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GPS tracking data of Eurasian oystercatchers (Haematopus ostralegus) from the Netherlands and Belgium
van der Kolk, H.-J.; Desmet, P.; Oosterbeek, K.; Allen, A.M.; Baptist, M.J.; Bom, R.A.; Davidson, S.C.; de Jong, J.; de Kroon, H.; Dijkstra, B.; Dillerop, R.; Dokter, A.M.; Frauendorf, M.; Milotic, T.; Rakhimberdiev, E.; Shamoun-Baranes, J.; Spanoghe, G.; van de Pol, M.; Van Ryckegem, G.; Vanoverbeke, J.; Jongejans, E.; Ens, B.J. (2022). GPS tracking data of Eurasian oystercatchers (Haematopus ostralegus) from the Netherlands and Belgium. ZooKeys 1123: 31-45. https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1123.90623

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In: ZooKeys. Pensoft: Sofia. ISSN 1313-2989; e-ISSN 1313-2970, more
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Keywords
    Haematopus ostralegus Linnaeus, 1758 [WoRMS]
    Marine/Coastal
Author keywords
    Acceleration measurements, animal movement, behaviour, bio-logging, bird tracking, habitat use, machine observation, Movebank, oystercatchers, time budget, UvA-BiTS

Authors  Top 
  • van der Kolk, H.-J.
  • Desmet, P., more
  • Oosterbeek, K.
  • Allen, A.M.
  • Baptist, M.J., more
  • Bom, R.A., more
  • Davidson, S.C.
  • de Jong, J.
  • de Kroon, H.
  • Dijkstra, B.
  • Dillerop, R.
  • Dokter, A.M.
  • Frauendorf, M.
  • Milotic, T., more
  • Rakhimberdiev, E., more
  • Shamoun-Baranes, J.
  • Spanoghe, G., more
  • van de Pol, M.
  • Van Ryckegem, G., more
  • Vanoverbeke, J., more
  • Jongejans, E.
  • Ens, B.J., more

Abstract
    We describe six datasets that contain GPS and accelerometer data of 202 Eurasian oystercatchers (Haematopus ostralegus) spanning the period 2008–2021. Birds were equipped with GPS trackers in breeding and wintering areas in the Netherlands and Belgium. We used GPS trackers from the University of Amsterdam Bird Tracking System (UvA-BiTS) for several study purposes, including the study of space use during the breeding season, habitat use and foraging behaviour in the winter season, and impacts of human disturbance. To enable broader usage, all data have now been made open access. Combined, the datasets contain 6.0 million GPS positions, 164 million acceleration measurements and 7.0 million classified behaviour events (i.e., flying, walking, foraging, preening, and inactive). The datasets are deposited on the research repository Zenodo, but are also accessible on Movebank and as down-sampled occurrence datasets on the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) and Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS).

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