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Bird Capture Data, Far North Queensland Rainforest SuperSite, Robson Creek, 2011
- Citation
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McKeown, A; Westcott, D (): Bird Capture Data, Far North Queensland Rainforest SuperSite, Robson Creek, 2011. TERN Australian SuperSite Network. http://supersites.tern.org.au/knb/metacat/lloyd.198.22/html
- Identifier
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- docid
- lloyd.198.22
- Data Creators
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- Individual
- Mr Adam McKeown
- Position
- Projects Officer
- Organization
- CSIRO
- Individual
- Dr David Westcott
- Position
- Research Scientist
- Organization
- CSIRO
- Abstract
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The aim of the bird surveys at Robson Creek are to provide a description of the bird community, including its richness and composition, and having established a baseline description to monitor the dynamics and phenology of the community over time. The aim is to be able to link this data to environmental drivers of dynamics.
Ideally the monitoring could also be used as means of estimating and monitoring abundance of individual species. Unfortunately, most if not all species at the site can move rapidly between transects and within transects. This means that the survey transects are not independent of each other and it cannot be assumed that the observations of individual birds or groups of birds encountered are independent of each other on a transect or even at a point on a transect. Given that that most detections are by ear and not by eye means there is no guarantee that new detections at a point are not simply a bird moving.
Bird surveys at Robson Creek are conducted using walked transects and are largely in line with the Transect Method used in the Birdlife Australia Atlas Project.
Surveys are conducted monthly at a minimum but usually fortnightly. They are conducted in all weather conditions except those which would seriously impact detection ability, i.e. during very heavy rain or wind. Should heavy rain or wind occur after the commencement of a survey the survey is paused until those conditions end. If this seems unlikely the survey is abandoned until a later date.
Where ever possible surveys are conducted by the same two observer, though over time this, inevitably, cannot always be achieved.
Surveys are begun between 0600 and 0800with later start times occurring in the cooler months when days are shorter. Survey duration is two and a half to three hours.
Observers walk five set sections of trail on and around the Robson Ck plot. They move at such a pace that they spend a minimum of, and as close as possible, to 30 minutes on each section.
With each survey bout the observer records: Date, Time, Weather, Observer.
Encounters with birds can be visual or aural. At each encounter the following data is collected: species, number of individuals, whether the bird was seen or heard, sex (if possible), age (if possible), time since start of the survey.
- Contacts for Questions on the Use and Interpretation of Data
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- Individual
- Mr Adam McKeown
- Position
- Projects Officer
- Organization
- CSIRO
- Address
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Cairns. QLD
- Phone
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- voice
- 0467 780 772
- Methods and Sampling Information
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- Methods
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Method Step 1
- Description
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Mist-netting
Birds are captured with mistnets set at ground level
- Associated Parties
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- Role
- Scientist
- Individual
- Dr David Westcott
- Position
- Research Scientist
- Organization
- CSIRO
- Keywords and Subject Categories
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- Birds
- Robson
- FNQ Rainforest
- Far North Queensland
- anzsrc-for
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- 0602
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- Geographic Coverage
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- Geographic Description
- Robson Creek
- Bounding Coordinates
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- West
- 145.632308 degrees
- East
- 145.632308 degrees
- North
- -17.119962 degrees
- South
- -17.119962 degrees
- Temporal Coverage
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- Date Begin
- 2011-07-01
- Date End
- 2014-06-30
- Intellectual Rights, Licence and Usage Conditions
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CC-BY-4_0
- Data Table
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- Name
- asn_fnqr_fauna_birds_capture_robson_2011.csv
- Description
- Table containing the Bird capture information
- Attribute Information
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Band Number
- Name
- Band Number
- Definition
- ABBBS band number
- Measurement Type
- nominal
- Measurement Domain
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- Text Domain
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- Definition
- ABBBS definition
- Source
- ABBBS
Species- Name
- Species
- Definition
- Species of bird
- Measurement Type
- nominal
- Measurement Domain
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- Text Domain
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- Definition
- Species name
RAOU Number- Name
- RAOU Number
- Definition
- RAOU Species Number
- Measurement Type
- nominal
- Measurement Domain
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- Text Domain
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- Definition
- RAOU species number
Capture Date- Name
- Capture Date
- Definition
- Date the bird was captured
- Measurement Type
- dateTime
- Measurement Domain
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- Format
- dd-mm-yyyy
- Precision
- 0
Recapture- Name
- Recapture
- Definition
- True if the animal has been captured and banded before
- Measurement Type
- nominal
- Measurement Domain
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- Text Domain
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- Definition
- Recapture
Age- Name
- Age
- Definition
- ABBBS age class
- Measurement Type
- nominal
- Measurement Domain
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- Text Domain
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- Definition
- ABBBS age class
Sex- Name
- Sex
- Definition
- Sex of bird if known
- Measurement Type
- nominal
- Measurement Domain
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- Text Domain
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- Definition
- Sex of bird
FTA_Blood- Name
- FTA_Blood
- Definition
- Was blood collected
- Measurement Type
- nominal
- Measurement Domain
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- Text Domain
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- Definition
- Was blood collected from the bird
BirdWt- Name
- BirdWt
- Definition
- Weight of bird in grams
- Measurement Type
- ratio
- Measurement Domain
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- Standard Unit
- gram
- Number Type
- whole
HeadBill- Name
- HeadBill
- Definition
- Head-Bill measurement
- Measurement Type
- ratio
- Measurement Domain
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- Standard Unit
- millimeter
- Number Type
- whole
Tarsus- Name
- Tarsus
- Definition
- Length of the tarsus of the bird
- Measurement Type
- ratio
- Measurement Domain
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- Standard Unit
- millimeter
- Number Type
- whole
Wing- Name
- Wing
- Definition
- Wing length measurement
- Measurement Type
- ratio
- Measurement Domain
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- Standard Unit
- millimeter
- Number Type
- whole
Tail- Name
- Tail
- Definition
- Tail length measurement
- Measurement Type
- ratio
- Measurement Domain
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- Standard Unit
- millimeter
- Number Type
- whole
WingMoult_M1- Name
- WingMoult_M1
- Definition
- Presence of wing moult
- Measurement Type
- nominal
- Measurement Domain
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- Text Domain
-
- Definition
- Presence of wing moult
TailMoult_M5- Name
- TailMoult_M5
- Definition
- Presence of tail moult
- Measurement Type
- nominal
- Measurement Domain
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- Text Domain
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- Definition
- Presence of tail moult
BreedingStatus- Name
- BreedingStatus
- Definition
- Signs of breeding
- Measurement Type
- nominal
- Measurement Domain
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- Text Domain
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- Definition
- Breeding status
Comments- Name
- Comments
- Definition
- Additional information
- Measurement Type
- nominal
- Measurement Domain
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- Text Domain
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- Definition
- Additional information
- Number Of Records
- 63
- Physical Structure Description
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- Object Name
- asn_fnqr_fauna_birds_capture_robson_2011.csv
- Size
- 6225 byte
- Text Format
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- Number of Header Lines
- 1
- Record Delimiter
- #x0A
- Attribute Orientation
- column
- Simple Delimited
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- Field Delimiter
- ,
- Distribution
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Online
- URL
- lloyd.197.1
- Access
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- Access Control
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- Auth System
- knb
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- Allow:
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- Additional Metadata Links
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- Metadata
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- qualityControl
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- @timestamp
- 2014-11-19T19:17:00.912Z
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