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GPS tracking data of Lesser Black-backed Gulls and Herring Gulls breeding at the southern North Sea coast
Stienen, E.W.M.; Desmet, P.; Aelterman, B.; Courtens, W.; Feys, S.; Vanermen, N.; Verstraete, H.; Van de walle, M.; Deneudt, K.; Hernandez, F.; Houthoofdt, R.; Vanhoorne, B.; Bouten, W.; Buijs, R.-J.; Kavelaars, M.; Müller, W.; Herman, D.; Matheve, H.; Sotillo, A.; Lens, L. (2016). GPS tracking data of Lesser Black-backed Gulls and Herring Gulls breeding at the southern North Sea coast. ZooKeys 555(555): 115-124. https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.555.6173
In: ZooKeys. Pensoft: Sofia. ISSN 1313-2989; e-ISSN 1313-2970
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Keywords
    Migration
    Observation
    Occurrence
    Larus argentatus Pontoppidan, 1763 [WoRMS]; Larus fuscus Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS]
    Marine/Coastal
Author keywords
    Animal movement; Bird tracking; GPS tracking; Habitat use; Lesser Black-backed Gull; Herring Gull; UvA-BiTS; LifeWatch; Open data, MachineObservation
Authors  Top 
  • Stienen, E.W.M.
  • Desmet, P.
  • Aelterman, B.
  • Courtens, W.
  • Feys, S.
  • Vanermen, N.
  • Verstraete, H.
  • Van de walle, M.
  • Deneudt, K.
  • Hernandez, F.
  • Houthoofdt, R.
  • Vanhoorne, B.
  • Bouten, W.
  • Buijs, R.-J.
  • Kavelaars, M.
  • Müller, W.
  • Herman, D.
  • Matheve, H.
  • Sotillo, A.
  • Lens, L.
Abstract
    In this data paper, Bird tracking - GPS tracking of Lesser Black-backed Gulls and Herring Gulls breeding at the southern North Sea coast is described, a species occurrence dataset published by the Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO). The dataset (version 5.5) contains close to 2.5 million occurrences, recorded by 101 GPS trackers mounted on 75 Lesser Black-backed Gulls and 26 Herring Gulls breeding at the Belgian and Dutch coast. The trackers were developed by the University of Amsterdam Bird Tracking System (UvA-BiTS, http://www.uva-bits.nl). These automatically record and transmit bird movements, which allows us and others to study their habitat use and migration behaviour in great detail. Our bird tracking network is operational since 2013. It is funded for LifeWatch by the Hercules Foundation and maintained in collaboration with UvA-BiTS and the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ). The recorded data are periodically released in bulk as open data (http://dataset.inbo.be/bird-tracking-gull-occurrences), and are also accessible through CartoDB and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
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