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 "Post-hibernation and early migration in noctule bats (data from Dechmann et al. 2014)". 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: Post-hibernation and early migration in noctule bats (data from Dechmann et al. 2014).csv Post-hibernation and early migration in noctule bats (data from Dechmann et al. 2014)-reference-data.csv These data are described in the following written publication: Dechmann DKN, Wikelski M, Varga K, Yohannes E, Fiedler W, Safi K, Burkhard W-D, O’Mara MT (2014) Tracking post-hibernation behavior and early migration does not reveal the expected sex-differences in a "female-migrating" bat. PLoS ONE. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0114810 Data package citation: Varga K, Dechmann DKN, O’Mara MT, Wikelski M (2015) Data from: Tracking post-hibernation behavior and early migration does not reveal the expected sex-differences in a "female-migrating" bat. Movebank Data Repository. doi:10.5441/001/1.f01815nq ----------- Terms of Use This data file is licensed by the Creative Commons Zero (CC0 1.0) license. 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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. animal mass: The mass of an the animal. example: 500 units: grams 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 beacon frequency: The frequency of the radio tag or tag retrieval beacon. example: 450.5 units: MHz same as: tag beacon frequency 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. 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 (Coordinated Universal Time) or GPS time, which is a few leap seconds different from UTC same as: deploy on date event comments: Additional information about individual records or events in a data set that is not described by other reference data terms. example: we observed the animal foraging (see photo BT25) same as: comments 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 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 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. migration stage standard: The migration stage of the animal, using standard terms that can be compared across studies. To use study-specific terms, use migration stage custom. Values are chosen from a controlled list: altitudinal migration breeding grounds fall migration foraging grounds foraging migration irruptive migration latitudinal migration migration to molt site molt site natal area nomadic migration other seasonal migration removal migration reproductive migration spawning grounds spring migration stopover summer non-breeding vertical migration (aquatic) wintering grounds 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 study: The name of the study in Movebank in which data are stored. study site: The name of the deployment site, for example a field station or colony. example: Pickerel Island North 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 mass: The mass of the tag. example: 24 units: grams 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. tag serial number: The serial number of the tag. example: MN93-33243 units: none same as: tag serial no, serial no 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 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 www.movebank.org/node/15294, the FAQ at www.movebank.org/node/2220, or contact us at support@movebank.org.