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#           USGS Alaska Science Center Wildlife Tracking Data Collection      

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Understanding the short- and long-distance movements of wildlife is critical for a wide variety of ecological research questions and management decisions. Since the mid-1980s, the USGS Alaska Science Center has used information from telemetry devices on wildlife species to determine locations of animals throughout their annual cycles, understand patterns of habitat use, quantify time spent on certain behaviors, and identify geographic areas repeatedly used by wildlife that may indicate sites of importance to species and populations.

**Return to****Ecosystems**

### About the Collection

View Media Details

Available here are links to the tracking data of various wildlife species studied at the USGS Alaska Science Center.  ​Data sets listed under "Species" ​follow a standardized data and metadata format developed by the USGS Alaska Science Center in 2019.  ​Data sets listed under "Additional Tracking Data" were released before the 2019 standardized format was developed.

Collection Metadata

Suggested Citation: U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center, 2019, USGS Alaska Science Center wildlife tracking data collection: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9VYSWEH

 

### Additional Tracking Data

U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center, has previously released tracking data sets outside of this Collection.  **Click here** to view previously released data and maps.
                                - Polar Bear
                                - Greater White-fronted Goose

 

### Supplemental Reference Information

**Argos User Manuals** 
                                - Argos Users Manual, online
                                - Argos Users Manual, 1988    
                                - Argos Users Manual, 2008
                                - Argos Users Manual, 2011
                                - Argos Users Manual, 2016        

**Microwave Telemetry, Inc., PTT Manuals**
                                - MTI Field Manual_PTT-100_Battery
                                - MTI Field Manual_PTT-100_Solar
                                - MTI Field Manual_PTT-100_5g Solar
                                - MTI Field Manual_PTT-100_GPS Solar

**Supplemental Information About the Argos System**
                                - Argos Web Site
                                - USFWS Report 1988_Satellite Tracking Assessment
                                - USFWS Report 1990_Satellite Tracking Applications   

**R scripts for reading processed tracking data**
                                - Read processed USGS tracking data from a downloaded USGS data package
                                - Read processed USGS tracking data directly from a Movebank study

**Disclaimer: The manuals are strictly provided for informational purposes for the data provided.  They are not an endorsement of the product.*

### Study Area

### Contacts

#### Lee Tibbitts

##### Wildlife Biologist

Alaska Science Center

ltibbitts@usgs.gov

907-786-7038

#### David Douglas

##### Research Wildlife Biologist

Alaska Science Center

ddouglas@usgs.gov

907-364-1576

### Explore Search

                      - Birds
                      - Marine Mammals
                      - Migration and Corridors
                      - Migratory Birds
                      - Modeling Tools
                      - Ecosystems
                      - Tools and Technology
                      - Wildlife and Terrestrial Species
                      - Biology
                      - Ecosystems
                      - Information Systems
                      - Methods and Analyses
                      - Science Technology
                      - Argos
                      - Tracking
                      - Wildlife & Terrestrial Species
                      - Marine Mammals
                      - migratory birds

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Below are other science projects associated with this project.

