Graphics from the BBS Analysis
This page was created to host graphics generated during an analysis of the survey data from the North American Breeding Bird Suvery.
Metadata Codes
- A list of data codes used by the USGS for the BBS data
Individual Species Counts
- Index of plots of counts of all species in each route
- Index of plots of counts along all routes for each species
- Index of plots of individual species counts for each Bird Conservation Region
- Index of plots of inidividual species counts for each USGS Strata
Species Richness Visualizations
Plots of species richness and related variables only (i.e. not species richness and NLCD values).
Distributions of Species Richness Estimators
Species Richness by State
Unless otherwise noted, "species richness" now refers to the first-order jackknife estimates.
- Horizontal Box Plots of Richness Estimates by State
- Vertical Box Plots of Richness Estimates by State
Species Richness by Bird Conservation Region
Species Richness by USGS Strata
- Horizontal Box Plots of Richness Estimates by Strata
- Vertical Box Plots of Richness Estimates by Strata
Species Richness and Latitude
- Scatter plot of species richness against latitude
- Scatter plot of species richness against latitude with loess smoothing
- Box plots of species richness grouped by latitude range
NLCD Visualization
Visualizations of data from 1992 National Land Cover Dataset attributes within designated buffer areas around the BBS routes. Two buffer sizes are used, 1 km and 5 km. Land cover characteristics are recorded as percent cover within the buffers and as numbers of cells within the buffers. Because the buffers are not all of the same size, measures of percent cover are more robust. Land use is defined according to two schemes: the original NLCD classification and an aggregate classification system designed by Napoletano and Pijanowski.
NLCD Classification
Plots of land use concentrations based on NLCD classifications
Kernel Density Plots
- Density Plots of Percentages of Land Use Types within 1 km Buffers
- Density Plots of Log Transformed Percentages of Land Use Types within 1 km Buffers
- Density Plots of Box-Cox Transformed Percentages of Land Use Types within 1 km Buffers
- Density Plots of Percentages of Land Use Types within 5 km Buffers
- Density Plots of Log Transformed Percentages of Land Use Types within 5 km Buffers
- Density Plots of Box-Cox Transformed Percentages of Land Use Types within 5 km Buffers
Quantile-Quantile Plots
- Quantile-Quantile Plots of Percentages of Land Use Types within 1 km Buffers
- Quantile-Quantile Plots of Log Transformed Percentages of Land Use Types within 1 km Buffers
- Quantile-Quantile Plots of Box-Cox Transformed Percentages of Land Use Types within 1 km Buffers
- Quantile-Quantile Plots of Percentages of Land Use Types within 5 km Buffers
- Quantile-Quantile Plots of Log Transformed Percentages of Land Use Types within 5 km Buffers
- Quantile-Quantile Plots of Box-Cox Transformed Percentages of Land Use Types within 5 km Buffers
Box Plots
- Box Plots of Cell Counts and Percentages of Land Use Types within 1 km Buffers
- Box Plots of Log Transformed Cell Counts and Percentages of Land Use Types within 1 km Buffers
- Box Plots of Box-Cox Transformed Percentages of Land Use Types within 1 km Buffers
- Box Plots of Cell Counts and Percentages of Land Use Types within 5 km Buffers
- Box Plots of Log Transformed Cell Counts and Percentages of Land Use Types within 5 km Buffers
- Box Plots of Box-Cox Transformed Percentages of Land Use Types within 5 km Buffers
Violin Plots
- Violin Plots of Cell Counts and Percentages of Land Use Types within 1 km Buffers
- Violin Plots of Log Transformed Cell Counts and Percentages of Land Use Types within 1 km Buffers
- Violin Plots of Box-Cox Transformed Percentages of Land Use Types within 1 km Buffers
- Violin Plots of Cell Counts and Percentages of Land Use Types within 5 km Buffers
- Violin Plots of Log Transformed Cell Counts and Percentages of Land Use Types within 5 km Buffers
- Violin Plots of Box-Cox Transformed Percentages of Land Use Types within 5 km Buffers
Napoletano-Pijanowski Classification
Plots of land use data with NLCD classifications aggregated into more general classes.
Kernel Density Plots
- Density Plots of Percentages of Land Use Types within 1 km Buffers
- Density Plots of Log Transformed Percentages of Land Use Types within 1 km Buffers
- Density Plots of Box-Cox Transformed Percentages of Land Use Types within 1 km Buffers
- Density Plots of Percentages of Land Use Types within 5 km Buffers
- Density Plots of Log Transformed Percentages of Land Use Types within 5 km Buffers
- Density Plots of Box-Cox Transformed Percentages of Land Use Types within 5 km Buffers
Quantile-Quantile Plots
- Quantile-Quantile Plots of Percentages of Land Use Types within 1 km Buffers
- Quantile-Quantile Plots of Log Transformed Percentages of Land Use Types within 1 km Buffers
- Quantile-Quantile Plots of Box-Cox Transformed Percentages of Land Use Types within 1 km Buffers
- Quantile-Quantile Plots of Percentages of Land Use Types within 5 km Buffers
- Quantile-Quantile Plots of Log Transformed Percentages of Land Use Types within 5 km Buffers
- Quantile-Quantile Plots of Box-Cox Transformed Percentages of Land Use Types within 5 km Buffers
Box Plots
- Box Plots of Cell Counts and Percentages of Land Use Types within 1 km Buffers
- Box Plots of Log Transformed Cell Counts and Percentages of Land Use Types within 1 km Buffers
- Box Plots of Box-Cox Transformed Percentages of Land Use Types within 1 km Buffers
- Box Plots of Cell Counts and Percentages of Land Use Types within 5 km Buffers
- Box Plots of Log Transformed Cell Counts and Percentages of Land Use Types within 5 km Buffers
- Box Plots of Box-Cox Transformed Percentages of Land Use Types within 5 km Buffers
Violin Plots
- Violin Plots of Cell Counts and Percentages of Land Use Types within 1 km Buffers
- Violin Plots of Log Transformed Cell Counts and Percentages of Land Use Types within 1 km Buffers
- Violin Plots of Box-Cox Transformed Percentages of Land Use Types within 1 km Buffers
- Violin Plots of Cell Counts and Percentages of Land Use Types within 5 km Buffers
- Violin Plots of Log Transformed Cell Counts and Percentages of Land Use Types within 5 km Buffers
- Violin Plots of Box-Cox Transformed Percentages of Land Use Types within 5 km Buffers
Species Richness and Land Use
Scatter plots
- Scatter plots of species richness and land use proportion in 1km buffers
- Scatter plots of species richness and land use proportion in 5km buffers
Loess smoothing
- Scatter plots of species richness and land use proportion in 1km buffers with loess smoothing
- Scatter plots of species richness and land use proportion in 5km buffers with loess smoothing
Tables of Records
- Table of Records per BCR by Year
- Table of Records per State by Year
- Table of Records per USGS Strata by Year
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