Tracking Data for Black Brant (Branta bernicla nigricans)
Description
This data release includes 2 child items with tracking data for Black Brant, a goose species that breeds in coastal areas of Alaska, northwestern Canada, and northeastern Russia and winters along coastal areas of North America from western Alaska to Mexico.
Child Item 1: "Light-Level Geolocator Tracking Data for Black Brant (Branta bernicla nigricans)" -- Tracking data collected from light-level geolocator attached Black Brant at breeding areas in Alaska, 2003-2007.
Child Item 2: "VHF Triangulation Tracking Data for Black Brant (Branta bernicla nigricans) in Waters Adjacent to Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska" -- Tracking data collected from triangulation tracking of VHF transmitters at Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, during fall 1987-1990.
Resources
| Name |
Format |
Description |
Link |
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55 |
Landing page for access to the data |
https://doi.org/10.5066/P134RIKG |
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55 |
The metadata original format |
https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.676b3a1ad34e3ce2f6084839.xml |
Tags
- environment
- non-breeding-range
- seasonal-distribution
- alaska
- coastal-ecosystems
- baja-california
- seasonal-movement
- telemetry
- vhf-radio-transmitter
- biota
- wildlife
- migratory-birds
- birds
- ducks-geese-swans
- tundra-ecosystems
- black-brant
- tagging-devices
- mexico
- yukon-delta
- species-life-history
- capture-recapture-studies
- migratory-species
- overwintering
- branta-bernicla-nigricans
- animal-tracking
- animals-vertebrates
- usgs-676b3a1ad34e3ce2f6084839
- annual-cycle
- tracking-equipment
- yukon-kuskokwim-river-delta
- ornithology
- migratory-rates-routes
- national-petroleum-reserve-alaska
- npr-a
- breeding-sites
- light-level-geolocator
- yukon-delta-national-wildlife-refuge
- izembek-national-wildlife-refuge
- waterfowl