Abundance_HarvestedPops

Code and data for: Keever, A. C., J. D. Kelly, G. B. Clevinger, and B. S. Cohen. Estimating abundance of harvested populations at the management unit scale. In preparation

This repository provides all code and raw data (and associated metadata) to recreate the analyses for the above manuscript (Keever et al., In preparation). Below is the metadata for files in this repository.

This readme file was last updated on 2024-10-19 by Allison C Keever

Metadata: General Information

1. Title of Repository: Abundance_HarvestedPops - Code and data for: Estimating abundance of harvested populations at the management unit scale.

2. Author Information
   Author/Principal Investigator Information
   Name: Allison C Keever
   ORCID: 0000-0002-5194-3987
   Institution: Tennessee Technological University
   Address: College of Arts and Sciences, Tennessee Tech University, 1 William L Jones Dr., Cookeville TN 38505, USA
   Email: akeever@tntech.edu

   Co-Author
   Name: James D. Kelly
   Institution at time of project: Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
   Address: Ellington Agricultural Center, 5105 Edmonson Pike, Nashville, TN 37211, USA
   Current Institution: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

   Co-Author
   Name: Garrett B. Clevinger
   Institution: Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
   Address: Ellington Agricultural Center, 5105 Edmonson Pike, Nashville, TN 37211, USA

   Co-Author
   Name: Bradley S. Cohen
   Institution: Tennessee Technological University
   Address: College of Arts and Sciences, Tennessee Tech University, 1 William L Jones Dr., Cookeville TN 38505, USA

3. Date of data collection: 2005-2023

4. Geographic location of data collection: Tennessee, United States

5. Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data:
   This project was supported by Wildlife Restoration Grants administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program: Partnering to fund conservation and connect people with nature.

Metadata: Data & File Overview

1. Description of dataset
   These data were collected by Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency from hunter check stations, online reporting by hunters, and from mail-in surveys sent to license holders in Tennessee.

2. File List:
   TNAbundanceEstimation.R: R script to estimate abundance of deer in Tennessee
   TNIPMRecRate.txt: Model text file for estimating abundance of deer in Tennessee
   Rscripts/FunctionsAbundanceEstimation.R: R script that includes functions to estimate abundance of deer in Tennessee Rscripts/TNharvestdataprep.R: R script that preps raw harvest data from Tennessee for analysis
   Data/AFHarvestSummary.csv: Summary of age-at-harvest data for female deer
   Data/AmHarvestSummary.csv: Summary of age-at-harvest data for male deer
   Data/dkmaster.RData: Raw deer harvest data from hunter check stations and reported harvest in Tennessee
   Data/dmus.csv: Deer management unit counties to relate county of harvest to deer management units
   Data/HarvestEstimates.csv: Estimated harvest from social surveys sent out to license holders
   Data/ReportedHarvest_Summary.csv: Summary of reported harvest

Metadata: Data-specific information for - AFHarvestSummary.csv

1. Number of variables: 6

2. Number of cases/rows: 114

3. Variable List:
   DMU: the deer management unit the harvest occurred in; character
   Year: the harvest year (not calendar year) the harvest occurred in; integer - range = 2005-2023
   Fawn: the number of fawns harvested; integer
   Yearling: the number of yearlings harvested; integer
   Adult: the number of adults harvested; integer
   Total: the total number of females harvested; integer

4. Missing data codes: None

5. Specialized formats or other abbreviations used: None

Metadata: Data-specific information for - AmHarvestSummary.csv

1. Number of variables: 6

2. Number of cases/rows: 114

3. Variable List:
   DMU: the deer management unit the harvest occurred in; character
   Year: the harvest year (not calendar year) the harvest occurred in; integer - range = 2005-2023
   Fawn: the number of fawns harvested; integer
   Yearling: the number of yearlings harvested; integer
   Adult: the number of adults harvested; integer
   Total: the total number of males harvested; integer

4. Missing data codes: None

5. Specialized formats or other abbreviations used: None

Metadata: Data-specific information for - dmus.csv

1. Number of variables: 2

2. Number of cases/rows: 95

3. Variable List:
   DMU: The deer management unit the county resides in; character
   County: the name of the county in Tennessee; character

4. Missing data codes: None

5. Specialized formats or other abbreviations used: None

Metadata: Data-specific information for - HarvestEstimates.csv

1. Number of variables: 6

2. Number of cases/rows: 266

3. Variable List:
   year: the harvest year (not calendar year) for the estimated harvest; integer - range = 2005-2023
   DMU: the deer management unit for the estimated harvest; character
   Bag: bag type (antlerless or antlered) for the estimated harvest; character
   Harvest; estimated harvest; integer
   SDharv_est: the standard deviation of the estimated harvest; numeric
   CL: the 95% confidence limit of the estimated harvest; integer

4. Missing data codes: NA

5. Specialized formats or other abbreviations used: State under DMU represents the estimate for the entire state of Tennessee, which includes those that had unknown locations of harvest

Metadata: Data-specific information for - ReportedHarvestSummary.csv

1. Number of variables: 4

2. Number of cases/rows: 121

3. Variable List:
   DMU: the deer management unit the harvest occurred in; character
   Year: the harvest year (not calendar year) the harvest occurred in; integer - range = 2005-2019
   Antlerless: the number of antlerless deer reported as harvested; integer
   Antlered: the number of antlered deer reported as harvested; integer

4. Missing data codes: None

5. Specialized formats or other abbreviations used: None

Metadata: Data-specific information for - dkmaster.RData

1. Number of variables: 12

2. Number of cases/rows: 3,041,144

3. Variable List:
   county: the Tennessee county in which the harvest occurred; character age: the age of the deer (0.5, 1.5, 2.5, 3.5, 4.5, and 5.5+); character sex: sex of the harvested deer; character huntyear: year of harvest based on the hunting season year, not calendar year; factor bag: type of bag (antlered or antlerless); character HarvestDate: date of harvest; date AntlerPoints: antler points of the harvested deer; numeric Weight: weight of the harvested deer; numeric InsideSpreadLenghtInches: inside spread of the harvested deer in inches; numeric beamlength: beam length of the harvested deer; numeric beamcirc: beam circumference of the harvested deer; numeric spread: antler spread of the harvested deer; numeric

4. Missing data codes: NA

5. Specialized formats or other abbreviations used: None

License

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