link

October 9, 2020

####                 Tracking Data for Tufted Puffins (Fratercula cirrhata)              

Alaska Science Center

link

October 9, 2020

####   Tracking Data for Tufted Puffins (Fratercula cirrhata)

Learn More

link

October 9, 2020

####                 Tracking Data for Northern Fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis)              

Alaska Science Center

link

October 9, 2020

####   Tracking Data for Northern Fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis)

Learn More

link

August 18, 2020

####                 Tracking Data for Thick-billed Murres (Uria lomvia)              

Alaska Science Center

link

August 18, 2020

####   Tracking Data for Thick-billed Murres (Uria lomvia)

Learn More

link

August 18, 2020

####                 Tracking Data for Common Murres (Uria aalge)              

Alaska Science Center

link

August 18, 2020

####   Tracking Data for Common Murres (Uria aalge)

Learn More

link

August 18, 2020

####                 Tracking Data for Pelagic Cormorants (Phalacrocorax pelagicus)              

Alaska Science Center

link

August 18, 2020

####   Tracking Data for Pelagic Cormorants (Phalacrocorax pelagicus)

Learn More

link

August 17, 2020

####                 Tracking Data for Red-faced Cormorants (Phalacrocorax urile)              

Alaska Science Center

link

August 17, 2020

####   Tracking Data for Red-faced Cormorants (Phalacrocorax urile)

Learn More

link

July 30, 2020

####                 Tracking Data for Spectacled Eiders (Somateria fischeri)              

Species Management Research Program, Alaska Science Center

link

July 30, 2020

####   Tracking Data for Spectacled Eiders (Somateria fischeri)

Learn More

link

June 26, 2020

####                 Tracking Data for Three Large-bodied Gull Species and Hybrids (Larus spp.)              

Alaska Science Center

link

June 26, 2020

####   Tracking Data for Three Large-bodied Gull Species and Hybrids (Larus spp.)

Learn More

link

March 18, 2020

####                 Tracking Data for Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata)              

Alaska Science Center

link

March 18, 2020

####   Tracking Data for Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata)

Learn More

link

March 12, 2020

####                 Tracking Data for Black Scoter (Melanitta americana)              

Alaska Science Center

link

March 12, 2020

####   Tracking Data for Black Scoter (Melanitta americana)

Learn More

link

February 20, 2020

####                 Tracking Data for Pacific Loons (Gavia pacifica)              

Alaska Science Center

link

February 20, 2020

####   Tracking Data for Pacific Loons (Gavia pacifica)

Learn More

link

January 22, 2020

####                 Tracking Data for Tundra Swans (Cygnus columbianus)              

Alaska Science Center

link

January 22, 2020

####   Tracking Data for Tundra Swans (Cygnus columbianus)

Learn More

#### Pagination

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-  Last pageLast » 

July 31, 2023

####                 Tagged Animal Movement (TAME)              

The Tagged Animal Movement Explorer (TAME) is an interactive data visualization tool for exploring spatial and temporal patterns of animal movements.

Alaska Science Center

Understanding the short- and long-distance movements of wildlife is critical for a wide variety of ecological research questions and management decisions. Since the mid-1980s, the USGS Alaska Science Center has used information from telemetry devices on wildlife species to determine locations of animals throughout their annual cycles, understand patterns of habitat use, quantify time spent on certain behaviors, and identify geographic areas repeatedly used by wildlife that may indicate sites of importance to species and populations.

**Return to****Ecosystems**

### About the Collection

View Media Details

Available here are links to the tracking data of various wildlife species studied at the USGS Alaska Science Center.  ​Data sets listed under "Species" ​follow a standardized data and metadata format developed by the USGS Alaska Science Center in 2019.  ​Data sets listed under "Additional Tracking Data" were released before the 2019 standardized format was developed.

Collection Metadata

Suggested Citation: U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center, 2019, USGS Alaska Science Center wildlife tracking data collection: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9VYSWEH

 

### Additional Tracking Data

U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center, has previously released tracking data sets outside of this Collection.  **Click here** to view previously released data and maps.
                                - Polar Bear
                                - Greater White-fronted Goose

 

### Supplemental Reference Information

**Argos User Manuals** 
                                - Argos Users Manual, online
                                - Argos Users Manual, 1988    
                                - Argos Users Manual, 2008
                                - Argos Users Manual, 2011
                                - Argos Users Manual, 2016        

**Microwave Telemetry, Inc., PTT Manuals**
                                - MTI Field Manual_PTT-100_Battery
                                - MTI Field Manual_PTT-100_Solar
                                - MTI Field Manual_PTT-100_5g Solar
                                - MTI Field Manual_PTT-100_GPS Solar

**Supplemental Information About the Argos System**
                                - Argos Web Site
                                - USFWS Report 1988_Satellite Tracking Assessment
                                - USFWS Report 1990_Satellite Tracking Applications   

**R scripts for reading processed tracking data**
                                - Read processed USGS tracking data from a downloaded USGS data package
                                - Read processed USGS tracking data directly from a Movebank study

