Northern Pintail Telemetry [ds231]

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Tags
San Joaquin Valley, California, Grasslands Ecological Area, Central Valley, telemetry, Anas acuta., northern pintail, winter, environment


Summary

The purpose of this data set is to improve understanding of the ecology of northern pintails in California and serve as baseline data on which to measure impacts of changes in the Central Valley landscape on pintail ecology. DATA ASSUMPTIONS AND LIMITATIONS: All UTM coordinates for the points used in these data were generated using NAD27, Zone 10 datum although a number of points were in Zone 11. These data were converted to NAD83, Zone 10 datum and to Teale Albers projection for display on the BIOS site. Any error due to using Zone 10 datum instead of Zone 11 datum should be minimal considering the nature of the study. Positional accuracy of individual locations is limited by: uncertainty in telemetry locations (observer error) and possible data entry errors. Although all reasonable attempts have been made to limit these factors, positional accuracy for any individual point should not necessarily be considered minimal. The appropriateness of multiple scales of inference is the end-user's responsibility to justify and the originators assume no responsibility for incorrect or misleading uses of these data.

Description

Using radio-telemetry, female northern pintail (Anas acuta) survival, distribution, and movements during late August-March in Central California were determined during 1991-92, 1992-93, and 1993-94. Accuracy of individual data fields has been reviewed. Data collection for 1991-94 is complete although additional years may be added. WHAT EACH RECORD REPRESENTS: Each record contains data about a duck's location, as well as information about the duck and hunting conditions at the time of observation.

Credits

Use limitations

If the information is used, credit should be given to the US Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, Dixon Field Station

Extent

West -122.429426 East -115.567451
North 41.966554 South 33.102874

Scale Range

ArcGIS Metadata

Topics and Keywords

Themes or categories of the resource environment


* Content type Downloadable Data


Place keywords San Joaquin Valley, California, Grasslands Ecological Area, Central Valley

Temporal keywords winter

Theme keywords telemetry, Anas acuta., northern pintail

Theme keywords environment

Thesaurus
Title ISO 19115 Topic Category




Citation

* Title DS0231_20060831


Presentation formats * digital map


Citation Contacts

Responsible party
Organization's name Joseph P. Fleskes
Contact's role originator


Resource Details

Dataset languages English(UNITED STATES)


Status planned
Spatial representation type * vector


Supplemental information
METHODS: The study was organized and conducted by staff from the U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center. Pintails were captured with rocket nets and females radio tagged during 29 August-6 October 1991, 31 August-5 October 1992, and 28 August-25 September 1993 in the Tulare Basin (n = 42 AHY, 20 HY), Mendota State Wildlife Area (n= 71 AHY, 47 HY), and the Grassland Ecological Area (n = 115 AHY, 124 HY). Radio transmitters (20-21 gram) with back-mounted harnesses were attached in 1991 (n = 115) and 1992 (n = 123), but in 1993, either harness (n = 98) or 8 gram spear-suture transmitters (n = 83) were attached. Using telemetry systems mounted in vehicles or aircraft, status (location, alive, or dead) of each pintail was determined 1-2 times a day during the hunting season and at least every other day during non-hunting intervals in San Joaquin Valley, and at least weekly in other Central California areas from the date of the first pintail capture until 20 March each year (202-205 days). Other areas, including northeastern, coastal, and Salton Sea California; Malheur National Wildlife Refuge vicinity, Willamette and Klamath Basins in Oregon; the Carson sink in Nevada; and the western coast of Mexico, were also searched 1-10 times each winter to locate pintails not found in Central California. Two bearings from known locations were obtained using a truck-mounted dual-Yagi null-peak telemetry system to minimize time between bearings and because preliminary tests showed more bearings did not increase accuracy in our flat, open study areas. Pintail locations were calculated using a modified version of XYLOG and UTMTEL (Dodge and Steiner 1986). REFERENCE: Dodge, W. E., and A. J. Steiner. 1986. XYLOG:A computer program for field processing locations of radio-tagged wildlife. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Technical Report 4.
* Processing environment Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; Esri ArcGIS 10.1.1.3143


ArcGIS item properties
* Name DS0231_20060831
* Location Server=; :; Database=; User=; Version=
* Access protocol ArcSDE Connection

Extents

Extent
Description
publication date
Temporal extent
Beginning date 1991-01-01
Ending date 1994-01-01

