Abstract:
Understanding the short- and long-distance movements of wildlife is critical for a wide variety of ecological research studies and management decisions. Since the mid-1980s, the USGS Alaska Science Center has collected data from wildlife tracking devices to: determine locations of animals throughout their annual cycles, understand patterns of habitat use, quantify time spent on various behaviors, determine timing of life cycle events, and identify geographic areas repeatedly used by wildlife that may be of significance to other species and populations.
These datasets are a collection of the USGS Alaska Science Center wildlife tracking data arranged by species or closely allied species groups. Details of tracking projects, devices, methods, and data can be found within each species directory.
To compile an integrated data resource of wildlife tracking data and to make wildlife tracking data collected by the USGS Alaska Science Center publicly available.
Supplemental_Information:
Users are informed that some processed tracking data presented in these datasets are also publicly available in Movebank (www.movebank.org).
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier
Theme_Keyword: USGS:ASC219
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: Biota
Theme_Keyword: Environment
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: NASA GCMD Earth Science Keyword Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: Animals/Vertebrates
Theme_Keyword: Birds
Theme_Keyword: Mammals
Theme_Keyword: Telemetry
Theme_Keyword: Migratory rates/routes
Theme_Keyword: Species Life History
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Biocomplexity Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: Distribution
Theme_Keyword: Migration (organisms)
Theme_Keyword: Migratory birds
Theme_Keyword: Seasonal distribution
Theme_Keyword: Seasonal movement
Theme_Keyword: Overwintering
Theme_Keyword: Breeding sites
Theme_Keyword: Tracking equipment
Theme_Keyword: Tagging devices
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: Wildlife
Theme_Keyword: Migratory species
Theme_Keyword: Migration (organisms)
Theme_Keyword: Animal tracking
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: Pacific Americas flyway
Theme_Keyword: East Asia flyway
Theme_Keyword: Central flyway
Theme_Keyword: Wintering area
Theme_Keyword: Staging area
Theme_Keyword: Breeding area
Theme_Keyword: Satellite transmitter
Theme_Keyword: Platform Transmitter Terminal
Theme_Keyword: PTT
Theme_Keyword: Argos
Theme_Keyword: GPS
It is requested that the USGS Alaska Science Center be cited for any subsequent publications that reference the data in this collection.