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GeoBOB Data Entry Code/Value CHEAT SHEET / LOOK-UP LIST
Location Accuracy (Code – definition):
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GENERATED - Generated by GeoBOB application.
GPS1-Precision w/n 3ft or less
GPS2-Precision w/n 30ft or less
GPS3-Precision w/n 300ft or less
MAN1-Manuscripted to w/n 150ft of actual location
MAN2-Manuscripted to w/n 300ft of actual location
MAN3-Manuscripted to w/n 1/8 mile of actual location
MAN4-Manuscripted to w/n 1/4 mile of actual location
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MAN5-Manuscripted to w/n 1/2 mile of actual location
MAN6-Precision of manuscripted location cannot be determined
TR10-Legal description to the 1/64 section (w/n 10 acres)
TR40-Legal description to the 1/16 section (w/n 40 acres)
TR160-Legal description to the ¼ section (w/n 160 acres
TR320-Legal description to the ½ section (w/n 320 acres)
TR640-Legal description to the section (w/n 640 acres)
VAGUE-Observation documented in vague descriptions
Survey Type (Code – definition):
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Follow-up - A visit done to confirm a species report
Incidental - Observation made while surveying for another species
Inventory - List of species recorded in a survey
Monitoring - Planned & repeated visits to existing observations/sites
Project Clearance - Surveys done prior to project implementation
Purposive - Surveys done in areas where the species is expected to occur
Research - Done for research purposes only
Unspecified - Survey type not recorded
Survey Method:
1) Acoustic, Man. Rov.
3) Aerial Survey
4) Area Constrained
5) Bait Station
6) Belt Transect
7) Breeding Bird Survey
8) Call Stations
9) Camera
10) Casual Observation
11) Ccall_Wlk_Thrgh
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Cluster Buster
Cursory
Fixed Stations
Group Belt Transect
Hair Trap
Hand Net
Harp Trap
Incidental
Individual Tree Exam
Intuitive Controlled
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Line Transect
Lynx Analysis Unit
Mist Net
Mod_Line_Trans
Other
Pitfall Trap
Point Counts
Popn. Est. Lincoln
Quadrat
Random Placements
35) Road Survey
36) Snap Trap
37) Snow Track
38) Telemetry
39) Time Constrained
40) Unspecified
41) Variable Plot
Edits 3/13/07:
Complete
Key Feature Sample
Protocol Names:
1) Amphibians S&M, Version 3.0, 10/99.
2) Amphibians. Olson et al 1997. Sampling amphibians in lentic habitats.
3) Amphibians. Heyer et al 1994. Meas. & Mon. Biol. Div.: Stnd. Meth.
4) Aquatic Amphibian Survey Protocol, Fellers & Freel, 1995
5) Aquatic Mollusk S&M, 2003. Strayer and Smith. Am. Fish. Soc. Mon.
6) Aquatic Mollusk S&M, Version 2.0, 10/29/97
7) Area-Based Sampling, Aerial Counts, Boat Counts: Pac. Seabird Grp. Protocol
8) Area-Based Sampling: Inventory methods for colonial-nesting freshwater birds.
