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Snowshoe Hare Mark-Recapture Trapping Data from western Montana Summer 1998-2018

General Information

Data Package:
Local Identifier:	edi.576.1
Title:	Snowshoe Hare Mark-Recapture Trapping Data from western Montana Summer 1998-2018
Alternate Identifier:	DOI PLACE HOLDER
Abstract:	These data were collected over 21 years from 1998-2018 with trapping primarily occurring from May-August. Snowshoe hares were trapped at 16 different girds spread across two regions (Tally Lake and Seeley Lake). Seeley Lake (Lat. = 47.2degree, Long. = -113.4degree) and Tally Lake (Lat. = 48.5degree, Long. = -114.8degree) are approximately 175 km apart and span similar elevations (approximately 1500-1900 m.a.s.l.). Both areas are managed by the US Forest Service (USFS) with a history of multiple use including timber production and are dominated by moist, coniferous forests of Douglas fir, western larch, subalpine fir, lodgepole pine, Engelmann spruce and Ponderosa pine with a herbaceous understory. Snowshoe hares were trapped during the summer using live-traps. We marked all hares greater than 500g with a unique numbered ear tag. We weighed all hares, determined sex, measured right hind foot (RHF) length and determined breeding status. Only adult hares (weight greater than 700g and RHF greater than 10cm) are included in this dataset.
Publication Date:	2020-07-21

Time Period

Begin:

1998-05-21

End:

2018-08-15

People and Organizations
Contact:	Kumar, Alexander V (U Montana) [ email ]
Creator:	Mills, L S (U Montana)
Creator:	Hodges, Karen E (UBC Okanagan)
Creator:	Kumar, Alexander V (U Montana)
Creator:	Zimova, Marketa (U Montana)
Creator:	Griffin, Paul C (BLM)
Creator:	Cheng, Ellen (NPS)

Data Entities
Data Table Name:	hare recapture data
Description:	Snowshoe Hare Mark-Recapture Trapping Data

Detailed Metadata

Data Entities

Data Table


Data:	https://pasta-s.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/edi/576/1/fbc502729a063831d946f59927f38b76
Name:	hare recapture data
Description:	Snowshoe Hare Mark-Recapture Trapping Data
Number of Records:	6084
Number of Columns:	11

Table Structure

Object Name:

LTREB_1998-2018_to_EDI.csv

Size:

341934 bytes

Authentication:

518d1c0fc39f64ec265f925f197fd90d Calculated By MD5

Text Format:

Number of Header Lines:

Record Delimiter:

\r\n

Orientation:

column

Simple Delimited:

Field Delimiter:	,
Quote Character:	"

Table Column Descriptions

Column Name:

Region

Grid

Tag_R

Trap_Date

Tissue

Sex

Weight_g

Repro

RHF

Trap_ID

DEAD

Definition:

Region that the trapping grid occurred in

Name of trapping grid

Unique eartag number for each adult snowshoe hare.

Date of capture

Was an ear-punch biopsy sample taken from that individual hare on that date (archived for DNA extraction)?

Sex of adult hare

Weight of adult hare

Reproductive status of adult hare. Males are either testes abdominal or testes scrotal. All other statuses apply to females.

Length of right hind foot of adult hare

Identity of the trap site where the hare was captured. Typically Seeley grids are arranged in a grid with rows A-E and columns 1-10, but there are exceptions. Typically Tally grids are arranged in a grid with rows A-H and columns 1-10, but there are exceptions. Trap spacing is approximately 50m.

Was the hare deceased after capturing and/or handling?

Storage Type:

string

date

string

float

string

float

string

Measurement Type:

nominal

dateTime

nominal

ratio

nominal

ratio

nominal

Measurement Values Domain:

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	Tally
Definition	Tally lake
Source

Code Definition

Code	Seeley
Definition	Seeley lake
Source

Code Definition

Code	seeley
Definition	seeley lake
Source

Definition

Name of trapping grid

Definition

Unique eartag number for each adult snowshoe hare.

