Northern Bobwhite Resource Selection Patterns in Southeastern North Carolina

A dataset of 1,302 northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) observations used to analyze fine-scale, interannual resource selection patterns in southeastern North Carolina, a region with nutrient-poor soils. The data was collected by Autumn Randall and published on figshare under a CC0-1.0 license. It was last updated on 2026-05-22.

Use Cases

• Modeling seasonal habitat selection based on distance to fallow fields, deciduous cover, and supplemental feed lines.
• Evaluating the temporal impact of prescribed burns on bobwhite habitat use.
• Comparing resource selection inferences derived from full-year, two-season, and daily moving-window temporal scales.
• Informing alternative burn regimes and fallow field management for bobwhite conservation.

Strengths

• Includes data from 1,302 individual bobwhites, providing a substantial sample for analysis.
• Focuses on a specific ecological context (poor edaphic conditions in southeastern North Carolina) not commonly studied.
• Analyzes four key, manageable habitat attributes: distance to fallow fields, feed lines, deciduous cover, and burn status.
• Employs fine-temporal analysis (daily moving-window) to capture dynamic selection patterns.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset size is listed as 0.0 B, indicating a very limited scope or potential metadata issue.

Provenance

Source

figshare, authored by Autumn Randall.

Collection Method

Likely contains telemetry or observational data from a study of northern bobwhite resource selection.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-22 06:36:28; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Southeastern North Carolina, USA.