Data from: Assessing accuracy of GAP and LANDFIRE land cover datasets in winter habitats used by greater sage-grouse in Idaho and Wyoming, USA
	Dataset DOI: 10.7923/9CFT-9G84

Dataset published to support the following peer-reviewed manuscript:
	Title: Assessing accuracy of GAP and LANDFIRE land cover datasets in winter habitats used by greater sage-grouse in Idaho and Wyoming, USA
	Journal: Journal of Environmental Management
	Manuscript DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111720 

Data use:
	License: CC-BY 4.0 - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
	Recommended Citation: Fremgen-Tarantino, M. R., Olsoy, P., Frye, G. G., Connelly, J. W., Krakauer, A. H., Patricelli, G. L., Child, A. W., & Sorensen Forbey, J. (2022). Data from: Assessing accuracy of GAP and LANDFIRE land cover datasets in winter habitats used by greater sage-grouse in Idaho and Wyoming, USA [Data set]. University of Idaho. https://doi.org/10.7923/9CFT-9G84

Data Files (gap_landfire_extracted_data directory):
	Field_GAP_LANDFIRE_LandCover.csv: This file summarizes the classification of field collected vegetation types into appropriate ecological systems, communities, and species to match GAP and LANDFIRE data, as well as summarizes the data extracted at each spatial scale (0 m/point, 100 m, 1000 m, and 5000 m) for each data set at each study area.	
		File Header Key:
			STATE: State in which field data were collected (Idaho or Wyoming); categorical
			SITE: Study area in which field data were collected; categorical
			PATCH: Unique identifier for each forage or random point at which field data were collected; unique codes
			SPECIES: Species of sagebrush identified at each field location; categorical
			Field (ground-truthed) GAP: Ecological systems classification identified at each field location, based on vegetation type present and other ecological information/site knowledge; categorical
			Point GAP (code): GAP ecological systems land cover classification at each point, extracted from the point (codes define raster display, but are unique vegetation codes); integer
			Point GAP (name): GAP ecological systems land cover classification at each point, extracted from the point; categorical
			100 m GAP (code for majority): Numerical raster code for the GAP Ecological system that dominated the 100-m radius plot around the field point where data were collected
			100 m GAP (proportion of cells): Proportion of raster cells within the 100-m radius of the field point that were the primary GAP ecological system identified
			100 m GAP (name): Categorical description for the GAP Ecological system that dominated the 100-m radius plot around the field point where data were collected
			1000 m GAP (code for majority): Numerical raster code for the GAP Ecological system that dominated the 1000-m radius plot around the field point where data were collected
			1000 m GAP (proportion of cells): Proportion of raster cells within the 1000-m radius of the field point that were the primary GAP ecological system identified
			1000 m GAP (name): Categorical description for the GAP Ecological system that dominated the 1000-m radius plot around the field point where data were collected
			5000 m GAP (code for majority): Numerical raster code for the GAP Ecological system that dominated the 5000-m radius plot around the field point where data were collected
			5000 m GAP (proportion of cells): Proportion of raster cells within the 5000-m radius of the field point that were the primary GAP ecological system identified
			5000 m GAP (name): Categorical description for the GAP Ecological system that dominated the 5000-m radius plot around the field point where data were collected
			LANDFIRE Point (code): Numerical raster code for the LANDFIRE existing vegetation type (EVT) SAF-SRM description at the field point where data were collected
			LANDFIRE Point (name): Categorical description for the LANDFIRE existing vegetation type (EVT) SAF-SRM description at the field point where data were collected
			Field LANDFIRE (community): LANDFIRE existing vegetation type (EVT) SAF-SRM description translated into an appropriate functional/structural group of sagebrush for the point at which data were collected
			Point LANDFIRE (community): Categorical description of the vegetation at a point divided into functional/structural groups of sagebrush, described in terms of the LANDFIRE existing vegetation type (EVT) SAF-SRM description were collected
			Field LANDFIRE (species): Categorical description of the vegetation at a point, described in terms of the LANDFIRE existing vegetation type (EVT) SAF-SRM description were collected
			Point LANDFIRE (species): Categorical description of the vegetation at a point extracted from the LANDFIRE existing vegetation type (EVT) SAF-SRM descriptions
			100 m LANDFIRE (code for majority): Numerical raster code for the LANDFIRE existing vegetation type (EVT) SAF-SRM description that dominated the 100-m radius plot around the field point where data were collected
			100 m LANDFIRE (proportion of cells): Proportion of raster cells within the 100-m radius of the field point that were the primary LANDFIRE existing vegetation type (EVT) SAF-SRM description identified
			100 m LANDFIRE (name extracted): Categorical description for the LANDFIRE existing vegetation type (EVT) SAF-SRM description that dominated the 100-m radius plot around the field point where data were collected
			100 m LANDFIRE (community name): Categorical description for the LANDFIRE existing vegetation type (EVT) SAF-SRM description translated into a functional/structural group of sagebrush that dominated the 100-m radius plot around the field point where data were collected
			100 m LANDFIRE (species name): Categorical description for the LANDFIRE existing vegetation type (EVT) SAF-SRM description translated into a sagebrush species name that dominated the 100-m radius plot around the field point where data were collected
			1000 m LANDFIRE (code for majority): Numerical raster code for the LANDFIRE existing vegetation type (EVT) SAF-SRM description that dominated the 1000-m radius plot around the field point where data were collected
			1000 m LANDFIRE (proportion of cells): Proportion of raster cells within the 1000-m radius of the field point that were the primary LANDFIRE existing vegetation type (EVT) SAF-SRM description identified
			1000 m LANDFIRE (name extracted): Categorical description for the LANDFIRE existing vegetation type (EVT) SAF-SRM description that dominated the 1000-m radius plot around the field point where data were collected
			1000 m LANDFIRE (community name): Categorical description for the LANDFIRE existing vegetation type (EVT) SAF-SRM description translated into a functional/structural group of sagebrush that dominated the 1000-m radius plot around the field point where data were collected
			1000 m LANDFIRE (species name): Categorical description for the LANDFIRE existing vegetation type (EVT) SAF-SRM description translated into a sagebrush species name that dominated the 1000-m radius plot around the field point where data were collected
			5000 m LANDFIRE (code for majority): Numerical raster code for the LANDFIRE existing vegetation type (EVT) SAF-SRM description that dominated the 5000-m radius plot around the field point where data were collected
			5000 m LANDFIRE (proportion of cells): Proportion of raster cells within the 5000-m radius of the field point that were the primary LANDFIRE existing vegetation type (EVT) SAF-SRM description identified
			5000 m LANDFIRE (name extracted): Categorical description for the LANDFIRE existing vegetation type (EVT) SAF-SRM description that dominated the 5000-m radius plot around the field point where data were collected
			5000 m LANDFIRE (community name): Categorical description for the LANDFIRE existing vegetation type (EVT) SAF-SRM description translated into a functional/structural group of sagebrush that dominated the 5000-m radius plot around the field point where data were collected
			5000 m LANDFIRE (species name): Categorical description for the LANDFIRE existing vegetation type (EVT) SAF-SRM description translated into a sagebrush species name that dominated the 55000-m radius plot around the field point where data were collected

