SPOTMAP.dbf Field definitions
last revision: 9/14/2004, GB


Field		Description			Example
-----		-----------			-------
YEAR		4 digit year			1999

PROJECT		35 characters for project	Lower Sacramento River
		name.

PROJ_CODE	6 characters for		LSAC
		project code.

PLOT		6 characters for 		STCR
		plot name.	

TERRITORY	11 character unique terr. ID	YBCUSTCR01 = Stony creek YBCU territory 1.

LAT, LON	Latitude and Longitude for	39.750302, -121.980251
		approx. center of territory.
		(in decimal degrees, WGS 84)

LOCPRE		precision to which lat and lon	1=GPS within 1 m
		were determined			2=GPS within 5 m
						3=GPS within 30 m
						4=derived from scanned aerial photo in Arcview
						5=derived from digitized USGS 7.5 min. quad
						6=derived from paper USGS 7.5 min. quad
						7=computer calculated based on conversion from GPOINT						
						9=no position		
						
GPOINT		gridpoint for center of terr.	A3 6C
		if applicable		


TERRAD		approximate radius of terr.	56
		in meters (not necessary if
		TERRSIZE is given with
		precision 1-5).

TERRSIZE	size of territory in square	100 (= 1 hectare)
		meters.

TERRSIZEPRE	precision to which TERRSIZE	1=Perimeter GPS'd within 1 m
		was determined			2=Perimeter GPS'd within 5 m
						3=derived from polygon coverage in Arcview layered
						  on aerial photo.
						4=derived from polygon coverage in Arcview layered
						  on USGS quad.
						5=derived from drawing on true scale map (paper).
						6=estimated in the field (please also enter TERRAD).
						7=average territory size given number of territories
						  on entire plot (please also enter TERRAD).
						8=size based on published data for species (enter TERRAD).

PERCENT_ON	Percent of the territory	50
		on the nest plot.
						
HABITAT		general habitat type for	RICOFO = Riparian Cottonwood Forest (see Data Central\
		territory.			plantlist\habtypes.doc for a growing list of habitat 
						codes).

SERIES1		Dominant Sawyer Keeler-Wolf	Fremont cottonwood
		series

S1PERCENT	Approximate percent of terr.	70
		covered by SERIES1		

SERIES2		Secondary Sawyer Keeler-Wolf	Arroyo willow
		series

S2PERCENT	Approximate percent of terr.	20
		covered by SERIES2

The next three fields can be filled by cross-referencing with the nest database(s) associated
with these territories, so you don't have to enter them.

NESTS		number of nests found on terr.	1

FLEDGENUM	number of young fledged on	2
		terr. (all nests combined)

COWNUMFLED	number of cowbird young 	0
		fledged on territory