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  Designing Sustainable Landscapes: Representative Species Model: Sanderling (Calidris alba) –migratory period

  William V. DeLuca

  Sanderling was selected as a representative species for the Designing Sustainable Landscapes project at the Mid-Atlantic region workshop of the North Atlantic LCC (https://scholarworks.umass.edu/designing_sustainable_landscapes/). The habitat clusters (ecological systems) and associated wildlife species that it represents generally comprise of intertidal marine and estuarine habitats. The Landscape Capability (LC) index integrates only habitat capability and reflects the relative capacity of a site to support the species.

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  Designing Sustainable Landscapes: Representative Species Model: Saltmarsh Sparrow (Ammodramus caudacutus)

  William V. DeLuca

  Saltmarsh sparrow was selected as a representative species for the Designing Sustainable Landscapes project of the North Atlantic LCC (https://scholarworks.umass.edu/designing_sustainable_landscapes/). The habitat clusters (ecological systems) and associated wildlife species that it represents generally of estuarine emergent marshes. The Landscape Capability (LC) index integrates habitat capability, prevalence and climate suitability into a single index that reflects the relative capacity of a site to support the species.

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  Designing Sustainable Landscapes: Representative Species Model: Ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus)

  William V. DeLuca

  Ruffed grouse was selected as a representative species for the Designing Sustainable Landscapes project of the North Atlantic LCC (https://scholarworks.umass.edu/designing_sustainable_landscapes/). The habitat clusters (ecological systems) and associated wildlife species that it represents generally comprise mixed-aged forests within close proximity to open habitat. The Landscape Capability (LC) index integrates habitat capability, climate suitability and prevalence into a single index that reflects the relative capacity of a site to support the species.

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  Source Data for "Tuning charge transport dynamics via clustering of doping in organic semiconductor thin films"

  Connor J. Boyle, Meenakshi Upadhyaya, Dhandapani Venkataraman, Zlatan Aksamija, and Michael Lu-Díaz

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  Designing Sustainable Landscapes: Representative Species Model: Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)

  William V. DeLuca

  Red-shouldered hawk was selected as a representative species for the Designing Sustainable Landscapes project of the North Atlantic LCC (https://scholarworks.umass.edu/designing_sustainable_landscapes/). The habitat clusters (ecological systems) and associated wildlife species that it represents generally consist of moist hardwood and mixed forests and includes Appalachian northern hardwood forests, Southern and Central Appalachian cove forests, and Southern Atlantic coastal plain and piedmont forests. The Landscape Capability (LC) index integrates habitat capability and climate suitability into a single index that reflects the relative capacity of a site to support the species.

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  Designing Sustainable Landscapes: Representative Species Model: Northern Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin)

  William V. DeLuca

  Northern Diamondback Terrapin was selected as a representative species for the Designing Sustainable Landscapes project at the mid-Atlantic workshop of the North Atlantic LCC (https://scholarworks.umass.edu/designing_sustainable_landscapes/). The habitat clusters (ecological systems) and associated wildlife species that it represents generally comprise of coastal estuaries and islands, tidal rivers, salt marshes, and Northern Atlantic sandy beaches. The Landscape Capability (LC) index integrates habitat capability, prevalence and climate suitability into a single index that reflects the relative capacity of a site to support the species.

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  Designing Sustainable Landscapes: Representative Species Model: Common Loon (Gavia immer)

  William V. DeLuca

  Common loon was selected as a representative species for the Designing Sustainable Landscapes project of the North Atlantic LCC (https://scholarworks.umass.edu/designing_sustainable_landscapes/). The habitat clusters (ecological systems) and associated wildlife species that it represents are northern New England lakes. The Landscape Capability (LC) index integrates habitat capability, prevalence and climate suitability into a single index that reflects the relative capacity of a site to support the species.

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  Designing Sustainable Landscapes: Representative Species Model: Cerulean Warbler (Setophaga cerulea)

  William V. DeLuca

  Cerulean warbler was selected for the Designing Sustainable Landscapes project of the North Atlantic LCC (https://scholarworks.umass.edu/designing_sustainable_landscapes/) due to its associations with mature deciduous forests along riparian bottomlands or dry mountain slopes and ridges along the Appalachians and Northern Interior. The Landscape Capability (LC) index integrates habitat capability, prevalence and climate suitability into a single index that reflects the relative capacity of a site to support the species.

