Hudsonian Whimbrel GPS Tracking and Habitat Data for South Carolina Stopover, 2020-2023

GPS movement data tracks Hudsonian Whimbrel during spring migratory stopover in South Carolina, USA from 2020 to 2023. Maina Handmaker created this dataset, which also includes author-generated habitat classification maps and raw focal foraging observation data. The 1.3 GB repository contains an R Project with scripts to reproduce all analyses and figures from the associated manuscript.

Use Cases

• Analyzing migratory stopover site fidelity based on GPS movement data
• Modeling habitat specialization using custom remote sensing classification maps
• Assessing tradeoffs in foraging effort and success between habitat types based on focal observation data
• Reproducing ecological movement analyses using the provided R scripts and project structure

Strengths

• Includes a complete, reproducible R Project for all analyses
• Data covers a four-year time range from 2020 to 2023
• Combines GPS tracking data with author-generated habitat maps and direct behavioral observations

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• The raw remote sensing data used for maps is not included, requiring external citation

Provenance

Source

Maina Handmaker via figshare

Collection Method

GPS tracking and focal foraging observations of Whimbrel, combined with author-processed remote sensing imagery

Time Range

2020-2023

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-16 02:39:00

Geography

South Carolina, USA