PBG052

Song Bird nest data in the Patch-Burn Grazing study

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Variables
Flag
  • Label:
  • Definition: Whether nest information was complete (when marked “Okay”)
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
DataCode
  • Label:
  • Definition: Dataset Code
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
Rectype
  • Label:
  • Definition: Record type
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values: None specified
RecYear
  • Label:
  • Definition: Year collected
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: Year (YYYY)
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values: None specified
NestID
  • Label:
  • Definition: Unique nest ID, but no consistency between years
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
Species
  • Label:
  • Definition: 4-digit AOU (now AOS) approved bird species code
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
Unit
  • Label:
  • Definition: Konza watershed
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
Graze
  • Label:
  • Definition: Grazed by cattle (Y or N)
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
Burn
  • Label:
  • Definition: Years since last prescribed burn (0, 1, 2)
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values: None specified
Patch
  • Label:
  • Definition: Effective management regime and year since burn, includes patch-burn grazing (PBG0-2), annually burning and grazing (ABG), and annually burning but no grazing (ABN)
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
Treatment
  • Label:
  • Definition: Effective management regime, includes patch-burn grazing (PBG), annually burning and grazing (ABG), and annually burning but no grazing (ABN)
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
UTM1
  • Label:
  • Definition: East/West coordinate
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • NA = Missing or Not Measured
UTM2
  • Label:
  • Definition: North/South coordinate
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • 1 = Missing or Not Measured
Method
  • Label:
  • Definition: Method that was used to first locate the nest
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
StageFound
  • Label:
  • Definition: At what stage the nest was first located (Building, Laying, Incubation, or Brooding)
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
SurvTillIncub
  • Label:
  • Definition: Whether the nest survived until at least one egg hatched (Y or N)
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
DateFirstFound
  • Label:
  • Definition: The date on which the nest was first located
  • Type: Date/time
  • Date format: YYYY-MM-DD
  • Missing values:
    • 0/0/0000 = Missing or Not Measured
DateLastPresent
  • Label:
  • Definition: The last date on which a nest was still considered active
  • Type: Date/time
  • Date format: YYYY-MM-DD
  • Missing values:
    • 0/0/0000 = Missing or Not Measured
DateLastChecked
  • Label:
  • Definition: The final date a nest was visited and nest fate was determined
  • Type: Date/time
  • Date format: YYYY-MM-DD
  • Missing values:
    • 0/0/0000 = Missing or Not Measured
FirstFound
  • Label:
  • Definition: The Julian date on which the nest was first located
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values: None specified
LastPresent
  • Label:
  • Definition: The last Julian date on which a nest was still considered active
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • NA = Missing or Not Measured
LastChecked
  • Label:
  • Definition: The final Julian date a nest was visited and nest fate was determined
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • blank = Missing or Not Measured
NestFate
  • Label:
  • Definition: The final fate of the nest, includes Successful (S), Failed (F), or Unknown (U)
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
Fate
  • Label:
  • Definition: The numerical final fate of the nest for nest survival analyses, includes Successful (0), Failed (1), or Unknown (2)
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values: None specified
Cause
  • Label:
  • Definition: Whether a nest was successful or not, and lists the cause of failure if the nest was not successful. A failed nest could have been Abandoned, Depredated, Trampled, or have an Unknown cause of failure
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
Parasitized
  • Label:
  • Definition: Whether a nest was parasitized by Brown-headed Cowbirds (Molothrus ater) or not
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
Maxhosteggs
  • Label:
  • Definition: The maximum number of host eggs present in the nest cup at one time
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • NA = Missing or Not Measured
MaxBHCOeggs
  • Label:
  • Definition: The maximum number of parasitic eggs present in the nest cup at one time
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • 1 = Missing or Not Measured
Hosthatched
  • Label:
  • Definition: The total number of host eggs that successfully hatched
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • NA = Missing or Not Measured
BHCOhatched
  • Label:
  • Definition: The total number of parasitic eggs that successfully hatched
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • NA = Missing or Not Measured
Maxhostyoung
  • Label:
  • Definition: The maximum number of host young present in the nest cup at one time
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • NA = Missing or Not Measured
MaxBHCOyoung
  • Label:
  • Definition: The maximum number of parasitic young present in the nest cup at one time
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • NA = Missing or Not Measured
Hostfledged
  • Label:
  • Definition: The total number of host young that successfully fledged from the nest
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • NA = Missing or Not Measured
BHCOfledged
  • Label:
  • Definition: The total number of parasitic young that successfully fledged from the nest
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • NA = Missing or Not Measured
Data Source Details

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