Data for comparison of climate envelope models developed using expert-selected variables versus statistical selection
type: Dataset
description: The data we used for this study include species occurrence data (n=15 species), climate data and predictions, an expert opinion questionnaire, and species masks that represented the model domain for each species. For this data release, we include the results of the expert opinion questionnaire and the species model domains (or masks). We developed an expert opinion questionnaire to gather information regarding expert opinion regarding the importance of climate variables in determining a species geographic range. The species masks, or model domains, were defined separately for each species using a variation of the “target-group” approach (Phillips et al. 2009), where the domain was determine using convex polygons including occurrence data for at least three phylogenetically related and similar species (Watling et al. 2012). The species occurrence data, climate data, and climate predictions are freely available online, and therefore not included in this data release. The species occurrence data were obtained primarily from the online database Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF; http://www.gbif.org/), and from scientific literature (Watling et al. 2011). Climate data were obtained from the WorldClim database (Hijmans et al. 2005) and climate predictions were obtained from the Center for Ocean-Atmosphere Prediction Studies (COAPS) at Florida State University (https://floridaclimateinstitute.org/resources/data-sets/regional-downscaling). See metadata for references.
keyword: amerigeo
keyword: amerigeoss
keyword: ckan
keyword: climate-adaptation
keyword: climate-change
keyword: conservation
keyword: conservation-planning
keyword: endangered-species
keyword: expert-opinion
keyword: geo
keyword: geoss
keyword: national
keyword: north-america
keyword: threatened-species
keyword: united-states
keyword: usgs-58540eb7e4b0e2663625f3f1
issued: 2025-11-20T15:15:41.196521
modified: 20200830
theme: {geospatial}
contact point: Organization
  fn: Allison M Benscoter
spatial: Location

US Migrating
type: Agent

Original Metadata
type: Distribution
description: The metadata original format
media type: text/xml
format: XML
access URL: https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.58540eb7e4b0e2663625f3f1.xml
issued: 2022-07-28T21:35:35.361474
modified: 2025-11-20T15:15:41.186755

Digital Data
type: Distribution
description: Landing page for access to the data
media type: application/http
format: XML
access URL: https://doi.org/10.5066/F7J101BT
issued: 2022-07-28T21:35:35.361484
modified: 2025-11-20T15:15:41.187175