README This data file is published by the Movebank Data Repository (www.datarepository.movebank.org). As of the time of publication, a version of the published animal tracking data set can be viewed on Movebank (www.movebank.org) in the study "Oceanic navigation in Cory's shearwaters (Gagliardo et al. 2013)". Individual attributes in the data files are defined below and in the Movebank Attribute Dictionary, available at www.movebank.org/node/2381. This data package includes the following data files: Oceanic navigation in Cory's shearwaters.csv Oceanic navigation in Cory's shearwaters-reference data.csv These data are described in the following written publication: Gagliardo, A., Bried, J., Lambardi, P., Luschi, P., Wikelski, M., and Bonadonna, F., 2013, Oceanic navigation in Cory's shearwaters—evidence for a crucial role of olfactory cues for homing after displacement: Journal of Experimental Biology, v. 216. doi:10.1242/​jeb.085738 Data package citation Gagliardo, A., Bried, J., Lambardi, P., Luschi, P., Wikelski, M., and Bonadonna, F., 2013, Data from: AOceanic navigation in Cory's shearwaters—evidence for a crucial role of olfactory cues for homing after displacement: Movebank Data Repository. doi:10.5441/001/1.nf80477p ----------- 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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See here for the full description of this license http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 ----------- Data Attributes These definitions come from the Movebank Attribute Dictionary, available at www.movebank.org/node/2381. animal ID: An individual identifier for the animal, provided by the data owner. This identifier can be a ring number, a name, the same as the associated tag ID, etc. If the data owner does not provide an Animal ID, an internal Movebank animal identifier may sometimes be shown. example: 91876A, Gary same as: individual-local-identifier animal life stage: The age class or life stage of the animal at the beginning of the deployment. Can be years or months of age or terms such as "adult", "subadult" and "juvenile". Units should be defined in the values (e.g. "2 years"). example: juvenile, adult units: Any units should be defined in the remarks. Argos altitude: Altitude used for location calculation, Argos DIAG format file (definition from Argos User's Manual 2011) example: 27 units: meters Argos best level: Best signal strength, Argos DIAG format file (definition from Argos User's Manual 2011). example: -117 units: decibels (dB) Argos calculated frequency: Calculated frequency, Argos DIAG format file (definition from Argos User's Manual 2011). example: 401.6732709 units: hertz (Hz) same as: Argos calcul freq Argos latitude 1: Solution 1. platform latitude in degrees and thousandths of degrees, Argos DIAG format file (definition from Argos User's Manual 2011). example: 19.493 units: decimal degrees, WGS84 reference system same as: Argos lat1 Argos latitude 2: Solution 2. platform latitude in degrees and thousandths of degrees, Argos DIAG format file (definition from Argos User's Manual 2011). example: 14.773 units: decimal degrees, WGS84 reference system same as: Argos lat2 Argos location class: The location class retrieved from Argos. Allowed values are 0, 1, 2, 3, A, B, and Z (definition from Argos User's Manual 2011). example: A units: none same as: Argos lc Argos longitude 1: Solution 1. platform longitude in degrees and thousandths of degrees, Argos DIAG format file (definition from Argos User's Manual 2011). example: 99.712 units: decimal degrees, WGS84 reference system same as: Argos lon1 Argos longitude 2: Solution 2. platform longitude in degrees and thousandths of degrees, Argos DIAG format file (definition from Argos User's Manual 2011). example: 120.286 units: decimal degrees, WGS84 reference system same as: Argos lon2 Argos Nmessages: The number of messages received [to calculate location], Argos DIAG format file (definition from Argos User's Manual 2011). example: 8 units: none same as: Argos nb mes Argos Nmessages 120: The number of messages received by the satellite at a signal strength greater than -120 decibels, Argos DIAG format file (definition from Argos User's Manual 2011). example: 2 units: none same as: Argos nb mes 120 Argos NOPC: The number of plausibility checks successful (from 0-4), Argos DIAG format file (definition from Argos User's Manual 2011). example: 3 units: none Argos pass duration: Time elapsed between the first and last message received by the satellite, Argos DIAG format file (definition from Argos User's Manual 2011). example: 118 units: seconds Argos quality indicator: This indicator gives information on the transmitter in terms of two digits, X and Y. X is the first digit and indicates residual error on the frequency calculation; Y is the second digit and indicates transmitter oscillator frequency drift between two satellite passes. Values provided in Argos DIAG format files (definition from Argos User's Manual 2011). Allowed values are X=0: No calculation of residual frequency error (fewer than four messages received) X=1,2,3: Unsatisfactory convergence of calculation X=4: Residual frequency error > 1.5 Hz X=5: 0.15 Hz < residual frequency error < 1.5 Hz X=6: Residual frequency error < 0.15 Hz Y=0: No check on transmit frequency drift, as the two results are more than 12 hours apart. Y=1: Frequency discrepancy > 400 Hz Probably due to transmit frequency discrepancy, change of oscillator, etc. Y=2: Previous location is less than 1/2 hour old. Frequency discrepancy > 30 Hz, i.e. F/F (over 10 min) >2.5 E-8 Y=3: Frequency drift > 4 Hz/minute, i.e. F/F (10 min) > 1.10-7 Y=4: Frequency drift < 4 Hz/minute, i.e. F/F (10 min) < 1.10-7 Y=5: Frequency drift < 2 Hz/minute, i.e. F/F (10 min) < 5.10-8 Y=6: Frequency drift < 1 Hz/minute, i.e. F/F (10 min) < 2.5 . 