USGS Alaska Science Center Adult Shorebird Morphological Measurement Data

Current 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

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Version 1.0 posted online July 5, 2023

Original 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 1.0, July 2023): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9KNRWXB

Overview:
This data conatins morphological measurements of adult shorebirds captured, banded, and/or dissected as part of USGS Alaska Science Center's or collaborator's research projects.

Data:
Two ZIP packages containing 1) adult shorebird body images (.jpg), and 2) adult shorebird morphological measurement data (.csv, .html)

Zip package (body images):
bristleThighedCurlew_images
greaterYellowlegs_images
lesserYellowlegs_images
shortBilledDowitcher_images
solitarySandpiper_images
whimbrel_images

Zip package (morphological data):
adultShorebird_morphologicalMeasurements_contributors.csv
adultShorebird_morphologicalMeasurements_taxonomy.csv
adultShorebird_morphologicalMeasurements_values.csv

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Version 2.0 posted online October 2023

Appended:
-Addition of Dunlin morphological data and University of Alaska Museum of the North accession numbers for collected specimens.
-Added a column, 'release_version', in "adultShorebird_morphologicalMeasurements_values.csv" to indicate in which data release version the data were originally included.

Data:
Two ZIP packages containing 1) adult shorebird body images (.jpg), and 2) adult shorebird morphological measurement data (.csv, .html)

Zip package (body images):
bristleThighedCurlew_images
greaterYellowlegs_images
lesserYellowlegs_images
shortBilledDowitcher_images
solitarySandpiper_images
whimbrel_images

Zip package (morphological data):
adultShorebird_morphologicalMeasurements_contributors.csv
adultShorebird_morphologicalMeasurements_taxonomy.csv
adultShorebird_morphologicalMeasurements_values.csv