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 "Movement syndromes across vertebrate taxa (data from Abrahms et al. 2017)" (Movebank Study ID 259966228). 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: Movement syndromes across vertebrate taxa (data from Abrahms et al. 2017)-argos.csv Movement syndromes across vertebrate taxa (data from Abrahms et al. 2017)-gps.csv Movement syndromes across vertebrate taxa (data from Abrahms et al. 2017)-reference-data.csv These data are described in the following written publication: Abrahms B, Seidel DP, Dougherty E, Hazen EL, Bograd SJ, Wilson AM, McNutt JW, Costa DP, Blake S, Brashares JS, Getz WM (2017) Suite of simple metrics reveals common movement syndromes across vertebrate taxa. Movement Ecology. doi:10.1186/s40462-017-0104-2 Data package citation: Abrahms B (2017) Data from: Suite of simple metrics reveals common movement syndromes across vertebrate taxa. Movebank Data Repository. doi:10.5441/001/1.hm5nk220 In addition, please see the following contributing researchers, references for original studies using these datasets, and original versions of the datasets. The data published here and described in Abrahms et al. (2017) include only animals with 2+ months of continuous data collection and have been resampled to 1-h for analysis. Argos Doppler data were first filtered for errors and smoothed using a state-space model to obtain hourly position estimates using the R package crawl. AFRICAN BUFFALO: original data contributed by Paul Cross and Wayne M Getz. See Bar-David S, Bar-David I, Cross PC, Ryan SJ, Knechtel CU, Getz WM (2009) Methods for assessing movement path recursion with application to African buffalo in South Africa. Ecology 90(9): 2467–2479. doi:10.1890/08-1532.1 Cross PC, Bowers JA, Hay CT, Wolhuter J, Buss P, Hofmeyr M, du Toit JT, Getz WM (2016) Data from: Nonparameteric kernel methods for constructing home ranges and utilization distributions. Movebank Data Repository. doi:10.5441/001/1.j900f88t Getz WM, Fortmann-Roe S, Cross PC, Lyons AJ, Ryan SJ, Wilmers CC (2007) LoCoH: Nonparameteric kernel methods for constructing home ranges and utilization distributions. PLoS ONE 2(2): e207. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000207 Movebank study "Kruger African Buffalo, GPS tracking, South Africa" (Study ID 1764627) AFRICAN ELEPHANT: original unpublished data contributed by Miriam Tsalyuk and Wayne M Getz. BLACK-BACKED JACKAL: original data contributed by Steve Bellan and Wayne M Getz. See Bellan SE, Cizauskas CA, Miyen J, Ebersohn K, Küsters M, Prager KC, Van Vuuren M, Sabeta C, Getz WM (2012) Black-backed jackal exposure to rabies virus, canine distemper virus, and Bacillus anthracis in Etosha National Park, Namibia. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 48(2):371–381. doi:10.7589/0090-3558-48.2.371 CALIFORNIA SEA LION: original unpublished data contributed by Dan Costa. GALAPAGOS ALBATROSS: original data contributed by Sebastian Cruz, Kamram Safi and Martin Wikelski. See Dodge S, Bohrer G, Weinzierl R, Davidson SC, Kays R, Douglas D, Cruz S, Han J, Brandes D, Wikelski M (2013) The Environmantal-Data Automated Track Annotation (Env-DATA) System: linking animal tracks with environmental data. Movement Ecology 1:3. doi:10.1186/2051-3933-1-3 Cruz S, Proaño CB, Anderson D, Huyvaert K, Wikelski M (2013) Data from: The Environmental-Data Automated Track Annotation (Env-DATA) System: Linking animal tracks with environmental data. Movebank Data Repository. doi:10.5441/001/1.3hp3s250 Movebank study "Galapagos Albatrosses" (Study ID 2911040) GALAPAGOS TORTOISE: original data contributed by Stephen Blake. See Blake S, Yackulic CB, Cabrera F, Tapia W, Gibbs JP, Kümmeth F, Wikelski M (2013) Vegetation dynamics drive segregation by body size in Galapagos tortoises migrating across altitudinal gradients. Journal of Animal Ecology 82:310–321. doi:10.1111/1365-2656.12020 Bastille-Rousseau G, Gibbs JP, Yackulic CB, Frair JL, Cabrera F, Rousseau L-P, Wikelski M, Kümmeth F, Blake S (2017) Animal movement in the absence of predation: environmental drivers of movement strategies in a partial migration system. Oikos. doi:10.1111/oik.03928 Bastille-Rousseau G, Potts JR, Yackulic CB, Frair JL, Ellington EH, Blake S (2016) Flexible characterization of animal movement pattern using net squared displacement and a latent state model. Movement Ecology 4:15. doi:10.1186/s40462-016-0080-y Bastille-Rousseau