README This data file is published by the Movebank Data Repository (www.datarepository.movebank.org). As of the time of publication, a version of this published animal tracking dataset can be viewed on Movebank (www.movebank.org) in the study "Death's-head hawkmoth migration Europe" (Movebank Study ID 574659339). Individual attributes in the data files are defined below, in the NERC Vocabulary Server at http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/MVB and in the Movebank Attribute Dictionary at www.movebank.org/cms/movebank-content/movebank-attribute-dictionary. Metadata describing this data package are maintained at https://datacite.org. This published dataset contains a subset of the data in the study "Death's-head hawkmoth migration Europe" used for the analysis published in Menz et al. (2022). This data package includes the following data files: Death's-head hawkmoth migration Europe.csv Death's-head hawkmoth migration Europe-reference-data.csv moths_windVariables_trajVariables_allAtmLev_2018-2019.csv Data package citation: Menz MHM, Scacco M, Bürki-Spycher H, Williams HJ, Reynolds DR, Chapman JW, Wikelski M. 2022. Data from: Individual tracking reveals long-distance flightpath control in a nocturnally-migrating moth. Movebank Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5441/001/1.f4r24r5r These data are described in the following written publication: Menz MHM, Scacco M, Bürki-Spycher H-M, Williams HJ, Reynolds DR, Chapman JW, Wikelski M. 2022. Individual tracking reveals long-distance flightpath control in a nocturnally-migrating moth. Science. 377(6607):764-768. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abn1663 ----------- Terms of Use This data file is licensed by the Creative Commons Zero (CC0 1.0) license. The intent of this license is to facilitate the re-use of works. 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Can be years or months of age or terms such as 'adult', 'subadult' and 'juvenile'. Best practice is to define units in the values if needed (e.g. '2 years'). example: juvenile, adult units: not defined entity described: deployment link: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/MVB/current/MVB000018 animal mass: The mass of the animal, typically at the beginning of the deployment. example: 500 units: grams entity described: deployment link: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/MVB/current/MVB000019 animal sex: The sex of the animal. Allowed values are m = male f = female u = unknown format: controlled list entity described: individual link: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/MVB/current/MVB000023 animal taxon: The scientific name of the species on which the tag was deployed, as defined by the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS, www.itis.gov). If the species name can not be provided, this should be the lowest level taxonomic rank that can be determined and that is used in the ITIS taxonomy. Additional information can be provided using the term 'taxon detail' format: controlled list entity described: individual same as: individual taxon canonical name link: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/MVB/current/MVB000024 attachment type: The way a tag is attached to an animal. Values are chosen from a controlled list: collar = The tag is attached by a collar around the animal's neck fin mount = The tag is attached to the animal's fin glue = The tag is attached to the animal using glue harness = The tag is attached to the animal using a harness implant = The tag is placed under the skin of the animal tape = The tag is attached to the animal using tape other = user specified format: controlled list entity described: deployment link: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/MVB/current/MVB000052 deploy off timestamp: The timestamp when the tag deployment ended, as defined by the data owner. example: 2009-10-01 12:00:00.000' format: yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS units: UTC or GPS time entity described: deployment same as: deploy off date link: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/MVB/current/MVB000077 deploy on timestamp: The timestamp when the tag deployment started. example: 2008-08-30 18:00:00.000' format: yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS units: UTC or GPS time entity described: deployment same as: deploy on date link: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/MVB/current/MVB000081 deployment ID: A unique identifier for the deployment of a tag on animal, provided by the data owner. If the data owner does not provide a Deployment ID, an internal Movebank deployment identifier may sometimes be shown. example: Jane-Tag42 units: none entity described: deployment link: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/MVB/current/MVB000085 event ID: An identifier for the set of values associated with each event, i.e. sensor measurement. A unique event ID is assigned to every time-location or other time-measurement record in Movebank. If multiple measurements are included within a single row of a data file, they will share an event ID. If users import the same sensor measurement to Movebank multiple times, a separate event ID will be assigned to each. example: 6340565 units: none entity described: event link: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/MVB/current/MVB000103 location lat: The geographic latitude of the location as estimated by the sensor. Positive values are east of the Greenwich Meridian, negative values are west of it. example: -41.0982423 units: decimal degrees, WGS84 reference system entity described: event link: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/MVB/current/MVB000145 location long: The geographic longitude of the location as estimated by the sensor. Positive values are east of the Greenwich Meridian, negative values are west of it. example: -121.1761111 units: decimal degrees, WGS84 reference system entity described: event link: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/MVB/current/MVB000146 manipulation comments: Additional comments about the way in which the animal was manipulated during the deployment. Use 'manipulation type' to define the general type of manipulation. example: Relocated from breeding colony on Smithers Island to release location at 70.02E, 21.21S units: none entity described: deployment link: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/MVB/current/MVB000154 manipulation type: The way in which the animal was manipulated during the deployment. Additional information can be provided using 'manipulation comments'. Values are chosen from a controlled list: confined = The animal's movement was restricted to within a defined area none = The animal received no treatment other than the tag attachment relocated = The animal was released from a site other than the one at which it was captured manipulated other = The animal was manipulated in some other way, such as a physiological manipulation format: controlled list entity described: deployment link: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/MVB/current/MVB000155 