Quantifying the influence of disturbances on the foraging behavior and movement pattern of Caribou (Rangifer tarandus granti) using GPS-attachments at the Large Animal Research Station (LARS) of the University of Alaska-Fairbanks(UAF), USA.

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
M.R. Jonker 1, F. Huettmann 2, F. De Boer 1, 2006. 1.Resource Ecology Group, Environmental Sciences Group, Wageningen University. 2. EWHALE lab, Biology and Wildlife Dept. Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks.
Publication_Date: 2005
Title:
Quantifying the influence of disturbances on the foraging behavior and movement pattern of Caribou (Rangifer tarandus granti) using GPS-attachments at the Large Animal Research Station (LARS) of the University of Alaska-Fairbanks(UAF), USA.
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Digital Dataset
Issue_Identification: LARS
Other_Citation_Details: NA
Online_Linkage: na
Description:
Abstract:
This data set contains the movement and behavior data of a M.Sc. study, carried out in the summer of 2005 at the Large Animal Research Station (LARS) (University of Alaska-Fairbanks, USA), the studied species was Caribou (Rangifer tarantus granti). The movement data was collected with a GEKO 201 GPS device, and the UTM Zone 6-W coordinates were used. The behavior data was observed visually and recorded with the Data Input Application of LARS.
Purpose:
To test the influence of disturbances on movement patterns and foraging behavior of Caribou. This was tested in six different experiments (2 different food distributions and three disturbance types (control, noise, physical)).
Supplemental_Information:
The movement data is geo-referenced to a point southwest from the study site (East pasture of LARS). This reference location was: 459000m, 4195000m UTM. The coordinates in the movement data was recorded with a five seconds interval. The estimated accuracy of the GPS device was 3-4 meter (according to Garmin.com). All observation days were cut into samples of 15 minutes, i.e. 180 coordinates. M.Sc. study details are give in the Cross Reference section.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: May 16th 2005
Ending_Date: August 13th 2005
Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: 459000
East_Bounding_Coordinate: 459200
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 7195350
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 7195000
Description_of_Geographic_Extent:
East pasture of the Large Animal Research Station, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA.
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
Theme_Keyword: Movement data
Theme_Keyword: Behavior data
Theme_Keyword: Rangifer tarandus granti
Theme_Keyword: Disturbance
Theme_Keyword: Caribou
Theme_Keyword: Foraging Path
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: National Park Service Theme Category Thesaurus
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
Place_Keyword: United States of America
Place_Keyword: Alaska
Place_Keyword: Fairbanks
Place_Keyword: Large Animal Research Station LARS
Place_Keyword: University of Alaska-Fairbanks (UAF)
Place_Keyword: East pasture
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: National Park System Unit Name Thesaurus
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: National Park System Unit Code Thesaurus
Access_Constraints:
The authors remain the owners of this dataset. This data cannot be distributed or utilized without confirmation and agreement with the authors.
Use_Constraints:
The authors remain the owners of this dataset. This data cannot be distributed or utilized without confirmation and agreement with the authors. Please refer to Citation for directions on how to cite when using the data.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Rudy Jonker
Contact_Organization: Wageningen University
Contact_Address:
Address: Van Eckstraat 35
City: 6707 DL Wageningen
State_or_Province: The Netherlands
Postal_Code: 99775-7220
Country: Holland
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: rudy.jonker@wur.nl; rudyjonker@hotmail.com
Data_Set_Credit: This study was funded by the authors, LARS and UAF
Native_Data_Set_Environment: Excel, PC IBM
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Rudy Jonker
Publication_Date: 2006, January
Title:
M.Sc. thesis: Quantifying influences of disturbances on foraging behaviour and movement pattern of Caribou. Wageningen University, Holland
Series_Information:
Series_Name: TNV-80439
Issue_Identification: Rudy Jonker 820313411060
Taxonomy:
Keywords/Taxon:
Taxonomic_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
Taxonomic_Keywords: Caribou
Taxonomic_Keywords: Rangifer
Taxonomic_Keywords: Reindeer
Taxonomic_System:
Taxonomic_Procedures: NA
Taxonomic_Completeness: Complete for species
Vouchers:
Specimen: herbarium specimens
Repository:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: NA
Contact_Organization: NA
Contact_Address:
Address: P.O. Box 757220
City: Fairbanks
State_or_Province: Alaska
Postal_Code: 99775-7220
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: bluhm@ims.uaf.edu
General_Taxonomic_Coverage: Species known by LARS staff
Taxonomic_Classification:
Taxon_Rank_Name: Kingdom
Taxon_Rank_Value: Animalia
Taxonomic_Classification:
Taxon_Rank_Name: Phylum
Taxon_Rank_Value: Chordata
Taxonomic_Classification:
Taxon_Rank_Name: Subphylum
Taxon_Rank_Value: Vertebrata
Taxonomic_Classification:
Taxon_Rank_Name: Class
Taxon_Rank_Value: Mammalia
Taxonomic_Classification:
Taxon_Rank_Name: Subclass
Taxon_Rank_Value: Theria
Taxonomic_Classification:
Taxon_Rank_Name: Infraclass
Taxon_Rank_Value: Eutheria
Taxonomic_Classification:
Taxon_Rank_Name: Order
Taxon_Rank_Value: Artiodactyla
Taxonomic_Classification:
Taxon_Rank_Name: Family
Taxon_Rank_Value: Cervidae
Taxonomic_Classification:
Taxon_Rank_Name: Subfamily
Taxon_Rank_Value: Capreolinae
Taxonomic_Classification:
Taxon_Rank_Name: Genus
Taxon_Rank_Value: Rangifer
Taxonomic_Classification:
Taxon_Rank_Name: Species
Taxon_Rank_Value: Rangifer tarandus
Applicable_Common_Name: reindeer
Applicable_Common_Name: caribou
Applicable_Common_Name: caribou

Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
The animals counts were done according to convention: sorting under a stereo microscope after sieving and preservations. A 250µm mesh was used for sieving. Accuracy is unknown. Box cores likely lose some light epifauna during coring process, but this is the most common deep-sea infauna collection tool used.
Logical_Consistency_Report: Consistent methods were used
Completeness_Report: Dataset is complete for this thesis
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: see Canadian Coast Guard website
Quantitative_Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Assessment:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Explanation:
GPS locations taken from ship log at the time the box core touched the bottom 4 decimals in GPS reading.
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: see Canadian Coast Guard website
Quantitative_Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Assessment:
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Explanation:
GPS locations taken from ship log at the time the box core touched the bottom 4 decimals in GPS reading.
Lineage:
Process_Step:
Process_Description: Fully explained in Methodology and thesis
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: same as authors
Methodology:
Methodology_Type: Field & GIS
Methodology_Description:
Field: Behavior of Caribou was recorded with the LARS Data Input Application (DIAP). Six different behavior states have been discerned. GIS: Locations of Caribou were recorded wit GPS devices during six experiments. These experiments were replicated 7 times during this study.
Methodology_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Rudy Jonker
Publication_Date: 2005
Title: Standard procedure used in the discipline
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Some GIS

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Indirect_Spatial_Reference: GPS
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Point

Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Planar:
Planar_Coordinate_Information:
Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: Coordinate Pair

