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    <citation>
      <citeinfo>
        <origin>U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Western Golden Eagle Team (WGET)</origin>
        <pubdate>20190930</pubdate>
        <title>Predicted Area-adjusted Frequency (Smoothed AAF) of Golden Eagle Nest Sites in the Intermontane Basins and Valleys</title>
        <edition>20190607</edition>
        <geoform>raster digital data</geoform>
        <pubinfo>
          <pubplace>https://journals.plos.org/plosone/</pubplace>
          <publish>PLoS ONE</publish>
        </pubinfo>
        <othercit>Dunk JR, Woodbridge B, Lickfett TM, Bedrosian G, Noon BR, LaPlante DW, et al. (2019) Modeling spatial variation in density of golden eagle nest sites in the western United States. PLoS ONE 14(9): e0223143. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223143</othercit>
        <onlink>https://ecos.fws.gov/ServCat/Reference/Profile/111283</onlink>
      </citeinfo>
    </citation>
    <descript>
      <abstract>This raster dataset represents predicted Area-adjusted Frequency (Smoothed AAF) of golden eagle nest sites. This surface shows gaussian-smoothed, continuous AAF values, which were estimated from predicted RND and can range from 0-infinity. AAF values &lt;1 represent lower than expected densities of nest sites, and values &gt;1 represent greater than expected densities. AAF values in this raster were smoothed to the approximate scale of golden eagle nesting core-use areas to provide a more biologically relevant depiction of eagle presence relative to breeding habitat. 

Development of golden eagle RND models are described in Dunk JR, Woodbridge B, Lickfett TM, Bedrosian G, Noon BR, LaPlante DW, et al. (2019) Modeling spatial variation in density of golden eagle nest sites in the western United States. PLoS ONE 14(9): e0223143 (https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223143). Additional information on model products (including RND and AAF surfaces), and guidance for their use is provided at https://ecos.fws.gov/ServCat/Reference/Profile/112631. Model data and products are available for download at https://ecos.fws.gov/ServCat/Reference/Profile/111283.</abstract>
      <purpose>Golden eagle nest site models were created for: 1) large-scale conservation planning efforts, 2) risk analyses for land-use proposals such as recreational trails or wind power development, and 3) identifying mitigation areas to offset the impacts of human disturbance.</purpose>
      <supplinf>Model region codes used in naming files are as follows: CAFO = California Foothills; CAVA = California Central Valley; CBRA = Central Basin and Range; CHDE = Chihuahuan Desert; COPT = Columbia Plateau; FOMO = Forested Montane; IMBV = Intermontane Basins and Valleys; MADA = Madrean Archipelago; NGRB = Northern Great Basin; NWPL = Northwestern Plains; SWDE = Southwestern Deserts; SWPL = Southwestern Plains; SWPT = Southwestern Plateaus; UBNP = Uinta Basin and North Park; WYBA = Wyoming Basin.</supplinf>
    </descript>
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      <timeinfo>
        <sngdate>
          <caldate>20190930</caldate>
        </sngdate>
      </timeinfo>
      <current>publication date</current>
    </timeperd>
    <status>
      <progress>Complete</progress>
      <update>None planned</update>
    </status>
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        <westbc>-115.7170</westbc>
        <eastbc>-109.4314</eastbc>
        <northbc>48.9307</northbc>
        <southbc>43.3953</southbc>
      </bounding>
    </spdom>
    <keywords>
      <theme>
        <themekt>ISO 19115 Topic Category</themekt>
        <themekey>biota</themekey>
        <themekey>environment</themekey>
      </theme>
      <theme>
        <themekt>None</themekt>
        <themekey>AAF</themekey>
        <themekey>Aquila chrysaetos</themekey>
        <themekey>Area-Adjusted Frequency</themekey>
        <themekey>breeding</themekey>
        <themekey>conservation</themekey>
        <themekey>density</themekey>
        <themekey>eagle</themekey>
        <themekey>GOEA</themekey>
        <themekey>golden eagle</themekey>
        <themekey>maxent</themekey>
        <themekey>model</themekey>
        <themekey>nest site</themekey>
        <themekey>nesting</themekey>
        <themekey>Relative Nest Site Density</themekey>
        <themekey>RND</themekey>
        <themekey>Western Golden Eagle Team</themekey>
        <themekey>WGET</themekey>
      </theme>
      <place>
        <placekt>None</placekt>
        <placekey>United States</placekey>
        <placekey>Idaho</placekey>
        <placekey>Montana</placekey>
      </place>
    </keywords>
    <accconst>None.</accconst>
    <useconst>Although these data and information have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, USFWS, no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the accuracy or utility of the data and information on any other system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. Inherent in any data set used to develop graphical representations are limitations of accuracy as determined by, among others, the source, scale and resolution of the data. This disclaimer applies both to individual use of the data and information, and aggregate use with other data and information. It is also strongly recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of the metadata files associated with this data and information, and aggregate use with other data and information. The USFWS is not liable for the user’s improper or incorrect use of the data and information described and/or contained herein. These data and any derived products are not legal documents and are not intended to be used as such. The information contained in these data may be dynamic and could change over time. The data are not better than the original sources from which they are derived. It is the responsibility of the data user to use the data appropriately and consistent with the limitations of geospatial data in general and these data in particular. It is strongly recommended that the data described or contained herein be acquired directly from an authorized USFWS source and not indirectly through some other sources which may have changed the data in some way. The USFWS is not liable for data or information that indirectly acquired through other sources.
