of covariates. We surveyed each cliff site 2-4 times in either 2009 or 2010 and recorded time-to-first detection and time to confirmed cliff occupancy during a two-hour survey. Daily surveys were completed between 06:00 and local solar noon. During each survey, we recorded covariates, including air temperature at survey start time, cloud cover, wind speed, and day of year. We also calculated the distance of the observation point from the cliff being surveyed and the forest cover around the cliff. We also collected data thought to be pertinent for habitat selection by ravens on 26 cliffs occupied by ravens and 26 cliffs deemed unoccupied by ravens in 2010. For each cliff, we measured cliff physiographic characteristics, such as cliff length, cliff height, and occlusion by vegetation, and landscape characteristics, including percent forest and urban cover around the cliff and distances from the cliff to the nearest road and human habitation.

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