Data of soil, vegetation and bird species found on double-crested cormorant colonies in the southeastern United States

This data article provides the methods and procedures followed to collect and analyse soil, vegetation and bird data on three different treatment islands in Guntersville Reservoir, Alabama. Samples were collected from randomly selected plot points from islands that were placed into three different t...

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Main Authors:	Leah Moran Veum, Brian S. Dorr, Katie Hanson-Dorr, R.J. Moore, Scott A. Rush
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2019-12-01
Series:	Data in Brief
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340919310819

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spelling	doaj-ea63d516194e4f0292721c5a12cc623c2020-11-25T02:39:00ZengElsevierData in Brief2352-34092019-12-0127Data of soil, vegetation and bird species found on double-crested cormorant colonies in the southeastern United StatesLeah Moran Veum0Brian S. Dorr1Katie Hanson-Dorr2R.J. Moore3Scott A. Rush4Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, & Aquaculture, Mississippi State University, PO Box 9690, Mississippi State, MS, 39762, USA; Corresponding author. Alabama Fish Farming Center, 529 Centerville St, Greensboro, AL, 36744, USA.U.S. Department of Agriculture, Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center, Mississippi Field Station, P.O. Box 6099, Mississippi State, MS, 39762, USAU.S. Department of Agriculture, Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center, Mississippi Field Station, P.O. Box 6099, Mississippi State, MS, 39762, USATennessee Valley Authority, Land & River Management, Natural Resources, 1010 Reservation Road, MPB 1H-M, Muscle Shoals, AL, 35662, USADepartment of Wildlife, Fisheries, & Aquaculture, Mississippi State University, PO Box 9690, Mississippi State, MS, 39762, USAThis data article provides the methods and procedures followed to collect and analyse soil, vegetation and bird data on three different treatment islands in Guntersville Reservoir, Alabama. Samples were collected from randomly selected plot points from islands that were placed into three different treatment types: Colony (currently occupied by Double-crested Cormorants) (Phalacrocorax auritus; n = 5), Historic (historically occupied by cormorants and currently abandoned; n = 3) and Reference (never occupied by cormorants; n = 4). We compared vegetation and tree metrics such as structure and diversity, as well as soil chemistry and bird diversity and communities among islands within Guntersville Reservoir. These data document for the first time that we are aware of the long-term effects of soil chemistry changes, vegetation changes, and impacts to avian diversity, in temperate forest ecosystems, by cormorant colonies. All data is associated with the recent article by Veum et al. [1] and provided here as raw data. Keywords: Waterbird, Southeastern forest, Diversity, Avian, Vegetation, Soilhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340919310819
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author	Leah Moran Veum Brian S. Dorr Katie Hanson-Dorr R.J. Moore Scott A. Rush
spellingShingle	Leah Moran Veum Brian S. Dorr Katie Hanson-Dorr R.J. Moore Scott A. Rush Data of soil, vegetation and bird species found on double-crested cormorant colonies in the southeastern United States Data in Brief
author_facet	Leah Moran Veum Brian S. Dorr Katie Hanson-Dorr R.J. Moore Scott A. Rush
author_sort	Leah Moran Veum
title	Data of soil, vegetation and bird species found on double-crested cormorant colonies in the southeastern United States
title_short	Data of soil, vegetation and bird species found on double-crested cormorant colonies in the southeastern United States
title_full	Data of soil, vegetation and bird species found on double-crested cormorant colonies in the southeastern United States
title_fullStr	Data of soil, vegetation and bird species found on double-crested cormorant colonies in the southeastern United States
title_full_unstemmed	Data of soil, vegetation and bird species found on double-crested cormorant colonies in the southeastern United States
title_sort	data of soil, vegetation and bird species found on double-crested cormorant colonies in the southeastern united states
publisher	Elsevier
series	Data in Brief
issn	2352-3409
publishDate	2019-12-01
description	This data article provides the methods and procedures followed to collect and analyse soil, vegetation and bird data on three different treatment islands in Guntersville Reservoir, Alabama. Samples were collected from randomly selected plot points from islands that were placed into three different treatment types: Colony (currently occupied by Double-crested Cormorants) (Phalacrocorax auritus; n = 5), Historic (historically occupied by cormorants and currently abandoned; n = 3) and Reference (never occupied by cormorants; n = 4). We compared vegetation and tree metrics such as structure and diversity, as well as soil chemistry and bird diversity and communities among islands within Guntersville Reservoir. These data document for the first time that we are aware of the long-term effects of soil chemistry changes, vegetation changes, and impacts to avian diversity, in temperate forest ecosystems, by cormorant colonies. All data is associated with the recent article by Veum et al. [1] and provided here as raw data. Keywords: Waterbird, Southeastern forest, Diversity, Avian, Vegetation, Soil
url	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340919310819
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Data of soil, vegetation and bird species found on double-crested cormorant colonies in the southeastern United States

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