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  Designing Sustainable Landscapes: Representative Species Model: Eastern Box Turtle (Terapene carolina)

  William V. DeLuca

  Box Turtle was selected as a representative species for the Designing Sustainable Landscapes project at the mid-Atlantic workshop of the North Atlantic LCC (https://scholarworks.umass.edu/designing_sustainable_landscapes/). The habitat clusters (ecological systems) and associated wildlife species that it represents generally comprise of mesic hardwood and mixed forests including southern and central hardwood forests (both Coastal Plain and Appalachian) and cove forests. The Landscape Capability (LC) index integrates habitat capability, prevalence and climate suitability into a single index that reflects the relative capacity of a site to support the species.

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  Designing Sustainable Landscapes: Representative Species Model: Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca)

  William V. DeLuca

  Blackburnian Warbler was selected as a representative species for the Designing Sustainable Landscapes project of the North Atlantic LCC (https://scholarworks.umass.edu/designing_sustainable_landscapes/). The habitat clusters (ecological systems) and associated wildlife species that it represents generally comprise mature mixed deciduous-coniferous forests. The Landscape Capability (LC) index integrates habitat capability, climate suitability and prevalence into a single index that reflects the relative capacity of a site to support the species.

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  Designing Sustainable Landscapes: Representative Species Model: Brown-headed Nuthatch (Sitta pusilla)

  William V. DeLuca

  Brown-headed nuthatch was selected for the Designing Sustainable Landscapes project of the North Atlantic LCC (https://scholarworks.umass.edu/designing_sustainable_landscapes/) due to its associations with mature pine forests and pine plantations within the Coastal Plain and Piedmont in the Mid-Atlantic region of the NALCC. The Landscape Capability (LC) index integrates habitat capability, prevalence and climate suitability into a single index that reflects the relative capacity of a site to support the species.

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  Designing Sustainable Landscapes: Representative Species Model: Blackpoll Warbler (Setophaga striata)

  William V. DeLuca

  Blackpoll Warbler was selected as a representative species for the Designing Sustainable Landscapes project of the North Atlantic LCC (https://scholarworks.umass.edu/designing_sustainable_landscapes/). The habitat clusters (ecological systems) and associated wildlife species that it represents generally comprise boreal coniferous forests and montane boreal forests in particular. The Landscape Capability (LC) index integrates habitat capability, climate suitability and prevalence into a single index that reflects the relative capacity of a site to support the species.

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  Designing Sustainable Landscapes: Representative Species Model: Black Bear (Ursus americanus)

  William V. DeLuca

  Black bear was selected as a representative species for the Designing Sustainable Landscapes project of the North Atlantic LCC (https://scholarworks.umass.edu/designing_sustainable_landscapes/). The habitat clusters (ecological systems) and associated wildlife species that it represents generally comprise of wetlands, early successional forests and mature hard mast-producing forests. The Landscape Capability (LC) index only includes Habitat Capability for this species. Climate niche (CN) is not estimated for black bear because its suitable climate conditions encompass the majority of North America. Therefore, it is unlikely that the northeast will experience climate conditions outside of this range by 2080. Prevalence is also not used for black bear LC due its extensive range in North America and the lack of broad scale occupancy data.

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  Abundance vs. Impact (AvI) databases and code

  Bethany Bradley

  These data represent 1258 empirical studies presented in 201 scientific publications used to meta-analyze the relationship between invasive species abundance and ecological impact.

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  Designing Sustainable Landscapes: Representative Species Model: Bicknell's Thrush (Catharus bicknelli)

  William V. DeLuca

  Bicknell’s Thrush was selected as a representative species for the Designing Sustainable Landscapes project of the North Atlantic LCC (https://scholarworks.umass.edu/designing_sustainable_landscapes/). The habitat clusters (ecological systems) and associated wildlife species that it represents comprise montane boreal forests. The Landscape Capability (LC) index integrates habitat capability and climate suitability into a single index that reflects the relative capacity of a site to support the species.

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  Designing Sustainable Landscapes: Representative Species Model: American woodcock (Scolopax minor)

  William V DeLuca

  American woodcock was selected as a representative species for the Designing Sustainable Landscapes project of the North Atlantic LCC (https://scholarworks.umass.edu/designing_sustainable_landscapes/). The habitat clusters (ecological systems) and associated wildlife species that it represents generally comprise of northern fens, bogs, peatlands, and floodplain forests. The Landscape Capability (LC) index integrates breeding habitat capability and climate suitability into a single index that reflects the relative capacity of a site to support the species during the breeding season.

