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Seasonal movements of mule deer and pronghorn in Wyoming, 2014-2021

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
2013-01-01
End Date
2021-12-31

Citation

Johnston, A.N., Paterson, T.J., Ortega, A.C., Wallace, C., and Kauffman, M.J., 2023, Seasonal movements of mule deer and pronghorn in Wyoming, 2014-2021: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9MHCNXS.

Summary

USGS scientists evaluated the utility of hidden Markov movement models to characterize seasonal movements of mule deer (Odecoileus hemionus) and pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) that were tracked with GPS collars in Wyoming, USA, during 2014-2021. Data include step lengths and turning angles for individual animals at daily time-steps throughout the tracking period. Models demonstrated distinct seasonal movements between species indicative of migratory behavior and enable analyses to identify influential factors that affect decisions to migrate by animals.

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Aaron N Johnston
Process Contact :
Aaron N Johnston
Originator :
Aaron N Johnston, J. Terrill Paterson, Anna C. Ortega, Cody Wallace, Matthew J Kauffman
Metadata Contact :
GS-NOROCK Data Steward
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Ecosystems

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HMMMrelease.xml
Original FGDC Metadata
View 		28.85 KB application/fgdc+xml
mule_deer_data.csv 3.22 MB text/csv
MuleDeerTableS2.csv 542 Bytes text/csv
pronghorn_data.csv 3.37 MB text/csv
PronghornTableS1.csv 355 Bytes text/csv

Purpose

This data was collected to evaluate responses of pronghorn to wind-energy development and migratory movements of mule deer. The data in this release represent movement metrics that can be used to evaluate migratory movements for these animals in Wyoming.

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DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/P9MHCNXS

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