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Predicted daily elk distribution in southern GYE 2010, 2012, 2014

Using data from 288 adult and yearling female elk that were captured on 22 Wyoming winter supplemental elk feedgrounds and monitored with GPS collars, we fit Step Selection Functions (SSFs) during the spring abortion season and then implemented a master equation approach to translate SSFs into predictions of daily elk distribution for 5 plausible winter weather scenarios (from a heavy snow, to an extreme winter drought year). Here we provide the predictions of elk space use on a daily basis at a 500m resolution for the 5 different weather scenarios: 1) low snowfall year (2010), 2) average snowfall year (2012), 3) high snowfall year (2014), 4) hypothetical early snowmelt climate change scenario where spring green up started, snow melt occurred, and supplemental feeding ended 14 days earlier than in the low snow year of 2010, and 5) hypothetical winter drought climate change scenario where spring green up started, snow melt occurred, and supplemental feeding ended 28 days earlier than in the low snow year of 2010.

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Author(s) Paul C Cross orcid, Jerod A. Merkle, Brandon M. Scurlock, Eric K. Cole orcid, Alyson B. Courtemanch orcid, Sarah R. Dewey orcid, Matthew J Kauffman orcid, Kimberly E Szcodronski orcid
Publication Date 2017
Beginning Date of Data 2010
Ending Date of Data 2014
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DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/F7474803
Citation Cross, P.C., Merkle, J.A., Scurlock, B.M., Cole, E.K., Courtemanch, A.B., Dewey, S.R., Kauffman, M.J., and Szcodronski, K.E., 2017, Predicted daily elk distribution in southern GYE 2010, 2012, 2014: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7474803.
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Metadata Date 2020-08-26
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