**Disclaimer: The manuals are strictly provided for informational purposes for the data provided.  They are not an endorsement of the product.*

### Study Area

### Contacts

#### Lee Tibbitts

##### Wildlife Biologist

Alaska Science Center

ltibbitts@usgs.gov

907-786-7038

#### David Douglas

##### Research Wildlife Biologist

Alaska Science Center

ddouglas@usgs.gov

907-364-1576

### Explore Search

                      - Birds
                      - Marine Mammals
                      - Migration and Corridors
                      - Migratory Birds
                      - Modeling Tools
                      - Ecosystems
                      - Tools and Technology
                      - Wildlife and Terrestrial Species
                      - Biology
                      - Ecosystems
                      - Information Systems
                      - Methods and Analyses
                      - Science Technology
                      - Argos
                      - Tracking
                      - Wildlife & Terrestrial Species
                      - Marine Mammals
                      - migratory birds

View All **

Below are other science projects associated with this project.

link

October 9, 2020

####                 Tracking Data for Tufted Puffins (Fratercula cirrhata)              

Alaska Science Center

link

October 9, 2020

####   Tracking Data for Tufted Puffins (Fratercula cirrhata)

Learn More

link

October 9, 2020

####                 Tracking Data for Northern Fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis)              

Alaska Science Center

link

October 9, 2020

####   Tracking Data for Northern Fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis)

Learn More

link

August 18, 2020

####                 Tracking Data for Thick-billed Murres (Uria lomvia)              

Alaska Science Center

link

August 18, 2020

####   Tracking Data for Thick-billed Murres (Uria lomvia)

Learn More

link

August 18, 2020

####                 Tracking Data for Common Murres (Uria aalge)              

Alaska Science Center

link

August 18, 2020

####   Tracking Data for Common Murres (Uria aalge)

Learn More

link

August 18, 2020

####                 Tracking Data for Pelagic Cormorants (Phalacrocorax pelagicus)              

Alaska Science Center

link

August 18, 2020

####   Tracking Data for Pelagic Cormorants (Phalacrocorax pelagicus)

Learn More

link

August 17, 2020

####                 Tracking Data for Red-faced Cormorants (Phalacrocorax urile)              

Alaska Science Center

link

August 17, 2020

####   Tracking Data for Red-faced Cormorants (Phalacrocorax urile)

Learn More

link

July 30, 2020

####                 Tracking Data for Spectacled Eiders (Somateria fischeri)              

Species Management Research Program, Alaska Science Center

link

July 30, 2020

####   Tracking Data for Spectacled Eiders (Somateria fischeri)

Learn More

link

June 26, 2020

####                 Tracking Data for Three Large-bodied Gull Species and Hybrids (Larus spp.)              

Alaska Science Center

link

June 26, 2020

####   Tracking Data for Three Large-bodied Gull Species and Hybrids (Larus spp.)

Learn More

link

March 18, 2020

####                 Tracking Data for Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata)              

Alaska Science Center

link

March 18, 2020

####   Tracking Data for Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata)

Learn More

link

March 12, 2020

####                 Tracking Data for Black Scoter (Melanitta americana)              

Alaska Science Center

link

March 12, 2020

####   Tracking Data for Black Scoter (Melanitta americana)

Learn More

link

February 20, 2020

####                 Tracking Data for Pacific Loons (Gavia pacifica)              

Alaska Science Center

link

February 20, 2020

####   Tracking Data for Pacific Loons (Gavia pacifica)

Learn More

link

January 22, 2020

####                 Tracking Data for Tundra Swans (Cygnus columbianus)              

Alaska Science Center

link

January 22, 2020

####   Tracking Data for Tundra Swans (Cygnus columbianus)

Learn More

#### Pagination

-                Current page            1 
-                Page            2 
-  Next page›› 
-  Last pageLast » 

July 31, 2023

####                 Tagged Animal Movement (TAME)              

The Tagged Animal Movement Explorer (TAME) is an interactive data visualization tool for exploring spatial and temporal patterns of animal movements.

Alaska Science Center