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PBG051 [1]

Description: 

Bird survey data in the Patch-Burn Grazing study

File upload: 

PBG051.csv [2]

Variables: 

Datacode
  • Label:
  • Definition: Data Set Code
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
Rectype
  • Label:
  • Definition: Record type
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values: None specified
Recyear
  • Label:
  • Definition: Recyear
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: Year (YYYY)
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values: None specified
Watershed
  • Label:
  • Definition: Watershed Name
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
Transect
  • Label:
  • Definition: Transect name assigned by Brett. First capital alphanumeric characters = watershed ID. Next lowercase letter = cardinal direction of topographic bolck within watershed (n, s, e, w). Last capital alphanumeric characters = transect ID # ("Core" = regularly surveyed "core" transect per block; "P_" transects are one-time surveyed "peripheral" transects).
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
TransectName
  • Label:
  • Definition: Alice added this field and updated by matching Brett's transects to the new names assigned to them in 2017 (missing values = transects not continued past 2016)
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
Direction
  • Label:
  • Definition: Cardinal direction from which survey began
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
DayofYear
  • Label:
  • Definition: Julian date
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values: None specified
SurveyDate
  • Label:
  • Definition: Date formatted more normally from the year and dayofyear fields
  • Type: Date/time
  • Date format: YYYY:MM:DD
  • Missing values: None specified
StartTime
  • Label:
  • Definition: 24-hr time survey began
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values: None specified
EndTime
  • Label:
  • Definition: 24-hr time survey completed
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values: None specified
Obs
  • Label:
  • Definition: 3-letter initials of observer
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
StartCloud
  • Label:
  • Definition: % of sky covered by clouds. AB populated this field based on "sky" field in original PBG51 data (0 assigned 15%, 1 assigned 50%, 2 assigned 85%, 3 and higher assigned 100%
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: percentage
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values: None specified
Sky
  • Label:
  • Definition: 0=clear, few clouds; 1=partly cloudy, scattered or variable sky; 2=cloudy, broken, or overcast; 3=rain; 4-6=fog/smoke; 7=snow; 8=showers (intermittent rain); 9=light rain or drizzle; 10=tree leaf drip
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values: None specified
Wind_Beaufort
  • Label:
  • Definition: Wind speeds converted to Beaufort scale to integrate into main DB
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values: None specified
Wind_Speed
  • Label:
  • Definition: Wind speed average kmh
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: kilometersPerHour
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values: None specified
Temp
  • Label:
  • Definition: Temperature in Centigrade
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: celsius
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: 0.1
  • Missing values: None specified
Species
  • Label:
  • Definition: Species code, 4-letter AOU alpha code
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
Sex
  • Label:
  • Definition: Sex status. M, F, or MF; "u" or blank if unknown
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
Vdetection
  • Label:
  • Definition: Visual detection. Enter 1 if visual detection, else leave blank
  • Type: Code list
  • Codes:
    • 1 = visual detection
    • 2 = no visual detection
  • Missing values: None specified
Sdetection
  • Label:
  • Definition: Song detection. Enter 1 if song of bird heard, else leave blank
  • Type: Code list
  • Codes:
    • 1 = Song detection
    • 2 = No song detection
  • Missing values: None specified
Cdetection
  • Label:
  • Definition: Call/alarm detectio. Enter 1 if Call/alarm detectio, else leave blank
  • Type: Code list
  • Codes:
    • 1 = Call/alarm detectio
    • 2 = no Call/alarm detectio
  • Missing values: None specified
AudioOnly
  • Label:
  • Definition: Added this field and updated based on Sdetection and Cdetection fields. Check yes if the observer only heard and did not see the bird
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
Fly
  • Label:
  • Definition: Fly, Enter 1 if flyover only (no distance measured within survey spacce, but bird flew over habitat); else leave blank
  • Type: Code list
  • Codes:
    • 1 = flyover
    • 2 = no flyover
  • Missing values: None specified
Flyover
  • Label:
  • Definition: Added this field and updated based on FLY. Check yes if the bird did not interact with the watershed other than flying over
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
Flush
  • Label:
  • Definition: Flush. Bird may have been flushed by observer
  • Type: Code list
  • Codes:
    • 1 = Bird may have been flushed
    • 2 = Bird may have not been flushed
  • Missing values: None specified
Distance
  • Label:
  • Definition: Distance. Perpendicular distance (m)
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: meter
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • -999 = Missing or Not Measured
GroupSize
  • Label:
  • Definition: Group size of birds. Assume "1" of not entered.
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • blank = Missing or Not Measured
NumOfMale
  • Label:
  • Definition: Num Of Male. male birds seen if a group (>1 bird)
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: number
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • blank = Missing or Not Measured
NumOfFemale
  • Label:
  • Definition: Num Of Female. Number of female birds seen if a group (>1 bird)
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: number
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • 1 = Missing or Not Measured
Comments
  • Label:
  • Definition: Comments for the survey
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified

Number of records: 

7 802
Source URL: http://129.130.186.12/content/pbg051

Links
[1] http://129.130.186.12/content/pbg051
[2] http://129.130.186.12/sites/default/files/data/PBG051.csv