USGS Alaska Science Center Wildlife Tracking Data Collection
An overall project that describes the USGS Alaska Science Center wildlife tracking data collection.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 used information from telemetry devices on wildlife species 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.
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Status: onGoingStart Year: 1985
End Year: 2024
USGS Mission Area and Program
Ecosystems → Cooperative Research UnitsEcosystems → Wildlife Program
Land Resources → Science Support for DOI Bureaus
Major Initiatives
EVOS - Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee CouncilFWS - Migratory Bird Management Program
FWS - Science Support Program
JV - Arctic Goose Joint Venture
JV - Sea Duck Joint Venture
NPS - Natural Resource Preservation Program
USGS - Changing Arctic Ecosystems Initiative