G, Yackulic CB, Frair JL, Cabrera F, Blake S (2016) Data from: Allometric and temporal scaling of movement characteristics in Galapagos tortoises. Movebank Data Repository. doi:10.5441/001/1.2cp86266 Bastille-Rousseau G, Potts JR, Yackulic CB, Frair JL, Ellington EH, Blake S (2016) Data from: Flexible characterization of animal movement pattern using net squared displacement and a latent state model. Movebank Data Repository. doi:10.5441/001/1.356nb5mf Bastille-Rousseau G, Yackulic C, Frair J, Cabrera F, Blake S (2016) Allometric and temporal scaling of movement characteristics in Galapagos tortoises. Journal of Animal Ecology. doi:10.1111/1365-2656.12561 Movebank studies "Movement strategies of Galapagos tortoises (data from Bastille-Rousseau et al. 2016)" (Study ID 190490326), "Scaling of movement in Galapagos tortoises (data from Bastille-Rousseau et al. 2016)" (Study ID 174165487), and "Galapagos Tortoise Movement Ecology Programme" (Study ID 2928116). NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL: original data contributed by Dan Costa. See Robinson PW, Costa DP, Crocker DE, Gallo-Reynoso JP, Champagne CD, Fowler MA, Goetsch C, Goetz KT, Hassrick JL, Hückstädt LA, Kuhn CE, Maresh JL, Maxwell SM, McDonald BI, Peterson SH, Simmons SE, Teutschel NM, Villegas-Amtmann S, Yoda K (2012) Foraging behavior and success of a mesopelagic predator in the northeast Pacific Ocean: insights from a data-rich species, the northern elephant seal. PLoS ONE 7(5): e36728. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0036728 Movebank study "Costa Lab Northern Elephant Seals" (Study ID 7006760). PLAINS ZEBRA: original unpublished data contributed by Royi Zidon and Wayne M Getz. SPRINGBOK: original data contributed by Andy Lyons, Wendy Turner and Wayne M Getz. See Lyons AJ, Turner WC, Getz WM (2013) Home range plus: a space-time characterization of movement over real landscapes. Movement Ecology 1:2. doi:10.1186/2051-3933-1-2 WHITE-BACKED VULTURE: original data contributed by Orr Spiegel and Ran Nathan. See Spiegel O, Getz WM, Nathan R (2013) Factors influencing foraging search efficiency: Why do scarce lappet-faced vultures outperform ubiquitous white-backed vultures? The American Naturalist 181(5), E102-115. doi:10.1086/670009 Spiegel O, Getz WM, Nathan R (2014) Data from: Factors influencing foraging search efficiency: Why do scarce lappet-faced vultures outperform ubiquitous white-backed vultures? (V2). Movebank Data Repository. doi:10.5441/001/1.mf903197 Movebank study "HUJ MoveEcol Lab Israel: Foraging search efficiency in white backed & lappet-faced vultures, Namibia (data from Spiegel et al. 2013)" (Study ID 2919708) ----------- 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 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 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. 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. 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 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. 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 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. modelled: Can be used to identify locations or light level values that are modelled, interpolated, or otherwise added or changed based on the original location or light level estimates from the original data collection system. These may include movement model outputs, locations added to create a dataset with equal time intervals, etc. Allowed values are TRUE or FALSE. sensor type: The type of sensor with which data were collected. Values are chosen from a controlled list: acceleration: The sensor collects acceleration data. accessory measurements: The sensor collects accessory measurements, such as battery voltage. Argos Doppler shift: The sensor is using Argos Doppler shift for determining position. barometer: The sensor records air or water pressure. bird ring: The animal is identified by a ring that has a unique ID. GPS: The sensor uses GPS to find location and stores these. magnetometer: The sensor records the magnetic field. natural mark: The animal is identified by a natural marking. radio transmitter: The sensor is a classical radio transmitter. 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). 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 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 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 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.