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 "Transhumance 2007-2011, Far North Region, Cameroon" (Movebank Study ID 406811869). Individual attributes in the data files are defined below and in the Movebank Attribute Dictionary, available at www.movebank.org/node/2381. This dataset represents transhumance movements by mobile pastoralists recorded in 2007-2011 described in the papers below. Each individual in the dataset (Animal ID and Tag ID) represents multiple human pastoralist households with their herds of cattle. The data were collected from mobile pastoralists who go on transhumance from the Diamaré Plains to the Logone Floodplain in the Far North Region of Cameroon. The population consists of about 1000 households divided over about 150 camps and includes Suwa Arabs and FulBe pastoralists. The time-location records are based on a combination of surveys and mapping campsites with GPS. In the survey, the authors asked pastoralists the names and number of days of all the campsites they had stayed in the previous year and also recorded the number of pastoral households. They then used GPS technology to map the locations of the campsites that pastoralists listed in the transhumance surveys. This data package includes the following data files: Transhumance 2007-2011, Far North Region, Cameroon.csv Transhumance 2007-2011, Far North Region, Cameroon-reference-data.csv These data are described in the following written publications: Moritz M, Scholte P, Hamilton IM, Kari S (2013) Open access, open systems: pastoral management of common-pool resources in the Chad Basin. Human Ecology 41(3): 351–365. doi:10.1007/s10745-012-9550-z Xiao N, Cai S, Moritz M, Garabed R, Pomeroy LW (2015) Spatial and temporal characteristics of pastoral mobility in the Far North Region, Cameroon: data analysis and modeling. PLoS ONE 10(7): e0131697. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0131697 Kim H, Xiao N, Moritz M, Garabed R, Pomeroy LW (2016) Simulating the transmission of foot-and-mouth disease among mobile herds in the Far North Region, Cameroon. Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation 19(2): 6. doi:10.18564/jasss.3064 This paper includes the 2007-2008 data only which are published with DOI 10.5441/001/1.61896g63. Data package citation: Moritz M (2018) Data from: Spatial and temporal characteristics of pastoral mobility in the Far North Region, Cameroon: data analysis and modeling. Movebank Data Repository. doi:10.5441/001/1.pk5ps1r3 ----------- 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 comments: Additional information about the animal that is not described by other reference data terms. example: sibling of #1423 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 THIS DATASET: Tags were not carried by the individuals in the dataset. Research assistants recorded locations of campsites using GPS and associated these with specific days that pastoralist households were in these locations, which were data derived from surveys about their previous transhumance movements. 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 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 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 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 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 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. 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-specific measurement: Values for a study-specific attribute. example: 1112:01 units: undefined THIS DATASET: Values represent the campsite, i.e. resting place or corral where cattle spend the night and from which the cattle herds leave for daily grazing movements. 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 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 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.