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Yelkouan Shearwater, St Paul's Islands, Malta, GPS, Incubation, 2019, 2020
Yelkouan Shearwater, St Paul's Islands, GPS, 2019 2020

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Data provider / contact information
Martin Austad
Petra Quillfeldt
Location
Country
Malta
Site
St Paul's Islands, Malta
Colony
St Paul's Islands
Dataset information
Dataset ID
2220
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Species
Yelkouan Shearwater (Puffinus yelkouan)
Device Type
GPS
Data are interpolated
No
Notes
Tracking during incubation, but one trip in chick-rearing.
Lotek Pinpoint-50 tags set at 1.5hr to 2hr interval
Fixes not associated with a foraging tracks were removed ie. those before or after deployment/retrieval and attempted fixes when birds were in burrows incubating.
Meta Data
Breed Stages
Incubation
Chick-rearing
Sexes
Female
Unknown
Number of Tracks
7
Number of Points
391
Bird Count
3
Geodata Information
Geodata Years
2019
2020
Geodata Years Text
2019, 2020
Admin Fields
Permission Pre-approval -- All
50
Permission Pre-approval -- Non-commercial
5
Permission Pre-approval -- Conservation only
1
Permission Pre-approval -- BirdLife only
1