Tracking Data for Whimbrels (Numenius phaeopus)
Description
This data release includes 2 child items with tracking data for Whimbrels, a shorebird found throughout tundra and boreal habitats of Alaska during the summer and winters along the coasts of the continental U.S., and central and South America.
Child Item 1: "Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Whimbrels (Numenius phaeopus) - Processed Data" -- Quality-controlled data collected from Argos satellite transmitters.
Child Item 2: "Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Whimbrels (Numenius phaeopus) - Raw Data" -- All raw data collected from Argos satellite transmitters, provided for completeness of the archive. The quality-controlled, "Argos Processed Data" (Child Item 1) are better suited for most analytical purposes.
Resources
| Name |
Format |
Description |
Link |
|
55 |
The metadata original format |
https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.66fadd57d34e6d68f514c55b.xml |
|
55 |
Landing page for access to the data |
https://doi.org/10.5066/P978PX2X |
Tags
- environment
- seasonal-distribution
- alaska
- coastal-ecosystems
- seasonal-movement
- platform-transmitter-terminal
- telemetry
- kanuti-national-wildlife-refuge
- biota
- wildlife
- migratory-birds
- birds
- colville-river
- species-life-history
- capture-recapture-studies
- seward-peninsula
- migratory-species
- waders-gulls-auks-and-allies
- overwintering
- whimbrel
- argos
- usgs-66fadd57d34e6d68f514c55b
- animal-tracking
- animals-vertebrates
- tracking-equipment
- pacific-americas-flyway
- marine-ecosystems
- numenius-phaeopus
- ornithology
- migratory-rates-routes
- national-petroleum-reserve-alaska
- npr-a
- breeding-sites
- satellite-transmitter
- ptt