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    Time Constrained Search - 2017 - Terrestrial Species Stressor Monitoring [ds2832]

    Metadata Updated: July 24, 2025

    Time constrained surveys for reptiles and amphibians were conducted at 184 Great Valley study sites, and 107 Mojave Desert sites, between March and June 2017. Whenever possible, three independent surveys of 30 minutes each were conducted over the course of the month-long survey period at each site. Time constrained searches were typically conducted after completion of avian point count surveys. Once the study site lifeform was determined, the observer began their search within the stand, but could move throughout the lifeform. In narrow riparian areas, observers could search the edges of these habitats in addition to the main lifeform. Observers were free to move about anywhere within the lifeform, making sure to check any cover object that was safe to inspect; this included rock crevices, burrows, downed logs, etc. Moved cover objects were to be returned exactly as they were found. When an observation was made, observers recorded the species (six-letter code if known, otherwise full common or scientific names), time of observation, age class (hatchling, juvenile, adult) if possible, confidence level, and a GPS location. Each subsequent TCS was conducted with the same amount of intensity as previous searches.

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    Metadata Created Date July 23, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date July 24, 2025

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    Harvested from State of California

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date July 23, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date July 24, 2025
    Publisher California Department of Fish and Wildlife
    Maintainer
    Identifier cfbdc65a-ac6b-4bb8-8b84-f5312188b500
    Data First Published 2023-11-29T22:36:02.000Z
    Data Last Modified 2023-11-29T22:36:18.333Z
    Category Natural Resources
    Public Access Level public
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    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Datagov Dedupe Retained 20250724164837
    Harvest Object Id 10e73982-0373-4dd2-bc48-7de567c9bc82
    Harvest Source Id 3ba8a0c1-5dc2-4897-940f-81922d3cf8bc
    Harvest Source Title State of California
    License http://www.opendefinition.org/licenses/cc-by
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash fb1c28076c091de8989773c681285a46515e0b5168ba0280cd32dd5782e61e18
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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