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USGS Alaska Science Center Adult Shorebird Morphological Measurement Data

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
1895
End Date
2021

Citation

Ruthrauff, D.R., Tibbitts, T.L., Gill, Jr., R.E., Handel, C.M., 2023, USGS Alaska Science Center adult shorebird morphological measurement data (ver 2.0, October 2023): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9KNRWXB.

Summary

This dataset consists of three tables, 1) taxonomy, 2) contributors, and 3) shorebird morphological measurements collected from various species captured from 1977-2021. In addition, photographs of plumage patterns are available for several species. Researchers with the U.S. Geological Survey - Alaska Science Center, along with collaborators from many government agencies and research institutions, have studied shorebirds at numerous sites across North America, the Pacific Ocean, Australia, and New Zealand. This release includes over 10,000 observations relating to 35 shorebird species. Version History: First release: July 2023 Revised: October 2023 (ver. 2.0)

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Alaska Science Center
Originator :
Daniel R Ruthrauff, Lee Tibbitts, Robert E Gill, Jr, Colleen M Handel
Metadata Contact :
Alaska Science Center
Publisher :
Alaska Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Ecosystems
SDC Data Owner :
Alaska Science Center
Distributor :
USGS ScienceBase Team

Attached Files

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adultShorebird_morphologicalMeasurements_contributors.csv 2.62 KB text/csv
adultShorebird_morphologicalMeasurements_metadata.html 231.91 KB text/html
adultShorebird_morphologicalMeasurements_taxonomy.csv 2.84 KB text/csv
adultShorebird_morphologicalMeasurements_values.csv 2.58 MB text/csv
versionHistory.txt 2.27 KB text/plain

Purpose

These observations were collected to understand species-specific patterns of size, morphometry, and molt in shorebirds.

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