</useconst>
    <ptcontac>
      <cntinfo>
        <cntperp>
          <cntper>Todd Lickfett</cntper>
          <cntorg>U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service</cntorg>
        </cntperp>
        <cntpos>Fish and Wildlife Biologist</cntpos>
        <cntaddr>
          <addrtype>mailing and physical</addrtype>
          <address>134 Union Blvd.</address>
          <city>Lakewood</city>
          <state>CO</state>
          <postal>80228</postal>
          <country>USA</country>
        </cntaddr>
        <cntvoice>303-236-4265</cntvoice>
        <cntemail>todd_lickfett@fws.gov</cntemail>
      </cntinfo>
    </ptcontac>
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  <dataqual>
    <attracc>
      <attraccr>Refer to Dunk et al. (2019) and model use documentation.</attraccr>
    </attracc>
    <logic>Refer to Dunk et al. (2019) and model use documentation.</logic>
    <complete>Refer to Dunk et al. (2019) and model use documentation.</complete>
    <lineage>
      <procstep>
        <procdesc>Procedures used to created this raster are described in Dunk JR, Woodbridge B, Lickfett TM, Bedrosian G, Noon BR, LaPlante DW, et al. (2019) Modeling spatial variation in density of golden eagle nest sites in the western United States. PLoS ONE 14(9): e0223143 (https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223143). Additional details are provided in model use guidance available at https://ecos.fws.gov/ServCat/Reference/Profile/112631.</procdesc>
        <procdate>20190607</procdate>
      </procstep>
    </lineage>
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    <direct>Raster</direct>
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      <rasttype>Grid Cell</rasttype>
      <rowcount>4615</rowcount>
      <colcount>3304</colcount>
      <vrtcount>1</vrtcount>
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            <stdparll>45.5</stdparll>
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            <latprjo>23.0</latprjo>
            <feast>0.0</feast>
            <fnorth>0.0</fnorth>
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          <plance>row and column</plance>
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            <ordres>120.0</ordres>
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          <plandu>meters</plandu>
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        <horizdn>North_American_Datum_1983</horizdn>
        <ellips>GRS 1980</ellips>
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        <enttypl>IMBV_20190607_Model_Out_2B_AAF_Smoothed.tif</enttypl>
        <enttypd>Raster geospatial data file.</enttypd>
        <enttypds>Producer defined</enttypds>
      </enttyp>
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        <attrlabl>Value</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Continuous values of gaussian-smoothed area-adjusted frequency (AAF) from 0 to infinity.</attrdef>
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            <edomvd>No data.</edomvd>
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    <distrib>
      <cntinfo>
        <cntperp>
          <cntper>Todd Lickfett</cntper>
          <cntorg>U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service</cntorg>
        </cntperp>
        <cntpos>Fish and Wildlife Biologist</cntpos>
        <cntaddr>
          <addrtype>mailing and physical</addrtype>
          <address>134 Union Blvd.</address>
          <city>Lakewood</city>
          <state>CO</state>
          <postal>80228</postal>
          <country>USA</country>
        </cntaddr>
        <cntvoice>303-236-4265</cntvoice>
        <cntemail>todd_lickfett@fws.gov</cntemail>
      </cntinfo>
    </distrib>
    <distliab>None.</distliab>
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          <formname>Digital Data</formname>
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      <fees>None.</fees>
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    <metd>20190930</metd>
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      <cntinfo>
        <cntperp>
          <cntper>Todd Lickfett</cntper>
          <cntorg>U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service</cntorg>
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        <cntpos>Fish and Wildlife Biologist</cntpos>
        <cntaddr>
          <addrtype>mailing and physical</addrtype>
          <address>134 Union Blvd.</address>
          <city>Lakewood</city>
          <state>CO</state>
          <postal>80228</postal>
          <country>USA</country>
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        <cntvoice>303-236-4265</cntvoice>
        <cntemail>todd_lickfett@fws.gov</cntemail>
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    <metstdn>FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata</metstdn>
    <metstdv>FGDC-STD-001-1998</metstdv>
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