Dataset for: "Cross-biome scale data of summer bird assemblages across various habitat types in Alberta, western Canada" (Hisano, M)

The summer surveys of breeding birds across Alberta’s six major ecoregions (Northern Rockies conifer forests, Alberta-British Columbia foothills forests, Mid-Canada Boreal Plains forests, Canadian Aspen forests and parklands, Montana Valley and Foothill grasslands, and Northern Shortgrass prairie) in Canada. These surveys span woodlands, wetlands, grasslands, farmlands, and urban areas, providing a comprehensive bird species inventory, although preliminary. The dataset includes the number of individual for each avian species obtained by the point-count method (75 m radius, 10 minutes; July-August 2024).

Some definitions

• Elev: elevation (m)
• Forest_type: DEC = deciduous broadleaves (e.g., Populus, Betula), ESC = early-successional conifers (Pinus), LSC = late-successional conifers (e.g., Abies, Picea, Tsuga)
• Date_ymd: Survey date
• Start_time: Time started the point-count survey (for 10 minuets long)
• Counts: Individual counts of each species at each study site
• Ecoregions are based on Dinerstein et al. BioScience 67: 534-545.