This codebook.txt file was generated on 20170528 by David Wolfson ------------------- GENERAL INFORMATION ------------------- 1. Data, R Code, and Output Supporting: Range Overlap between Mid-Continent and Eastern Sandhill Cranes revealed by GPS-tracking. 2. Author Information Principal Investigator Contact Information Name: David Wolfson Institution: Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology Address: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Email: wolfs064@umn.edu Associate or Co-investigator Contact Information Name: John Fieberg Institution: Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology Address: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Email: jfieberg@umn.edu Associate or Co-investigator Contact Information Name: Jeff Lawrence Institution: Wetland Wildlife Populations and Research Group Address: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Email: jeff.lawrence@state.mn.us Associate or Co-investigator Contact Information Name: Tom Cooper Institution: Division of Migratory Birds Address: United States Fish and Wildlife Service Email: tom_cooper@fws.gov Associate or Co-investigator Contact Information Name: David Andersen Institution: Minnesota Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Address: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Email: dea@umn.edu 3. Date of data collection (single date, range, approximate date) April 2014-May 2017 4. Geographic location of data collection (where was data collected?): Minnesota 5. Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data: Funding for this project was provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Geological Survey through Research Work Order No. 101 at the U.S. Geological Survey, Minnesota Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit; by the Minnesota Environmental and Natural Resources Trust Fund as recommended by the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR); by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Webless Migratory Game Bird Program; and by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. -------------------------- SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION -------------------------- 1. Licenses/restrictions placed on the data: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States 2. Links to publications that cite or use the data: Wolfson, Fieberg, Lawrence, Cooper, and Andersen. In Press. Range Overlap between Mid-Continent and Eastern Sandhill Cranes revealed by GPS-tracking. Wildlife Society Bulletin. 3. Links to other publicly accessible locations of the data: The data used for this project will eventualy be made publicly available at https://www.movebank.org. Search for the study name "Grus canadensis Minnesota" 4. Links/relationships to ancillary data sets: N/A 5. Was data derived from another source? No. If yes, list source(s): 6. Recommended citation for the data: Wolfson, David; Fieberg, John; Lawrence, Jeff; Cooper, Tom; and Andersen, David. (2017) Data, R Code, and Output Supporting: Range Overlap between Mid-Continent and Eastern Sandhill Cranes revealed by GPS-tracking. University of Minnesota Digital Conservancy. --------------------- DATA & FILE OVERVIEW --------------------- 1. File List A. Filename: raw_aug1_oct1_2015.csv Short description: Telemetry location information for GPS-marked Sandhill Cranes during the period August 1-October 1, 2015. B. Filename: raw_aug1_oct1_2016.csv Short description: Telemetry location information for GPS-marked Sandhill Cranes during the period August 1-October 1, 2016. C. Filename: fall.2015.data.processing.html Short description: Complete R code and associated output for importing and cleaning raw telemetry locations from 2015. Locations are also filtered to roost sites only and ancillary demographic information is added to the data frame. D. Filename: fall.2016.data.processing.html Short description: Complete R code and associated output for importing and cleaning raw telemetry locations from 2016. Locations are also filtered to roost sites only and ancillary demographic information is added to the data frame. E. Filename: fall15.df.csv Short description: A cleaned version of the data, which is the result of the data processing script for 2015 (fall.2015.data.processing.html). This file is the input for the file: "Fall 2015 Overlap.R" F. Filename: fall16.df.csv Short description: A cleaned version of the data, which is the result of the data processing script for 2016 (fall.2016.data.processing.html). This file is the input for the file: "Fall 2016 Overlap.R" G. Filename: Fall 2015 Overlap.html Short description: Complete R code and associated output for identifying, extracting, and quantifying space use of areas of overlap between two Sandhill Crane populations during the fall of 2015. H. Filename: Fall 2016 Overlap.html Short description: Complete R code and associated output for identifying, extracting, and quantifying space use of areas of overlap between two