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  Designing Sustainable Landscapes: Representative Species Model: American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus)

  William V. DeLuca

  American Oystercatcher was selected as a representative species for the Designing Sustainable Landscapes project of the North Atlantic LCC (https://scholarworks.umass.edu/designing_sustainable_landscapes/). The habitat clusters (ecological systems) and associated wildlife species that it represents are marine intertidal rocky coasts, mudflats and sand throughout the NA LCC. The Landscape Capability (LC) index integrates habitat capability and climate suitability into a single index that reflects the relative capacity of a site to support the species.

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  Designing Sustainable Landscapes: Representative Species Model: American Black Duck, Breeding (Anas rubripes)

  William V. DeLuca

  American Black Duck (breeding) was selected as a representative species for the Designing Sustainable Landscapes project of the North Atlantic LCC (https://scholarworks.umass.edu/designing_sustainable_landscapes/). The habitat clusters (ecological systems) and associated wildlife species that it represents generally consist of marshes, ponds and bogs. The Landscape Capability (LC) index integrates habitat capability, prevalence and climate suitability into a single index that reflects the relative capacity of a site to support the species.

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  Data for "Evaluating California's Housing Element Law, Housing Equity, and Housing Production (1990-2007)"

  Darrel Ramsey-Musolf

  Since 1969, California’s Housing Element Law has required that municipalities address housing equity and housing production. In California, housing equity means that a municipality has planned for the future production of low-income housing that is priced from 0 to 120% of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s median family income, and market-rate housing that is priced higher than 121%. For a purposive sample of municipalities (Sacramento and Los Angeles regions, 1990 to 2007, n = 53), this research found that as compliance with the law increased, the sample experienced deficient low-income housing production but surplus market-rate housing production. Mixed-effects models indicated that compliant municipalities were associated not only with increased low-income housing production but also with decreased annual housing production in comparison to noncompliant municipalities. While these associations contrast with Lewis, they suggest that municipal compliance may support California’s goal of providing housing equity but may also constrain California’s overall housing production.

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  Ramsey-Musolf Faustian data

  Darrel Ramsey-Musolf

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  Designing Sustainable Landscapes: Geophysical settings associated with the LANDSCAPE DESIGN paper

  Kevin McGarigal, Brad Compton, Ethan B. Plunkett, Bill DeLuca, and Joanna Grand

  Geophysical settings created by The Nature Conservancy used for our geophysical cores. See Anderson MG, Barnett A, Clark M, Ferree C, Sheldon AO, Prince J (2016) Resilient sites for terrestrial conservation in eastern North America 2016 edition. The Nature Conservancy, Eastern Conservation Science. https://easterndivision.s3.amazonaws.com/Resilient_Sites_for_Terrestrial_Conservation.pdf for details. [updated 9/10/18]

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  Designing Sustainable Landscapes: Alternative landscape designs associated with the LANDSCAPE DESIGN paper

  Kevin McGarigal, Brad Compton, Ethan B. Plunkett, Bill DeLuca, and Joanna Grand

  In this study, we developed 9 alternative sets of terrestrial cores based on various combinations of different biodiversity surrogates (species, ecosystems, and geophysical settings). We evaluated the compositional and spatial overlap among cores, and modeled the impact of 70 years of urban growth and climate change on future landscapes assuming each set of cores was protected. Each of the sets of cores (including the HUC6 Nature’s Network cores) are included in the data. [updated 9/10/18]

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  Data sheets for assessment of invasive species impacts

  Bethany A. Bradley

  These data sheets are an adaptation of the IUCN supported Environmental Impacts Classification of Alien Taxa (EICAT) protocol for assessment of impacts of invasive species. A text version of the protocol is available in Hawkins et al. 2015 (see readme file). The data sheets provide a standard format for reporting and summarizing invasive species impacts.

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  Designing Sustainable Landscapes: Total annual precipitation and growing season precipitation settings variables

  Kevin McGarigal, Brad Compton, Ethan Plunkett, Bill DeLuca, and Joanna Grand

  These two precipitation variables are among several ecological settings variables that collectively characterize the biophysical setting of each 30 m cell at a given point in time (McGarigal et al 2017). The amount of rainfall and depth of snowpack affects species composition, as well as ecological processes such as nutrient cycling. We’ve chosen two variables to represent precipitation. Both variables have future versions that incorporate climate change via General Circulation Models (GCMs) (as described in the technical document on climate, McGarigal et al 2017).

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  UNDP and World Bank development phrases

  M.J. Peterson

  Coding of the policy-related words or phrases used in the general policy section of each year's Annual Report of the Administrator for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the World Bank.