10-8 Y=7: Frequency drift < 0.4 Hz/minute, i.e. F/F (10 min) < 1.10-8 Y=8: Frequency drift < 0.2 Hz/minute, i.e. F/F (10 min) < 5.10-9 example: 68 units: none same as: Argos Iq Argos sensor 1: The value of the first Argos sensor, Argos DIAG format file (definition from Argos User's Manual 2011). example: 229 units: specific to the sensor Argos sensor 2: The value of the second Argos sensor, Argos DIAG format file (definition from Argos User's Manual 2011). example: 42 units: specific to the sensor Argos sensor 3: The value of the third Argos sensor, Argos DIAG format file (definition from Argos User's Manual 2011). example: 3 units: specific to the sensor Argos sensor 4: The value of the fourth Argos sensor, Argos DIAG format file (definition from Argos User's Manual 2011). example: 63 units: specific to the sensor 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. 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 an animal. tape: The tag is attached to the animal using tape. other: user specified deploy off timestamp: The timestamp when the tag deployment ended. example: 2009-10-01 12:00:00.000 format: yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.sss units: UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) or GPS time, which is a few leap seconds different from UTC same as: deploy off date deploy on latitude: The geographic latitude of the location where the animal was released (intended primarily for instances in which the animal release and tag retrieval locations have higher accuracy than those derived from sensor data). example: 27.3516 units: decimal degrees, WGS84 reference system deploy on longitude: The geographic longitude of the location where the animal was released (intended primarily for instances in which the animal release and tag retrieval locations have higher accuracy than those derived from sensor data). example: -97.3321 units: decimal degrees, WGS84 reference system deploy on timestamp: The timestamp when the tag deployment started. example: 2008-08-33 18:00:00.000 format: yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.sss units: UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) or GPS time, which is a few leap seconds different from UTC same as: deploy on date deployment comments: Additional information about the tag deployment that is not described by other reference data terms. example: This deployment was excluded from analysis because the tag failed. deployment end comments: a description of the end of a tag deployment, such as cause of mortality or notes on the removal and/or failure of tag. example: Data transmission stopped after 108 days. Cause unknown. 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 duty cycle: Remarks associated with the duty cycle of a tag during the deployment, describing the times it is on/off and the frequency at which it transmits or records data. example: it turns off during the night units: Any units should be defined in the remarks. e-obs battery voltage: Unloaded battery voltage (definition from Franz Kümmeth, e-obs Digital Telemetry, personal communication, 2012). example: 3712 units: millivolt (mV) e-obs fix battery voltage: Loaded battery voltage, i.e. battery voltage when GPS module is acquiring a fix (definition from e-obs Digital Telemetry Manual for DataDecoder Software, 2010; Franz Kümmeth, e-obs Digital Telemetry, personal communication, 2012). example: 3535 units: millivolt (mV) e-obs horizontal accuracy estimate: A horizontal (in)accuracy estimate, calculated by the GPS module (definition from e-obs Digital Telemetry Manual for DataDecoder Software, 2010; Franz Kümmeth, e-obs Digital Telemetry, personal communication, 2012). example: 35.07 units: meters e-obs key bin checksum: A checksum of the original binary data, so that Movebank can quickly compare different lines by comparing their checksums (definition from "e-obs GPS-acceleration-tags application note: How to use the acceleration sensor, interpret, analyse its data and how to get values in m/s^2", 2011). example: 4152324118 units: none e-obs speed accuracy estimate: A speed (in)accuracy estimate, calculated by the GPS module. The speed accuracy estimate (better named "inaccuracy estimation") may show very high values, since the GPS module calculates a very conservative value. These speed measurements are potentially very inaccurate when interpreting the data (definition from e-obs Digital Telemetry Manual for DataDecoder Software, 2010; Franz Kümmeth, e-obs Digital Telemetry, personal communication, 2012). example: 6.58 units: meters per second e-obs start timestamp: The date and time of day when the acceleration burst belonging to this line begins. The exact time of the first sample is a little later (up to 1 second) for older e-obs tags, especially when the ACC-pinger is enabled (4 pings before the start of eah ACC burst) (definition from "e-obs GPS-acceleration-tags application note: How to use the acceleration sensor, interpret, analyse its data and how to get values in m/s^2", 2011). example: 2011-01-03 13:45:00.000 units: GPS time (GPST), which is a few leap seconds different from UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) e-obs status: The record status, from e-obs GPS/accelerometer tags (definition from e-obs Digital Telemetry Manual for DataDecoder Software, 2010). Allowed values are A = position and time within accuracy masks B = only time of week and weeknumber valid C = only weeknumber valid D = no valid data example: D units: none e-obs temperature: Temperature; this value is not calibrated and therefore very