Extent
Geographic extent
Bounding rectangle
Extent type Extent used for searching
* West longitude -122.429426
* East longitude -115.567451
* North latitude 41.966554
* South latitude 33.102874
* Extent contains the resource Yes

Extent in the item's coordinate system
* West longitude -13628781.410500
* East longitude -12864909.786900
* South latitude 3908966.716800
* North latitude 5155970.729000
* Extent contains the resource Yes

Resource Points of Contact

Point of contact
Individual's name Joseph P. Fleskes
Organization's name Western Ecological Research Center, U.S. Geological Survey
Contact's position Research Wildlife Bioloogist
Contact's role point of contact


Contact information
Phone
Voice 530-669-5060

Address
Type both
Delivery point 6924 Tremont Road
City Dixon
Administrative area CA
Postal code 95620
Country US
e-mail address joe_fleskes@usgs.gov



Resource Maintenance

Resource maintenance
Update frequency irregular


Resource Constraints

Constraints
Limitations of use
If the information is used, credit should be given to the US Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, Dixon Field Station

Spatial Reference

ArcGIS coordinate system
* Type Projected
* Geographic coordinate reference GCS_WGS_1984
* Projection WGS_1984_Web_Mercator_Auxiliary_Sphere
* Coordinate reference details
Projected coordinate system
Well-known identifier 102100
X origin -20037700
Y origin -30241100
XY scale 10000
Z origin 0
Z scale 1
M origin 0
M scale 1
XY tolerance 0.001
Z tolerance 2
M tolerance 2
High precision true
Latest well-known identifier 3857
Well-known text PROJCS["WGS_1984_Web_Mercator_Auxiliary_Sphere",GEOGCS["GCS_WGS_1984",DATUM["D_WGS_1984",SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137.0,298.257223563]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Mercator_Auxiliary_Sphere"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",0.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",0.0],PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_1",0.0],PARAMETER["Auxiliary_Sphere_Type",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0],AUTHORITY["EPSG",3857]]

Reference system identifier
* Value 3857
* Codespace EPSG
* Version 7.11.2


Spatial Data Properties

Vector
* Level of topology for this dataset geometry only


Geometric objects
Feature class name DS0231_20060831
* Object type point
* Object count 36928



ArcGIS Feature Class Properties
Feature class name DS0231_20060831
* Feature type Simple
* Geometry type Point
* Has topology FALSE
* Feature count 36928
* Spatial index TRUE
* Linear referencing FALSE



Geoprocessing history

Process
Date 2011-07-2108:44:21
Tool location C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Conversion Tools.tbx\FeatureClassToFeatureClass
Command issued
Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


Process
Date 2013-06-2114:32:14
Tool location c:\program files (x86)\arcgis\desktop10.1\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\Project
Command issued
Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


Distribution

Distributor
Contact information
Individual's name Joseph P. Fleskes
Organization's name Western Ecological Research Center, U.S. Geological Survey
Contact's position Research Wildlife Biologist
Contact's role distributor


Contact information
Phone
Voice (707) 678-0682 ext. 628
Fax (707) 678-5039

Address
Type both
Delivery point 6924 Tremont Road
City Dixon
Administrative area CA
Postal code 95620
Country US
e-mail address joe_fleskes@usgs.gov





Distribution format
* Name SDE Feature Class


Transfer options
Online source
Location http://bios.dfg.ca.gov/

Online source
Location https://filelib.wildlife.ca.gov/Public/BDB/GIS/BIOS/Public_Datasets/200_299/ds231.zip

Fields

Details for object DS0231_20060831
* Type Feature Class
* Row count 36928


Field OBJECTID
* Alias OBJECTID
* Data type OID
* Width 4
* Precision 10
* Scale 0
* Field description
Internal feature number.
* Description source
ESRI
* Description of values
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.




Field LOCATION
* Alias LOCATION
* Data type String
* Width 70
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
One of 201 combinations of a region and an area which constitute the location for each record.


Field EASTING
* Alias EASTING
* Data type Double
* Width 8
* Precision 10
* Scale 0
Field description
Easting for location UTM Zone 10 NAD27.


Field NORTHING
* Alias NORTHING
* Data type Double
* Width 8
* Precision 10
* Scale 0
Field description
Northing for location UTM Zone 10 NAD 27.


Field STATUS
* Alias STATUS
* Data type String
* Width 10
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Status of bird at the location.