manually marked outlier: Identifies events flagged manually as outliers, typically using the Event Editor in Movebank, and may also include outliers identified using other methods. Outliers have the value TRUE. units: none entity described: event link: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/MVB/current/MVB000156 sensor type: The type of sensor with which data were collected. All sensors are associated with a tag id, and tags can contain multiple sensor types. Each event record in Movebank is assigned one sensor type. If values from multiple sensors are reported in a single event, the primary sensor is used. Values are chosen from a controlled list: acceleration = The sensor collects acceleration data accessory measurements = The sensor collects accessory measurements, such as battery voltage acoustic telemetry = The sensor transmits an acoustic signal that is detected by receivers to determine location Argos Doppler shift = The sensor uses Argos Doppler shift to determine location barometer = The sensor records air or water pressure bird ring = The animal is identified by a band or ring that has a unique identifier GPS = The sensor uses GPS to determine location magnetometer = The sensor records the magnetic field natural mark = The animal is identified by a unique natural marking orientation = Quaternion components describing the orientation of the tag are derived from accelerometer and gyroscope measurements radio transmitter = The sensor transmits a radio signal that is detected by receivers to determine location solar geolocator = The sensor collects light levels, which are used to determine position (for processed locations) solar geolocator raw = The sensor collects light levels, which are used to determine position (for raw light-level measurements) solar geolocator twilight = The sensor collects light levels, which are used to determine position (for twilights calculated from light-level measurements) format: controlled list entity described: event link: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/MVB/current/MVB000170 study name: The name of the study in Movebank. example: Coyotes, Kays and Bogan, Albany NY units: none entity described: study (event) link: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/MVB/current/MVB000173 tag ID: A unique identifier for the tag, provided by the data owner. If the data owner does not provide a tag ID, an internal Movebank tag identifier may sometimes be shown. example: 2342 units: none entity described: tag same as: tag local identifier link: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/MVB/current/MVB000181 tag manufacturer name: The company or person that produced the tag. example: Holohil units: none entity described: tag link: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/MVB/current/MVB000183 tag mass: The mass of the tag. example: 24 units: grams entity described: tag link: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/MVB/current/MVB000184 tag model: The model of the tag. example: T61 units: none entity described: tag link: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/MVB/current/MVB000185 tag readout method: The way the data are received from the tag. Values are chosen from a controlled list: satellite = Data are transferred via satellite phone network = Data are transferred via a phone network, such as GSM or AMPS other wireless = Data are transferred via another form of wireless data transfer, such as a VHF transmitter/receiver tag retrieval = The tag must be physically retrieved in order to obtain the data format: controlled list entity described: deployment link: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/MVB/current/MVB000188 tag serial no: The serial number of the tag. example: MN93-33243 units: none entity described: tag link: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/MVB/current/MVB000189 timestamp: The date and time corresponding to a sensor measurement or an estimate derived from sensor measurements. example: 2008-08-14 18:31:00.000' format: yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS units: UTC or GPS time entity described: event link: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/MVB/current/MVB000200 visible: Determines whether an event is visible on the Movebank map. Values are calculated automatically, with TRUE indicating the event has not been flagged as an outlier by 'algorithm marked outlier', 'import marked outlier' or 'manually marked outlier', or that the user has overridden the results of these outlier attributes using 'manually marked valid' = TRUE. Allowed values are TRUE or FALSE. units: none entity described: event link: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/MVB/current/MVB000209 ----------- File moths_windVariables_trajVariables_allAtmLev_2018-2019.csv This file contains the radio-transmitter tracking data along with calculated metrics and annotated environmental information. It includes the following attributes: timestamp: date and time of the location estimate (UTC, format dd.MM.yy HH:mm) location.long: see 'location long' above location.lat: see 'location lat' above turnAngle: the turning angle between the segments (degrees) grSpeed: ground speed of the segment (m/s) stepLength: horizontal distance (m) between locations timeLag: time (s) between locations HoursFromRelease: time (hr) since the animal was released trackDurationHours: time (hrs) that a moth was continuously tracked on migration segmentDir: direction of the segment (degrees) net2dist: net squared displacement totTrackingLength: total length of the track (m) euclDist: Euclidean (straight line) distance of the track (m) from the start to the end point straightness: straightness index of the track calculated as the Euclidean distance divided by the total track length (range 0-1, where 0 is tortuous and 1 is completely straight) overallTrackDir: direction of the track (degrees) from the start to the end point driftAngle: the difference in the segment direction and the overall track direction (degrees) individual.taxon.canonical.name: see 'animal taxon' above individual.local.identifier: see 'animal id' above study.name: see 'study name' above tag.local.identifier: tag number (MoveBank field) U_z01 to U_z16: zonal (easting) component of the wind for each of the 16 pressure levels V_z01 to V_z16: meridional (northing) component of the wind for each of the 16 pressure levels Wspeed_z01 to Wspeed_z16: wind speed (m/s) for each of the 16 pressure levels Wdir_z01 to Wdir_z16: wind direction (degrees) for each of the 16 pressure levels devAngle_z01 to devAngle_z16: angle of deviation (degrees) at each of the 16 pressure levels windAssist_z01 to windAssist_z16: wind assistance, calculated as the wind vector at the location of the moth in the direction of travel towards its next location, for each of the 16 pressure levels. ----------- More Information For more information about this repository, see www.movebank.org/cms/movebank-content/data-repository, the FAQ at https://www.datarepository.movebank.org/faq, or contact us at support@movebank.org.