9) Area-Based Sampling: Inventory methods for marsh birds: Bitterns and Rails
10) Breeding Bird Survey, MAPS. Point counts, banding efforts, rapid inventory
11) Bryophytes S&M, Version 2.0, 12/03/99
12) CVS Grid Survey, S&M Bryophytes, Lichens, Vascular Plants 5/30/2001
13) CVS Grid Survey, S&M Fungi v. 1.5, am. 5/25/2001
14) CVS Grid Survey, S&M Mollusks v. 2.1, rev. 3/1/2001
15) Call-and-Response Survey, Takats et al 2001. (owl)
16) Call-and-Response, Bull et al 1990 (& Bate 1995.) (woodpecker)
17) Call-and-Response, Fuller & Mosher 1981. (goshawk)
18) Fungi S&M, Version 2.0, 5/13/98
19) Great Gray Owl S&M, April, 1995
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Great Gray Owl S&M, April, 1995; adjusted 1997
Great Gray Owl S&M, Version 3.0, 1/12/2004
Ground Squirrel Surveys, WDFW, 2003
Lichens S&M,Version 2.1, 9/22/03
None
Other
Red Tree Vole S&M, Version 2.1, 10/2002
Salamander S&M (Del Norte), Version 3.0, 10/18/99
Salamander S&M (Larch Mt.), Version 3.0, 10/18/99
Salamander S&M (Shasta), Version 3.0,10/18/99
Salamander S&M (Siskiyou Mt), Version 3.0, 10/18/99
Salamander S&M (Van Dyke's), Version 3.0, 10/18/99
Surveying for Pygmy Rabbits, unpub. Ulmschneider et al, 2004 draft
Terrestrial Mollusk S&M, Version 2.0, 10/29/97
Terrestrial Mollusk S&M, Version 3.0, 02/21/2003
Vascular Plants S&M, Version 2.0, 12/1998
WDFW Grouse Survey Protocol, 2004
Zielinski and Kucera, USDA General Technical Report 157, 1995
Mardon Skipper Protocol, draft 1.0, 5/5/06. Seitz et al. USFS/BLM
Observation Types:
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Aural
Burrow
Camera Set
Capture
Check Station
Excrement
Feather
Found Dead
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Hair Sample
Hive
Kill Site
Nest (Invert)
Other
Radio Telelmetry
Scent
Shell
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Sign
Track
Ultrasonic Recording
Unknown
Visual
Visual and Aural
Voucher Specimen
Webbing
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Larvae - Pre-adult stage of many insects & amphibians
Metamorphosing - Larval to adult phase
Nestling - Has not left the nest
Pupae - Inactive phase from larvae to adult
Sub-adult - Independent, but unable to reproduce
Tadpole - Larval stage of a frog or toad
Age Class (Code – definition):
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Adult - Able to reproduce
Chick - Newly hatched young of any bird
Declining - Growing old
Egg Mass - Group of eggs
Egg/Embryo - Not yet hatched
Fledgling - Can fly, but depends on parents
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7) Hatchling - Recently hatched, downy
8) Instar - Larval stage of insects
9) Juvenile - Has not reached sexual maturity
16) Unknown - Unknown age
17) Yearling - Has not completed its second year
18) Young - In the early stages of development
Activity (Code – definition):
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Basking - Resting in a sunny location
Bedding - Sleeping or in preparation for sleeping
Begging - Soliciting food from an adult or parent
Birthing - The act of giving birth
Brooding/Incub - Sitting on eggs
Circling - Flying in a circular pattern
Dead - No longer living.
Denning - Inhabiting a ground shelter
Displaying - A type of courting activity
Estivating - Summer dormancy
Feeding/Drink - Any such activity including feeding young
Fighting - Engaged in physical aggression
Fleeing - Moving swiftly away from
Flushed - flying/chased from a concealed place
Flying - Traveling by air
Grooming - Cleaning
Hibernating - Winter dormancy
Hunting/Forage - Searching for food
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Licking Minerals - Ingesting soil at a known mineral concentration
Mating/Courting - Any mating behavior including prior to copulation
Migrating - Seasonal movement
Nesting - Building or occupying a nest
Other - Any activity not captured in the list of values
Pair Formation - A behavior signifying the formation of a mating pair
Perching - standing in elevated spot (e.g. branch)
Responding to Call - A vocal response to a human-created call
Resting - Stopping action for an extended period
Roosting - Resting on a perch for an extended period
Spawning - Depositing eggs in water
Swimming - Moving through water
Territorial Behavior - To defend resources and/or attract a mate
Unknown - An activity was not determined
Vocal - An audible sound detected
Walking - Moving slowly by foot
Wallowing - Wading or rolling on the ground
Landform (Code – definition):
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ALFA - Alluvial Fan
ALLU - Alluvium
ALVA - Alluvial Valley
BALD - Bald
BALL - Ballon
BASI - Basin
BAY - Bay
BENC - Bench
BLOW - Blowout
BLUF - Bluff
BOLS - Bolson
BOTT – Bottomland
BR - Bar
BREA - Break
CANY - Canyon
CHAN - Channel
CIRQ - Cirque
CLIF - Cliff
COAS - Coast
COFA - Colluvial Fan
COLL - Colluvium
COPL - Coastal Plain
DELT - Delta
DEPR - Depression
DEST – Depos. Stream Terr.