Format	YYYY-MM-DD
Precision

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	Y
Definition	yes
Source

Code Definition

Code	N
Definition	no
Source

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	F
Definition	female
Source

Code Definition

Code	M
Definition	male
Source

Unit	gram
Type	natural
Min	700
Max	1950

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	A
Definition	Testes Abdominal
Source

Code Definition

Code	L
Definition	Lactating
Source

Code Definition

Code	NL
Definition	Non-Lactating
Source

Code Definition

Code	NP
Definition	Not Pregnant
Source

Code Definition

Code	P
Definition	Pregnant
Source

Code Definition

Code	P NL
Definition	Pregnant Non-Lactating
Source

Code Definition

Code	PL
Definition	Pregnant Lactating
Source

Code Definition

Code	S
Definition	Testes Scrotal
Source

Unit	centimeter
Type	real
Min	10
Max	15.1

Definition

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	FALSE
Definition	FALSE
Source

Code Definition

Code	TRUE
Definition	TRUE
Source

Missing Value Code:

Accuracy Report:

Accuracy Assessment:

Coverage:

Methods:

Data Package Usage Rights

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Keywords

By Thesaurus:
(No thesaurus)	snowshoe hare, population cycles, estimation, Montana Snowshoe Hare Research Group, NSF LTREB
LTER Controlled Vocabulary	mark and recapture, boreal forests, demography, density, abundance

Methods and Protocols

These methods, instrumentation and/or protocols apply to all data in this dataset:

Methods and protocols used in the collection of this data package

Description:

Snowshoe hares were trapped during the summer (May-August) 1998-2018 using live-traps (51x18x18 cm, Tomahawk Live Trap Company, Tomahawk, WI) baited with alfalfa cubes and apples, spaced approximately 50m apart. Each of the seven Seeley Lake hare trapping grids consisted of approximately 50 traps, while the nine Tally Lake trapping grids had approximately 80 traps each. Each grid was trapped for 3-5 days each summer, ensuring population closure. We marked all hares greater than 500g with a unique numbered ear tag. We weighed all hares, determined sex, measured right hind foot length and determined breeding status (lactating or pregnant, testes abdominal or testes scrotal). We also collected ear tissue samples of some hares with a biopsy punch. All capture and handling procedures were approved by the University of Montana Animal Care and Use Committee. General trapping procedures described in Mills et al. 2005, Journal of Wildlife Management; DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2005)069[1053:PCICTM]2.0.CO;2

People and Organizations

Creators:

Individual:

L S Mills

Organization:

U Montana

Email Address:

scott.mills@umontana.edu

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8771-509X

Individual:

Karen E Hodges

Organization:

UBC Okanagan

Email Address:

karen.hodges@ubc.ca

Individual:

Alexander V Kumar

Organization:

U Montana

Email Address:

avk36@cornell.edu

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3831-5924

Individual:

Marketa Zimova

Organization:

U Montana

Email Address:

marketzimova@gmail.com

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8264-9879

Individual:

Paul C Griffin

Organization:

BLM

Email Address:

pgriffin@blm.gov

Individual:

Ellen Cheng

Organization:

NPS

Email Address:

ellen_cheng@nps.gov

Contacts:

Individual:

Alexander V Kumar

Organization:

U Montana

Email Address:

avk36@cornell.edu

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3831-5924

Temporal, Geographic and Taxonomic Coverage

Temporal, Geographic and/or Taxonomic information that applies to all data in this dataset:

Time Period

Begin:

1998-05-21

End:

2018-08-15

Geographic Region:

Description:

Seeley Lake, MT

Bounding Coordinates:

Northern:	47.35	Southern:	47.09
Western:	-113.6	Eastern:	-113.3

Geographic Region:

Description:

Tally Lake, MT

Bounding Coordinates:

Northern:	48.6	Southern:	48.39
Western:	-114.95	Eastern:	-114.49

Project

Parent Project Information:

Title:

CAREER: Snowshoe hares and lynx in a fragmented landscape: merging demographic and genetic approaches.

Personnel:

Individual:

L S Mills

Email Address:

0000-0001-8771-509X

Role:

Principal Investigator

Funding:

National Science Foundation 9876054

Related Project:

Title:

LTREB: Evaluating Population Cycles and Spatial Synchrony Using Long-Term Demographic and Genetic Data on Snowshoe Hares (MULTIPLE REU SUPPLEMENTS)

Personnel:

Individual:

L S Mills

Email Address:

0000-0001-8771-509X

Role:

Principal Investigator

Funding:

National Science Foundation 841884

Related Project:

Title:

LTREB (5-year renewal): Evaluating Population Cycles and Spatial Synchrony Using Long-Term Demographic and Genetic Data on Snowshoe Hares. (MULTIPLE REU SUPPLEMENTS)

Personnel:

Individual:

L S Mills

Email Address:

0000-0001-8771-509X

Role:

Principal Investigator

Funding:

National Science Foundation 1354449 and 1743871

Related Project:

Title:

Snowshoe hare response to thinning.

Personnel:

Individual:

L S Mills

Email Address:

0000-0001-8771-509X

Role:

Principal Investigator

Funding:

Plum Creek Timber Co.

Maintenance

Maintenance:

Description:	ongoing
Frequency:

Other Metadata

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Snowshoe Hare Mark-Recapture Trapping Data from western Montana Summer 1998-2018

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