TES_UpperMidwest_book_maps

This DRAFT README.md file was generated on 20160725 by A. ArchMiller

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GENERAL INFORMATION

1. Maps of Threatened and Endangered Species (TES) in the Midwest

2. Author Information

Principal Coder/Cartographer Contact Information Name: Althea ArchMiller

       Institution: University of Minnesota
       
       Email: althea.archmiller@gmail.com

3. Date of data collection: 20160722-20160725

4. Geographic location of data collection (where was data collected?): 12 State region (IL, IN, IA, KS, MI, MN, MO, NE, ND, OH, SD, WI)

5. Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data: NA

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SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION

1. Licenses/restrictions placed on the data: NA

2. Links to publications that cite or use the data: NA

3. Links to other publicly accessible locations of the data: NA

4. Links/relationships to ancillary data sets: NA

5. Was data derived from another source? USFWS website: http://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/ TIGER county and state shapefiles

6. Recommended citation for the data: Please email althea.archmiller@gmail.com for citing information

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DATA & FILE OVERVIEW

1. File List A. Filename:
   Short description:

   B. Filename:
   Short description:

   C. Filename:
   Short description:

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METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION

1. Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: Downloaded TES occurence data from http://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/, then merged with shapefiles from ggplot2 package

note: The Geocarpon species was unnamed, so had to manually name the file as downloaded from the ECOS website.

2. Methods for processing the data:

3. Instrument- or software-specific information needed to interpret the data: Program R (see footer on output html files for specific versions and libraries used)

4. Standards and calibration information, if appropriate: NA

5. Environmental/experimental conditions: NA

6. Describe any quality-assurance procedures performed on the data: none as of 20160725

7. People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission: A. ArchMiller

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DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: [FILENAME]

1. Number of variables:

2. Number of cases/rows:

3. Missing data codes: Code/symbol Definition Code/symbol Definition

4. Variable List A. Name: Description: Value labels if appropriate

   B. Name: Gender Description: Gender of respondent 1 = Male 2 = Female 3 = Other

   C. Name: Description: Value labels if appropriate