Child Item 2: Black Brant (Branta bernicla nigricans) Radio Detection and Migration Timing Alaska to Mexico

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)

Categories: Data, Data Release - Revised; Tags: Alaska, Animal populations, Animals/Vertebrates, Bahia San Quintín, Baja California, All tags... Baja California Sur, Biota, Birds, Black Brant, Branta bernicla nigricans, Brent Goose, Coastal ecosystems, Ecological dynamics, Ecology, Environment, Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, Laguna Ojo de Liebre, Laguna San Ignacio, Mexico, Migratory birds, Population dynamics, Species life history, Species/population interactions, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Waterfowl, Wildlife, Wildlife Biology, Yukon Delta, Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge, Yukon Kuskokwim Delta, Fewer tags

Child Item 1: Body mass, Morphological Measurements, Flock Counts, and Age-Ratios from Black Brant Overwintering in Three Lagoons Along the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico

This is a child item of the USGS Data Release: https://doi.org/10.5066/F7T43R88 This data package includes four tables of data from Pacific Black Brant (Branta bernicla nigricans) wintering along the Baja California Peninsula and Sonoran coasts of Mexico. The data include: (1) body mass and morphological measurements from sport hunter harvested brant, and (2) census counts of brant in Bahia de San Quintin, (3) counts for flock age ratio determination, and (4) behavior. Version History: First release: April 2023 Revised: February 2024 (ver. 2.0)

Categories: Data, Data Release - Revised; Tags: Animal populations, Animals/Vertebrates, Bahia San Quintín, Baja California, Baja California Sur, All tags... Biota, Birds, Black Brant, Branta bernicla nigricans, Brent Goose, Coastal ecosystems, Ecological dynamics, Ecology, Environment, Laguna Ojo de Liebre, Laguna San Ignacio, Mexico, Migratory birds, Population dynamics, Species life history, Species/population interactions, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Waterfowl, Wildlife, Wildlife Biology, Fewer tags