DIVI - Divide
DRAI - Drainage
DRAW - Draw
DRFI - Drumlin Field
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DUFI - Dune Field
ESCA - Escarpment
FLAT - Flat
FLOO - Floor
FLPL - Floodplain
FOOT - Foothills
GAP - Gap
GLUP - Glaciated Uplands
GULC - Gulch
GULL - Gully
HEAD - Headwall
HIGH - Highland
HILL - Hills
HUMM - Hummock
INBA - Intermontane Basin
ISLA - Island
KARS - Karst
KNOB/MOUD – Knob/Mound
LAHA - Lahar
LAKE - Lake
LAPA - Lava Plain
LAPL - Lava Plateau
LEDG - Ledge
LOWL - Lowlands
MORA - Moraine
MOUN - Mountain
NOTC - Notch
OTHER - OTHER
PEAK - Peak
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PENI - Peninsula
PINN - Pinnacle
PLAI - Plains
PLAT - Plateau
POTH - Pothole
RANG - Range
RAVI - Ravine
RIDG - Ridge
RIPA - Riparian
RIVE - River
RTVA - Rift Valley
SADD - Saddle
SAND - Sandhills
SCAB - Scabland
SCOU - Scour
SCRE - Scree
SEBO - Semi-Bolson
SEEP - Seep
SHOA - Shoal
SLOU - Slough
STTE - Stream Terrace (Undiff)
SWAL - Swale
TALU - Talus
TIPL - Till Plain
TREN - Trench
TROU - Trough (Glacial Valley)
VALL - Valleys
WASH - Wash
Substrate (Code – definition):
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Algal_Mat - Algal mat or a layer of algae
Bank - Ground bordering a stream, lake, road, etc.
Bark - Attached, loose, or detached
Bog - Water-logged area with low-nutrient, acidic soil
Boulder - Rock fragments larger than a cobble
Branch - Woody limb of a living tree or shrub
Bridge - Any structure that provides access over an obstacle
Brush/Slash_Pile - A mound of cut woody debris
Cavity - A hollow or hole, usually in a tree
Cliff - Steep or overhanging rock face
Cobble - Larger than a pebble, smaller than a boulder
Dead_Shrub - Any shrub that is no longer living
Ditch - A long narrow excavation in the earth
Duff - Organic top layer of forested soils
Dung/Scat - Animal excrement
Fen - A nutrient-rich wetland that is less acidic than a bog
Fungi - Any type of fungus used as substrate
Gravel - Rock particles between 2 and 75 mm in diam
Human_Structure - A structure made by humans (specify)
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Mud - Mixture of water and silt- or clay-sized earth material
Nest - Natural nest built by wildlife
Other - Other substrate not included in this list of values.
Pebble - Particles larger than a granule, smaller than a cobble
Pond - Body of standing water smaller than a lake
Quarry - An area used for rock or gravel extraction
Road - Improved or maintained roads
Roadside - The disturbed area adjacent to a road surface
Rock_Basalt
Rock_Conglomerate
Rock_Metamorphic
Rock_Outcrop - Part of a rock formation that appears above the surface
Rock_Sedimentary
Rock_Ultramafic
Rock_Unspecified
Rock_Volcanic
Rootwad - Root mass of a fallen tree
Sand - 0.05 - 2 mm rock particles
Sand_Beach - Sand on the shore of a body of water
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Ice - Frozen water
Lake - A large inland body of standing water
Ledge - Narrow shelf on a rock wall or cliff face
Lek - An area used by some birds for courtship displays
Lichen - Any type of lichen used as substrate
Lithosol - A shallow soil comprised mostly of bedrock
Litter - Vegetative debris covering majority of soil surface
Log - The large trunk of a fallen tree
Macrophyte - Large aquatic plant
Meadow - Meadow where moisture level is unknown
Meadow_Dry - Meadow with no wetland features
Meadow_Moist - Meadow with seasonally saturated soil
Meadow_Wet - Meadow with year-round saturated soil
Moss - Any type of moss used as substrate
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Sand_Dune - Loose sand piled up by the wind
Shrub - Typically a many-stemmed woody perennial < 8ft tall
