Bird Capture Morphometrics from Robson Creek 2011

A collection of bird capture details from the Robson Creek site in 2011. It includes morphometric measurements such as weight, bill length, tarsus length, and wing length, along with banding information, age, sex, and breeding status.

Use Cases

• Analyze correlations between morphometric measurements like weight, bill length, and tarsus length across different bird species.
• Study age and sex distributions within the captured bird population using the recorded demographic fields.
• Track individual birds and re-capture events using the Australian Bird & Bat Banding Scheme (ABBBS) band number.
• Investigate breeding status patterns in relation to recorded morphometric measurements and species identification.

Strengths

• Includes detailed morphometric measurements such as weight, bill length, tarsus length, and wing length.
• Contains banding information from the Australian Bird & Bat Banding Scheme (ABBBS) for individual tracking.
• Records additional biological details including age, sex, breeding status, and moult information.

Limitations

• Limited temporal coverage to a single year (2011), restricting longitudinal analysis.
• Geographic scope is confined to a single site (Robson Creek), limiting generalizability.
• Sample size and number of rows are unknown, making it difficult to assess statistical power.

Provenance

Source

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery

Collection Method

Field capture and banding, with morphometric measurements recorded.

Time Range

2011

Freshness

Data is from 2011, but the record was last updated in March 2026.

Geography

Robson Creek Site, Australia