Lee Tibbitts

This data package includes 2 child items with tracking data of buff-breasted sandpiper, a shorebird species that breeds only in Arctic Alaska and Canada, spending the winter in the grasslands of Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina after a lengthy migration. Child Item 1: "Argos and GPS Satellite Tracking Data for Buff-breasted Sandpipers (Calidris subruficollis) - Processed Data" Quality-controlled data collected from Argos and Argos-linked GPS satellite transmitters. Child Item 2: "Argos and GPS Satellite Tracking Data for Buff-breasted Sandpipers (Calidris subruficollis) - Raw Data" All raw data collected from Argos and Argos-linked GPS satellite transmitters, provided for completeness of the archive. The "Processed...

Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Animal tracking, Animals/Vertebrates, Argentina, Argos, All tags... Biota, Birds, Brazil, Breeding sites, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Calidris subruficollis, Capture-recapture studies, Central Americas flyway, Coastal ecosystems, Environment, GPS, Migratory birds, Migratory rates/routes, Migratory species, Ornithology, Overwintering, PTT, Platform Transmitter Terminal, Satellite transmitter, Seasonal distribution, Seasonal movement, Species life history, Tagging devices, Telemetry, Texas, Tracking equipment, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Uruguay, Waders/Gulls/Auks and Allies, Wildlife, Wildlife Biology, Fewer tags

This data release includes 2 child items with tracking data for Blue-winged Teal, a duck species that breeds throughout much of North America and whose wintering range includes neotropical areas of the Caribbean and Central and South America, thus providing a migratory link between the continents of North and South America. Child Item 1: "Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors) - Processed Data" Quality-controlled data collected from Argos satellite transmitters. Child Item 2: "Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors) - Raw Data" All raw data collected from Argos satellite transmitters, provided for completeness of the archive. The The "Argos Processed Data"...

Categories: Data; Tags: Alberta, Anas discors, Animal tracking, Animals/Vertebrates, Argos, All tags... Bahamas, Beaumont, Biota, Birds, Blue-winged Teal, Breeding area, Breeding sites, Brooks, Canada, Central flyway, Cuba, Distribution, Ducks/Geese/Swans, Ecological Dynamics, Environment, Field methods, Field sampling, Galveston Bay, Gulf of Mexico, Livonia, Louisiana, Mexico, Migration, Migration (organisms), Migration pathway, Migratory birds, Migratory strategies, Ornithology, Overwintering, PTT, Platform Transmitter Terminal, Port Barre, Saskatchewan, Satellite transmitter, Seasonal distribution, Seasonal movement, Species Life History, Species Migration, Telemetry, Texas, Tracking equipment, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Vanscoy, Wildlife, Wildlife Biology, Wintering area, Fewer tags

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 The "Argos Processed Data" (Child Item 1) are better suited for most analytical purposes. Version History: First...

Categories: Data, Data Release - Revised; Tags: Alaska, Animal tracking, Animals/Vertebrates, Argos, Biota, All tags... Birds, Breeding sites, Capture-recapture studies, Coastal ecosystems, Colville River, Environment, Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge, Marine ecosystems, Migratory birds, Migratory rates/routes, Migratory species, NPR-A, National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, Numenius phaeopus, Ornithology, Overwintering, PTT, Pacific Americas flyway, Platform Transmitter Terminal, Satellite transmitter, Seasonal distribution, Seasonal movement, Seward Peninsula, Species life history, Telemetry, Tracking equipment, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Waders/Gulls/Auks and Allies, Whimbrel, Wildlife, Wildlife Biology, Fewer tags

Child Item 2: Geospatial Sampling Information from the Inventory of Montane-nesting Birds in Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve, Alaska

This data package contains geospatial layers used for selecting bird survey locations in Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve. 1)"ANIA_original_sample_sitesAlb83" represents the nine 10-km X 10-km sample plots selected for the Aniakchak bird surveys. 2)"ANIA_sample_location_waypointsAlb83" is a summary of the 136 locations at which Aniakchak bird surveys were conducted. 3)"ANIA_sampled_plotsAlb83" represents the nine 10-km X 10-km sample plots inventoried during the Aniakchak bird surveys. 4)"ANIA_savage_site_checksAlb83" represents unique sites within Aniakchak that were identified for site visits based on expert opinion.

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Alaska, Alaska Peninsula, Aleutian Range, Alpine/Tundra, Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve, All tags... Animals/Vertebrates, Avian abundance, Biogeography, Biological Productivity, Biota, Birds, Community Ecology, Community structure, Distribution, Ecology, Environment, Habitat preferences, Habitats, Information Science, Meshik River, Migratory birds, Perching Birds, Seasonal distribution, Species richness, Terrestrial Ecosystems, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wildlife, Wildlife Biology, Fewer tags

This data release includes 2 child items with tracking data for Marbled Godwits, a large-bodied shorebird that, in Alaska, nests in the southwestern portion of the state. Child Item 1: "Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa) - Processed Data" Quality-controlled data collected from Argos satellite transmitters. Child Item 2: "Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa) - Raw Data" All raw data collected from Argos satellite transmitters, provided for completeness of the archive. The "Processed Data" (Child Item 1) are better suited for most analytical purposes.

Categories: Data; Tags: Alaska, Animal tracking, Animals/Vertebrates, Argos, Biota, All tags... Birds, Breeding area, Breeding sites, British Columbia, Canada, Ecological Dynamics, Environment, Limosa fedoa, Marbled godwit, Migration, Migratory birds, North Pacific Ocean, Overwintering, PTT, Platform Transmitter Terminal, Sandpipers, Satellite transmitter, Seasonal distribution, Seasonal movement, Species Life History, Species Migration, Telemetry, Tracking equipment, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Ugashik, Wildlife, Wildlife Biology, Wintering area, Fewer tags