	Vegetation_Cover_and_Height.csv: 
	This file summarizes the vegetation cover and height measurements taken at each field location (forage and available points), measured using canopy gap intercept and height measurements along transects.  These field collected data are shared with the classification data extracted from LANDFIRE's vegetation structure datasets.	
		File Header Key:
			SITE: Study area in which field data were collected; categorical
			PATCH: Unique identifier for each forage or random point at which field data were collected; unique codes
			SPECIES: Species of sagebrush identified at each field location; categorical
			CANOPY_COVER: Vegetative canopy cover measured using the canopy gap protocol on rangeland transects, as a proportion of 1; continuous numerical
			CANOPY_COVER_%: Vegetative canopy cover measured using the canopy gap protocol on rangeland transects, as a percentage; continuous numerical
			DENSITY (plants/sq.m): Density of sagebrush plants along a 1-m belt transect established at the plot center (plants/sq m); continuous numerical
			HEIGHT: Average height of sagebrush plants along the canopy gap range transects (cm); continuous numerical
			Use: Patch type, as either a forage (used) patch or random (available) patch; categorical
			datum: Geospatial datum; categorical
			zone: Projection zone for projected map datums; categorical
			easting: UTM location easting (m); integer
			northing: UTM location northing (m); integer
			LANDFIRE Cover Output: LANDFIRE code for cover value (codes for a vegetative cover range); integer
			LANDFIRE Cover (%): LANDFIRE canopy cover estimate (%); integer
			Field Cover within 10% Bin?: Column answers (yes/no) if the LANDFIRE percent cover estimate would fall into the same 0-10% "bin" as the field collected data (0-10, 11-20, 21-30, etc); binary categorical
			LANDFIRE Height Output: LANDFIRE code for vegetation height value (codes for a height range); integer
			LANDFIRE Height (cm): LANDFIRE height estimate as a range of potential values (range); categorical
			Field 10% cover bin: 0-10% bins in which the field-collected cover value falls into (0-10, 11-20, 21-30, etc); categorical
			SHRUB_Height_Correct?: Column answers (yes/no) if the LANDFIRE height estimate would fall into the same 0.5 m height "bin" as the field collected data; binary categorical

	Figures_Height_and_cover.xlsx:
	Proprietary Microsoft Excel file (.xlsx) utilized to generate figures for manuscript

Data Sub-Directory:
	LANDFIRE_Height_Cover_Patches:
	See enclosed readme.txt for explanation of files.
		Directory Contents:
			All_Datums.csv
			NAD83_11N_Extract.csv
			NADCONUS27_11N.csv
			readme.txt
			WGS84_11N_Extract.csv
			WGS84_12N_Extract.csv
			WGS84_12N.csv
			WGS84_LatLong_Extract.csv		