Sandhill Crane populations during the fall of 2016. I. Filename: overlap15.df.csv Short description: A dataset containing the results of the overlap script for 2015 (Fall 2015 Overlap.html). This file is one of the inputs for the file: "Event Chart.R" J. Filename: overlap16.df.csv Short description: A dataset containing the results of the overlap script for 2016 (Fall 2016 Overlap.html). This file is one of the inputs for the file: "Event Chart.R" K. Filename: Event Chart.html Short description: Complete R code and associated output for creating a figure showing the temporal patterns of space use of the fall staging areas by Sandhill Cranes in Minnesota during the fall of 2015 and 2016. L. Filename: R_scripts.zip Short description: A zipped folder containing all the .R files that were used to create the html files. 2. Relationship between files: The .R files in the the zipped folder can be used to create the html files. The html files were included so that both the R code and output are easily viewable without the need for manually running each line and R familiarity. 3. Additional related data collected that was not included in the current data package: N/A 4. Are there multiple versions of the dataset? no -------------------------- METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION -------------------------- 1. Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: Cranes were captured in Minnesota and fitted with GPS/GSM transmitters to monitor their local movements and migration flyways. Full details of methodology is available in: Wolfson, Fieberg, Lawrence, Cooper, and Andersen. In Press. Range Overlap between Mid-Continent and Eastern Sandhill Cranes revealed by GPS-tracking. Wildlife Society Bulletin. ----------------------------------------- DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: raw_aug1_oct1_2015.csv and raw_aug1_oct1_2016.csv ----------------------------------------- 1. Number of variables: 23 2. Number of cases/rows: 78,172 for raw_aug1_oct1_2015.csv, and 79,766 for raw_aug1_oct1_2016.csv 3. Missing data codes: All missing data coded as "" (blank) 4. Variable List This data file is in the raw version that is downloaded from movebank.org. A. Name: event-id Description: A unique identifier code for each telemetry location B. Name: visible Description: This variable is not relevant to the analysis and can be ignored. C. Name: timestamp Description: This is the time in the timezone UTC. D. Name: location-long Description: The longitude for the location in WGS84 geographic coordinate system. E. Name: location-lat Description: The latitude for the location in WGS84 geographic coordinate system. F. Name: algorithm-marked-outlier Description: A signifier if the location had been filtered out based on speed. G. Name: gps:fix-type Description: Whether the fix was 2D or 3D. H. Name: gps:hdop Description: The horizontal dilution of precision for the location. I. Name: ground-speed Description: The speed of the crane at the time of the observation in knots. J. Name: heading Description: The orientation of the trajectory at the time of the observation. K. Name: height-above-msl Description: The height of the crane above mean sea level at the time of the observation (height above mean sea level EGM96 measured in meters) L. Name: manually-marked-outlier Description: Whether the location had been marked as an outlier. M. Name: tag-voltage Description: The battery level of the transmitter at the time of the observation. N. Name: sensor-type Description: These are all "gps" because that was the kind of transmitter used. O. Name: individual-taxon-canonical-name Description: The latin name for Sandhill Crane, which has since been changed to Antigone canadensis. P. Name: tag-local-identifier Description: A unique identifier for each satellite transmitter. Q. Name: individual-local-identifier Description: A unique identifier for each animal captured. R. Name: study-name Description: Official name of study on Movebank. S. Name: utm-easting Description: UTM easting in NAD83. T. Name: utm-northing Description: UTM northing in NAD83. U. Name: utm-zone Description: The zone used for each location coordinate in UTM's. V. Name: study-timezone Description: The timezone used. W. Name: study-local-timestamp Description: Time for the locaiton using the local timezone. ----------------------------------------- DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: fall15.df.csv ----------------------------------------- 1. Number of variables: 12 2. Number of cases/rows: 3,369 3. Missing data codes: All missing data coded as "" 4. Variable List A. Name: id Description: Unique identifier for each crane. B. Name: loctime Description: A timestamp for each observation using the local timezone. C. Name: Hour Description: The hour value for that observation. D. Name: day Description: The day value for that observation. E. Name: Week Description: The week value for that observation. F. Name: Month Description: The month value for that