Child Item 2: Black Brant (Branta bernicla nigricans) Radio Detection and Migration Timing Alaska to Mexico
Dates
Publication Date
2023-04-20
Start Date
1999
End Date
2001
Last Revision
2024-02-22
Citation
Ward, D.H., 2023, Data from black brant (Branta bernicla nigricans) overwintering in three lagoons along the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico (ver. 2.0, February 2024): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7T43R88.
Summary
This is a child item of the USGS Data Release: https://doi.org/10.5066/F7T43R88 This data package provides data from Pacific Black Brant (Branta bernicla nigricans) tagged with VHF radio transmitters in July 1999 on the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska and detected in the following two years during their annual migration. Data include: 1) one table with attributes of the tagged brant, 2) one table with estimated dates of migration events, and 3) seven tables of detection data from radio tracking scans at coastal sites between Alaska and Mexico. Version History: First release: April 2023 Revised: February 2024 (ver. 2.0)
This data package provides data from Pacific Black Brant (Branta bernicla nigricans) tagged with VHF radio transmitters in July 1999 on the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska and detected in the following two years during their annual migration. Data include: 1) one table with attributes of the tagged brant, 2) one table with estimated dates of migration events, and 3) seven tables of detection data from radio tracking scans at coastal sites between Alaska and Mexico.
Version History:
First release: April 2023
Revised: February 2024 (ver. 2.0)
Stillman, R.A., Rivers, E.M., Gilkerson, W., Wood, K.A., Clausen, P., Deane, C., Ward, D.H., 2024. Predicting the response of a long-distance migrant to changing environmental conditions in winter. Ecology and Evolution 14(7):e11619, https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11619
