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Spatial Extent of Data

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USGS Thesaurus Keywords

Field methods, Telemetry, Ornithology, Wildlife, Field sampling, Animal tracking

ISO 19115 Topic Category

Environment, Biota

Other Subject Keywords

Birds, Migration pathway, PTT, Species Migration, Seasonal distribution, Breeding sites, Migration (organisms), Species Life History, Blue-winged Teal, Distribution, Tracking equipment, Argos, Ducks/Geese/Swans, Anas discors, Breeding area, Migratory strategies, Ecological Dynamics, Platform Transmitter Terminal, Migration, Animals/Vertebrates, Seasonal movement, Wintering area, Migratory birds, Satellite transmitter, Central flyway, Overwintering

Place Keywords

Livonia, Gulf of Mexico, Beaumont, Saskatchewan, Brooks, Bahamas, Texas, Cuba, Louisiana, Port Barre, Vanscoy, Canada, Alberta, Galveston Bay, Mexico

Tracking Data for Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors)

This data release includes 2 child items with tracking data for Blue-winged Teal, a duck species that breeds throughout much of North America and whose wintering range includes neotropical areas of the Caribbean and Central and South America, thus providing a migratory link between the continents of North and South America. Child Item 1: "Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors) - Processed Data" -- Quality-controlled data collected from Argos satellite transmitters. Child Item 2: "Argos Satellite Tracking Data for Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors) - Raw Data" -- All raw data collected from Argos satellite transmitters, provided for completeness of the archive. The quality-controlled, "Argos Processed Data" (Child Item 1) are better suited for most analytical purposes.

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Author(s) Andy M Ramey orcid, C. Soos, P. Link, P. Walther, Lee Tibbitts orcid, David C Douglas orcid
Publication Date 2019-09-18
Beginning Date of Data 2013
Ending Date of Data 2017
Data Contact
U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center
DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/P9Z9BA9F
Citation Ramey, A.M., Soos, C., Link, P., Walther, P., Tibbitts, L., and Douglas, D.C., 2019, Tracking Data for Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9Z9BA9F.
Metadata Contact
U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center
Metadata Date 2024-09-26
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