Silt - Smaller than sand, larger than a clay particle (0.002 - 0.05 mm)
Snag - A standing dead tree or a stump
Soil_Serpentine
Soil_Unspecified - Unspecified soil type
Stem - The main branch of a live shrub or herbaceous plant
Stump - The remaining base after a tree has been felled
Swamp - Land covered with water and thick vegetation
Talus - Pile of rock rubble below a cliff or chute
Tree - Any type of tree
Unspecified - No data given about substrate
Water - Any place where the water is above the ground (specify)
Woody_Debris - Any dead wood in contact with the ground
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Abiotic (specify)
Collecting
Competition (specify)
Compliance
Erosion (specify)
Fire_Direct
Fire_Exclusion
Fire_Other (specify)
Fire_Suppression (specify)
Grazing_Direct
Grazing_Indirect
Herbivory (specify)
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Human_Activity (specify)
Hydrological_Change (specify)
Insects (specify)
Invasive_Species (specify)
Mining (specify)
Mitigation
Not_Protected
Off_Road_Vehicles
Pathogen/Disease (specify)
Pipelines
Pollution (specify)
Recreation
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Riparian_Disturbance
Road_Construction
Road_Maintenance
Road_Other (specify)
Succession
Timber (specify)
Treatment_Mechanical (specify)
Treatment_Other (specify)
Treatment_Spray (specify)
Unknown
Wildlife (specify)
Decay Class (Code – definition):
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1 – Log recently fallen/limbs present
2 – Log small twigs absent/ snag bark 50% loose
3 – Log trace of bark/snag bole form intact
4 – Log bark absent/snag loosing bole shape
5 – Log decomposed/snag form mostly gone
Feature Use:
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Basking/Loafing
Breeding/Mating
Courtship Ritual
Feeding
Hibernation
In
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8) Maternity
9) Microhabitat
10) Near
11) Nesting
12) On
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Other
Perch
Plucking Post
Protection
Rearing
Roost
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Rub or Claw
Scent/Marking Post
Seasonal
Shelter
Substrate
Under
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Agricultural_Land
Algal_Mat
Bank
Bark
Bedrock
Bog
Bole
Boulder
Branch
Bridge
Brush/Slash_Pile
Building
Burrow
Burrow System
Calving/Fawning
Cave
Cavity
Clay
Cliff
Cobble
Communal Day Roost
Communal Night Roost
Crevice
Critical Habitat
Culvert
Dead Shrub
Deciduous_Leaves
Den
Ditch
Duff
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Dung/Scat
Fen
Fence
Foraging
Forb
Gravel
Guzzler/Cistern
Headland
Herd Boundary
Hibernaculum
Hive
Human Structure
Ice
Individual Territory
Island
Jetty
Lake
Ledge
Lek
Lichen
Lithosol
Litter
Log
Macrophyte
Marsh
Maternal Colony
Meadow
Meadow-Dry
Meadow-Moist
Meadow-Wet
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Migration route
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Needles
Nest
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Opening/Clearing
Other
Pasture
Pebble
Pit
Pole/Post
Pond
Potential Habitat
Prairie
Pumice
Quarry
Riparian
Road
Rock
Rock_Garden-Dry
Rock_Garden-Moist
Rock_Outcrop
Rookery
Rootwad
Sand
Sand_Beach
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95) Scabland
96) Scrape/Rub
97) Seep
99) Shrub
100) Shrub_Wetland
101) Silt
102) Snag
103) Soil
104) Spring
105) Spring-Cold
106) Spring-Hot
107) Stem
108) Stream
109) Stream-Ephemeral
110) Stream-Perennial
111) Stump
112) Summer Range
113) Swamp
114) Talus
115) Trail
116) Tree
117) Vernal_Pool
118) Wallow
119) Waterfall
120) Wetland
121) Winter Range
122) Woody_Debris
123) Yearlong Range
Edit 3/13/07:
6) Bird/Bat Box
67) Moraine
New: Pool
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