observation. G. Name: x Description: The UTM easting coordinate for that observation in NAD83. H. Name: y Description: The UTM northing coordinate for that observation in NAD83. I. Name: night.dist Description: The distance between the first location that day and the last location of the previous day (in meters). J. Name: age Description: Whether the crane was an adult or juvenile (colt) at the time of capture. K. Name: pop Description: Whether the crane was part of the Eastern or Mid-Continent population based on its migratory flyways. L. Name: gender Description: Whether the crane was male or female. ----------------------------------------- DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: fall16.df.csv ----------------------------------------- 1. Number of variables: 12 2. Number of cases/rows: 2,715 3. Missing data codes: All missing data coded as "" 4. Variable List A. Name: id Description: Unique identifier for each crane. B. Name: loctime Description: A timestamp for each observation using the local timezone. C. Name: Hour Description: The hour value for that observation. D. Name: day Description: The day value for that observation. E. Name: Week Description: The week value for that observation. F. Name: Month Description: The month value for that observation. G. Name: x Description: The UTM easting coordinate for that observation. H. Name: y Description: The UTM northing coordinate for that observation. I. Name: night.dist Description: The distance between the first location that day and the last location of the previous day (in meters). J. Name: age Description: Whether the crane was an adult or juvenile (colt) at the time of capture. K. Name: pop Description: Whether the crane was part of the Eastern or Mid-Continent population based on its migratory flyways. L. Name: gender Description: Whether the crane was male or female. ----------------------------------------- DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: overlap15.df.csv ----------------------------------------- 1. Number of variables: 15 2. Number of cases/rows: 565 3. Missing data codes: All missing data coded as "" 4. Variable List A. Name: id Description: Unique identifier for each crane. B. Name: loctime Description: A timestamp for each observation using the local timezone. C. Name: Hour Description: The hour value for that observation. D. Name: day Description: The day value for that observation. E. Name: Week Description: The week value for that observation. F. Name: Month Description: The month value for that observation. G. Name: x Description: The UTM easting coordinate for that observation. H. Name: y Description: The UTM northing coordinate for that observation. I. Name: night.dist Description: The distance between the first location that day and the last location of the previous day (in meters). J. Name: age Description: Whether the crane was an adult or juvenile (colt) at the time of capture. K. Name: pop Description: Whether the crane was part of the Eastern or Mid-Continent population based on its migratory flyways. L. Name: gender Description: Whether the crane was male or female. M. Name: mult Description: Whether there were multiple cranes present on that staging area for that day. N. Name: pop.over Description: Whether there were multiple cranes from distinct populations present on that staging area for that day. O. Name: area Description: Unique identifier for each staging area. ----------------------------------------- DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: overlap16.df.csv ----------------------------------------- 1. Number of variables: 15 2. Number of cases/rows: 595 3. Missing data codes: All missing data coded as "" 4. Variable List A. Name: id Description: Unique identifier for each crane. B. Name: loctime Description: A timestamp for each observation using the local timezone. C. Name: Hour Description: The hour value for that observation. D. Name: day Description: The day value for that observation. E. Name: Week Description: The week value for that observation. F. Name: Month Description: The month value for that observation. G. Name: x Description: The UTM easting coordinate for that observation. H. Name: y Description: The UTM northing coordinate for that observation. I. Name: night.dist Description: The distance between the first location that day and the last location of the previous day (in meters). J. Name: age Description: Whether the crane was an adult or juvenile (colt) at the time of capture. K. Name: pop Description: Whether the crane was part of the Eastern or Mid-Continent population based on its migratory flyways. L. Name: gender Description: Whether the crane was male or female. M. Name: mult Description: Whether there were multiple cranes present on that staging area for that day. N. Name: pop.over Description: Whether there were multiple cranes from distinct populations present on that staging area for that day. O. Name: area Description: Unique identifier for each staging area.