inaccurate (definition from e-obs Digital Telemetry Manual for DataDecoder Software, 2010). example: 45 units: degrees Celsius e-obs type of fix: The type of fix of data from e-obs GPS/accelerometer tags (definition from e-obs Digital Telemetry Manual for DataDecoder Software, 2010). Allowed values are 3 = 3D fix 2 = 2D fix example: 3 units: none e-obs used time to get fix: The amount of time that was needed for this GPS fix; interesting for estimating power requirements (definition from e-obs Digital Telemetry Manual for DataDecoder Software, 2010). example: 22 units: seconds event ID: An identifier for the set of information associated with each record or event in a data set. A unique event ID is assigned to every time-location or other time-measurement record in Movebank. example: 6340565 units: none heading: The direction in which the tag moved from this location to the subsequent location, calculated as the bearing between consecutive locations, in decimal degrees clockwise from north; for example, 0 = north, 90 = east, 180 = south. example: 315.88 units: decimal degrees height above ellipsoid: The height above the ellipsoid returned by the GPS unit. example: 24.8 units: meters latitude (decimal degree): The geographic longitude of a location along an animal track as estimated by the processed sensor data. Positive values are east of the Greenwich Meridian, negative values are west of it. example: -121.1761111 units: decimal degrees, WGS84 reference system same as: location lat latitude (UTM): The geographic longitude of the geographic center of a location along an animal track as estimated by the processed sensor data. example: 3628361.84012295 units: meters, WGS84 reference system same as: utm northing local timestamp: The date and time a sensor measurement was taken in the time zone of the study reference location. example: 2008-08-14 15:31:00.000 format: yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.sss units: specific to the study time zone same as: study local timestamp longitude (decimal degree): The geographic longitude of a location along an animal track as estimated by the processed sensor data. Positive values are east of the Greenwich Meridian, negative values are west of it. example: -121.1761111 units: decimal degrees, WGS84 reference system same as: location long longitude (UTM): The geographic longitude of the geographic center of a location along an animal track as estimated by the processed sensor data. example: 756243.7836 units: meters, WGS84 reference system same as: utm easting 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 manipulation type: The way in which the animal was manipulated during the deployment. Additional details about the manipulation 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. manually marked outlier: An event marked manually as an outlier, typically using the Event Editor in Movebank. Allowed values are TRUE or FALSE. ring ID: A number or color scheme for a band or ring attached to the animal. example: 26225 units: none sensor type: The type of sensor with which data were collected. Values are chosen from a controlled list: Argos Doppler Shift: The sensor is using Argos Doppler shift for determining position. GPS: The sensor uses GPS to find location and stores these. solar geolocator: The sensor uses measure for sunset and sunrise for determining position. radio transmitter: The sensor is a classical radio transmitter. bird ring: The animal is identified by a ring that has a unique ID. natural mark: The animal is identified by a natural marking. acceleration: The sensor collects acceleration data. other: The sensor is a type other than those described above. sex: The sex of the biological individual(s) represented in the Occurrence. Values are from a controlled list: m: male f: female same as: animal sex study: The name of the study in Movebank in which data are stored. study time zone: The time zone at the study reference location. example: Mountain Standard Time units: none 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, ptt_4532 same as: tag local identifier tag manufacturer name: The company or person that produced the tag. example: Holohil same as: manufacturer tag model: The model of the tag. example: T61 same as: model 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 radio transmitter/receiver. tag retrieval: The tag must be physically retrieved in order to obtain the data. 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. example: Buteo swainsoni same as: species, animal taxon, individual taxon canonical name taxon detail: A more specific name and/or reference for the taxon name provided by the taxon term. This can be used, for example, to specify a subspecies or other taxonomic category not supported by the ITIS. example: Calonectris diomedea borealis (Cory, 1881) same as: animal taxon detail timestamp: The date and time a sensor measurement was taken. example: 2008-08-14 18:31:00.000 format: yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.sss units: UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) or GPS time, which is a few leap seconds different from UTC UTM zone: The UTM zone, selected based on the location of each event, used to convert locations from decimal degrees to UTM. example: 14N units: none visible: Determines whether an event is visible on the Movebank Search map. Values are calculated automatically, with FALSE indicating that the event has been marked as an outlier by "manually marked outlier" or "algorithm marked outlier". Allowed values are TRUE or FALSE. ----------- More Information For more information about this repository, see the FAQ at www.movebank.org/node/2220 or contact us at support@movebank.org.