Juvenile Shorebird Morphological Data Collected in Alaska and Canada

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Version 1.0 posted online November 2, 2022

Original citation: Ruthrauff, D.R., Robinson, B.H., Tibbitts, T.L., McDuffie, L.A., Gill, Jr., R.E., 2022, Measurements of shorebird chicks in Alaska and Canada, 1997-2022 (ver 1.0, November 2022): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9ZH3JNQ

IP-145521
DOI:10.5066/P9ZH3JNQ
PID:ASC497
Portal:279

Data:
One ZIP packages containing: shorebird chick growth morphometrics, a species taxonomy table, and metadata (XML, html).

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Version 2.0 posted online March 2023

Current Citation: U.S. Geological Survey - Alaska Science Center, Alaska Department of Fish and Game - Threatened, Endangered, and Diversity Program, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Migratory Bird Program, 2022. Juvenile shorebird morphological data collected in Alaska and Canada (ver 2.0, March 2023): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9ZH3JNQ

IP-150935
DOI:10.5066/P9ZH3JNQ
PID:ASC497
Portal:279

Overview:
Tables consisting of 1) shorebird chick growth morphometrics, 2) species taxonomy table, and 3) contributors table.

Appended: - Added 3 species to the taxonomy table .csv.
	  - Added Colleen's MSc. thesis and PhD dissertations to the cross-references.
	  - Changed the name of taxonomy .csv file and updated this new title in the xml where appropriate (juvenileShorebird_taxonomy.csv).
	  - Changed the name of measurement csv file, and updated this new title in xml where appropriate (juvenileShorebird_morphologicalMeasurements.csv).
	  - Changed range of dates (Tutakoke work now is the earliest: 6/12/1978 for hatch dates and observation period) in xml.
	  - Added new sites with lat/longs to xml.
	  - Changed column title 'tarsus_length' to 'diagonal_tarsus_length' in xml, and updated the definition to match that used in other data releases.
	  - Added Colleen as a coauthor in xml.
	  - Added table listing project contibutors.
	  - Changed the title and author list of the data release.
Data:
juvenileShorebird_morphologicalMeasurements.csv
juvenileShorebird_taxonomy.csv
juvenileShorebird_contributor_table.csv