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Expert opinion questionnaire regarding the importance of climate in determining species distribution for 15 threatened and endangered species in Florida

Published by U.S. Geological Survey | Department of the Interior | Metadata Last Checked: January 07, 2026 | Last Modified: 2020-08-30T00:00:00Z
We developed an expert opinion questionnaire to gather information regarding expert opinion regarding the importance of climate variables in determining a species geographic range (Brandt et al. 2017). The data on the Survey_Results tab represent the raw survey questions and responses. Each column in the spreadsheet (except the first four columns, described below) represents a survey question, which is written in the first cell of that column. Each survey response for that question is listed below. Some questions have multi-part answers, and are listed in multiple columns, and appended with letters (e.g., Q8A, Q8B, Q8C, etc.). The first four columns of the spreadhseet represent unique information for that survey response, and are described below. Respondent_ID The Respondent_ID represents a unique identifier for each individual survey response. Start_Date The Start_Date represents the beginning day of the survey response for each survey. End_Date The End_Date represents the last day of the survey response for each survey. Custom_Data The Custom_Data column represents unique information filled out by the survey respondent for that survey, which typically includes the species name for which the survey applies to, as written by the survey respondent. Reference:Brandt, L.A., Benscoter, A.M., Harvey, R., Speroterra, C., Bucklin, D., Romañach, S.S., Watling, J.I., Mazzotti, F.J., 2017, Comparison of climate envelope models developed using expert-selected variables versus statistical selection, Ecological Modelling 345:10-20.

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