Field DATE_
* Alias DATE_
* Data type Date
* Width 36
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Date of location information.


Field TIME_PST
* Alias TIME_PST
* Data type Date
* Width 36
* Precision 0
* Scale 0




Field REG_AREA
* Alias REG_AREA
* Data type String
* Width 10
* Precision 0
* Scale 0




Field SEASON
* Alias SEASON
* Data type String
* Width 15
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Codes denote whether date was in hunting season or not.


Field AGE
* Alias AGE
* Data type String
* Width 8
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Age of the bird.


Field SEX
* Alias SEX
* Data type String
* Width 8
* Precision 0
* Scale 0




Field PINTAIL_ID
* Alias PINTAIL_ID
* Data type String
* Width 15
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Unique identifier for each pintail.


Field SHAPE
* Alias Shape
* Data type Geometry
* Width 4
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
* Field description
Feature geometry.
* Description source
ESRI
List of values
Value A
Description Alive.


Value B
Description Radio fell off, bird probably alive.


Value C
Description Capture location.


Value D
Description Disease mortality.


Value F
Description Flightless (likely molter if pre-season, cripple if during).


Value G
Description Gone, radio OK, bird migrated out of area.


Value H
Description Hunter shot and retrieved bird with working radio.


Value I
Description Illegal kill/kill out of season.


Value J
Description Died due to collision with power line, fence, etc.


Value K
Description Probable hunter shot and lost.


Value L
Description Lost hunter shot.


Value O
Description Probable hunter shot, bird retrieved, radio tossed.


Value P
Description Predator kill.


Value Q
Description Radio quit.


Value S
Description Sick or moribund.


Value T
Description Tossed bird (from hunter).


Value V
Description Hunter shot and retieved bird with radio that failed earlier.


Value W
Description Weak but can fly.


Value X
Description Status unknown.


Value Y
Description Flying.


Value Z
Description Alive, but bizarre signal.


Value 0-9
Description Alive, starting and ending locations of bird flights (only used for birds monitored for several hours).


* Description of values
Coordinates defining the features.




Field QUALITY
* Alias QUALITY
* Data type String
* Width 10
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Location quality.
List of values
Value CAPTUR
Description Location where bird was radio-tagged.


Value FLYGEN
Description General location from aircraft.


Value FLYPIN
Description Pinpoint location from aircraft.


Value MORTAL
Description Mortality location.


Value TRKGEN
Description General location from truck.


Value TRKGOD
Description Pinpoint location from truck.




Field DAY
* Alias DAY
* Data type String
* Width 15
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Day of the week.


Field SHOOT
* Alias SHOOT
* Data type String
* Width 10
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Denotes whether the date of location was a shoot day or not (even during hunting season, not all days are legal hunting days. Generally, Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays are legal hunting days).
List of values
Value Shoot
Description Day was a legal hunting day.


Value Noshoot
Description Day was not a legal hunting day.




Field LOC_CODE
* Alias LOC_CODE
* Data type String
* Width 10
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Four-character code, where the first two characters denote the region, and the last two characters denote the area within the region.
Description source
Full location given in Location.


Field OID_
* Alias OID_
* Data type Integer
* Width 4
* Precision 10
* Scale 0






Metadata Details

Metadata language English(UNITED STATES)
Metadata character set utf8 - 8 bit UCS Transfer Format


Scope of the data described by the metadata dataset
Scope name * dataset


* Last update 2014-04-28


ArcGIS metadata properties
Metadata format ArcGIS1.0
Metadata style FGDC CSDGM Metadata


Created in ArcGIS for the item 2014-03-0615:46:50
Last modified in ArcGIS for the item 2014-04-2809:38:40


Automatic updates
Have been performed Yes
Last update 2014-04-2809:38:40


Metadata Contacts

Metadata contact
Individual's name William Perry
Organization's name Western Ecological Research Center, U.S. Geological Survey
Contact's position IT/GIS Specialist
Contact's role point of contact


Contact information
Phone
Voice 530-669-5060

Address
Type both
Delivery point 6924 Tremont Road
City Dixon
Administrative area CA
Postal code 95620
Country US
e-mail address william_perry@usgs.gov



Thumbnail and Enclosures

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Enclosure
Enclosure type File
Description of enclosure original metadata
Original metadata document, which was translated yes
Source metadata format fgdc