Mitchell, L.; Kohler, T.; White, P.C.L.; Arnold, K.E.
Home range size and habitat availability data for 39 individual European nightjars on the Humberhead Peatlands NNR from 2015-2018
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Mitchell, L.; Kohler, T.; White, P.C.L.; Arnold, K.E. (2020). Home range size and habitat availability data for 39 individual European nightjars on the Humberhead Peatlands NNR from 2015-2018. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/d5cc1b92-6862-4475-8aa1-5936786d12ab
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https://doi.org/10.5285/d5cc1b92-6862-4475-8aa1-5936786d12ab
This dataset contains home range size, habitat availability and selection ratio data, calculated from GPS data fixes collected from individual European nightjars, in four concurrent years (2015-2018). Home ranges are 95% areas of use, presented in hectares. Habitat availability data are presented as the percentage (%) of each habitat category (n = 6, pooled from 14 original habitat types) available to each individual within their 95% home range. Selection ratios are Manly Selection Ratios for 14 habitat types and express the extent to which each habitat type is used by each individual bird, compared to how much of it is available. Selection Ratios >1 express positive selection – i.e. used more than expected, given availability. Selection Ratios <1 express avoidance – i.e. used less than expected, given availability.
Publication date: 2020-03-26
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Format
Comma-separated values (CSV)
Spatial information
Study area
Spatial representation type
Tabular (text)
Spatial reference system
OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
Temporal information
Temporal extent
2015-01-01 to 2018-12-31
Provenance & quality
The metadata accompanying the data contains GPS data points (WGS84 format) from 39 European nightjars (Caprimulgus europaeus). The data contains additional information on identity of the bird, date and time of fix acquisition. These data were collected on the Humberhead peatlands NNR, South Yorkshire, from 2015 until 2018. Birds were caught in mist nets and tail-mounted miniaturised GPS tags (Pathtrack, Otley, UK; <3% bird bodyweight) were fitted by BTO-licensed researchers.
Data were collected as part of a NERC ACCE-funded PhD.
Data were collected as part of a NERC ACCE-funded PhD.
Licensing and constraints
This dataset is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence
Cite this dataset as:
Mitchell, L.; Kohler, T.; White, P.C.L.; Arnold, K.E. (2020). Home range size and habitat availability data for 39 individual European nightjars on the Humberhead Peatlands NNR from 2015-2018. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/d5cc1b92-6862-4475-8aa1-5936786d12ab
University of York
Correspondence/contact details
Authors
Kohler, T.
Natural England
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University of York
Custodian
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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Publisher
NERC Environmental Information Data Centre
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