19 Eleonora's falcons were GPS-tracked between 2012 and 2022 to study migration across the Indian Ocean and Mozambique Channel. The dataset combines animal movement data with atmospheric reanalysis wind data to analyze wind support, flight effort, and island use. These data support the manuscript 'Falcons use wind assistance and remote islands to mitigate risk during ocean-crossings'.
Use Cases
- Modeling the relationship between wind support and flight effort based on GPS trajectories and wind data.
- Analyzing seasonal patterns in island use as stepping stones during ocean crossings.
- Investigating risk-mitigating behaviors in migratory birds under varying wind conditions.
Strengths
- Data spans a 10-year period from 2012 to 2022, providing longitudinal insight.
- Combines GPS-tracking data from 19 individual falcons with atmospheric reanalysis wind data.
- Supports analysis of specific ecological behaviors like island use and ocean-crossing decisions.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for certain analyses.
Provenance
- Source
- DataverseNL Harvested Dataverse, author Chen, Meixu.
- Collection Method
- GPS-tracking of individual birds combined with atmospheric reanalysis data.
- Time Range
- 2012 to 2022
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-07-20 06:10:11; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Indian Ocean and Mozambique Channel region.