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: Caribou GPS Locations Foraging Path
Entity_Type_Definition: This data set is a flat XML file, derived from an Excel file
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: University of Alaska
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: X
Attribute_Definition:
The geo-referenced X-coordinate or latitude of the location in UTM(m).
Attribute_Definition_Source: University of Alaska
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: y
Attribute_Definition:
The geo-referenced Y-coordinate or longitude of the location in UTM(m).
Attribute_Definition_Source: University of Alaska
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Time
Attribute_Definition: Time of measurement (Timezone Alaska)
Attribute_Definition_Source: University of Alaska
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Julian Time
Attribute_Definition: Time in seconds from start of experiment on that day.
Attribute_Definition_Source: University of Alaska
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Percentages
Attribute_Definition:
See thesis methods. In the lower part of each file there is a box with percentages. It is the percentage of that type of behavior being spent. The type of behavior corresponds with the label above the columns.
Attribute_Definition_Source: University of Alaska
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: NUMBER
Attribute_Definition: Number of the record. One record is 15 minutes of observation.
Attribute_Definition_Source: University of Alaska
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ANIMAL
Attribute_Definition: The observed animal.
Attribute_Definition_Source: University of Alaska
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SESSION
Attribute_Definition: The session or week of experiments (total = 7 sessions).
Attribute_Definition_Source: University of Alaska.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: STARTING TIME
Attribute_Definition:
The starting time of that record in seconds from 00.00hrs that day.
Attribute_Definition_Source: University of Alaska
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: FOOD
Attribute_Definition:
The type of food distribution used in the experiment, 1= clustered food distribution, 2 = evenly distributed food.
Attribute_Definition_Source: University of Alaska
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: DISTURBANCE
Attribute_Definition:
The type of disturbance used in the experiment , 1 = blanco, 2 = physical, 3 = noise disturbance.
Attribute_Definition_Source: University of Alaska
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: LEVY
Attribute_Definition:
The value of a Levy flight length distribution for that movement record.
Attribute_Definition_Source: University of Alaska
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: RSQ
Attribute_Definition: The R2 value for that levy distribution.
Attribute_Definition_Source: University of Alaska
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: CLASSES
Attribute_Definition:
The number of flight length classes used for the levy distribution.
Attribute_Definition_Source: University of Alaska
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: CRWratio
Attribute_Definition:
Real net squared displacement divided by Net squared displacement for a correlated random walk.
Attribute_Definition_Source: University of Alaska
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: NSD
Attribute_Definition: Real net squared displacement
Attribute_Definition_Source: University of Alaska
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: FRACTAL
Attribute_Definition:
Mean Fractal D for the total movement record (15 min), calculated with program Fractal by Vilis Nams.
Attribute_Definition_Source: University of Alaska
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Average Temperature
Attribute_Definition: The average temperature in ºC for that record.
Attribute_Definition_Source: University of Alaska
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Average Humidity
Attribute_Definition: The average humidity in % for that record.
Attribute_Definition_Source: University of Alaska
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Average Windspeed
Attribute_Definition: The average wind speed in m/s for that record.
Attribute_Definition_Source: University of Alaska
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: TREEDIST
Attribute_Definition:
The average distance of that movement record to the area with trees
Attribute_Definition_Source: University of Alaska
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: DRINKING
Attribute_Definition: The percentage of time spent on drinking water.
Attribute_Definition_Source: University of Alaska
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: FORAGING GRASS
Attribute_Definition: The percentage of time spent on foraging grass.
Attribute_Definition_Source: University of Alaska
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: WALKING
Attribute_Definition: The percentage of time spent on walking.
Attribute_Definition_Source: University of Alaska
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: LOOKING AROUND
Attribute_Definition: The percentage of time spent on looking around.
Attribute_Definition_Source: University of Alaska
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: LYING
Attribute_Definition: The percentage of time spent on lying down.
Attribute_Definition_Source: University of Alaska
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: OTHER
Attribute_Definition:
The percentage of time spent on other behavior, such as scratching interaction with other animals.
Attribute_Definition_Source: University of Alaska
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: RUNNING
Attribute_Definition: The percentage of time spent on running.
Attribute_Definition_Source: University of Alaska
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PATCH1-PATCH14
Attribute_Definition: The percentage of time spent on eating at patch 1-14.
Attribute_Definition_Source: University of Alaska
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: TOTALEATINGPERC
Attribute_Definition:
The percentage of time spent on foraging grass and eating from patches together.
Attribute_Definition_Source: University of Alaska
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: TOTAL TIME OF ACTIVITY
Attribute_Definition:
The percentage of time spent on foraging grass, eating from patches and on walking and running.
Attribute_Definition_Source: University of Alaska

Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Rudy Jonker
Contact_Organization: University of Wageningen, Holland
Contact_Address:
Address: 419 Irving I
City: Fairbanks
State_or_Province: Alaska
Postal_Code: 99775
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1 907 474-7882
Distribution_Liability:
The authors shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein. These data and related graphics (i.e. GIF or JPG format files) are not legal documents and are not intended to be used as such. The information contained in these data is dynamic and may change over time. The data are not better than the original sources from which they were derived. It is the responsibility of the data user to use the data appropriately and consistent within the limitations of geospatial data in general and these data in particular. The related graphics are intended to aid the data user in acquiring relevant data; it is not appropriate to use the related graphics as data. The authors give no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of these data. It is strongly recommended that these data are directly acquired from an project server and not indirectly through other sources which may have changed the data in some way. Although these data have been processed successfully on computer systems at the University, no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the utility of the data on other systems for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. This disclaimer applies both to individual use of the data and aggregate use with other data.
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Format_Name: EXCEL IBM PC
Transfer_Size: <3MB
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Fees: None

Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 2006 12 October
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Falk Huettmann, Rudy Jonker
Contact_Organization: University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Contact_Address:
Address: 419 Irving 1, University of Alaska-Fairbanks 99775 USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1 907 4747882
Metadata_Standard_Name:
FGDC Biological Data Profile of the Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001.1-1999
Metadata_Extensions:
Online_Linkage: <http://nrdata.nps.gov/profiles/NPS_Profile.xml>
Profile_Name: NPS NR and GIS Metadata Profile

Contact_Information:
Contact_Address:
Address: MANDATORY IF APPLICABLE for Data Store

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