A GIS dataset of bird nests mapped in the Windmill Islands by Frederique Olivier and Drew Lee during the 2002-2003 season

• Other Authors: AADC (originator), AU/AADC > Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia (resourceProvider)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Ocean Data Network
• Subjects: biota; oceans; ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES; EARTH SCIENCE; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION; BIRDS; EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > COASTAL; ALBATROSSES/PETRELS AND ALLIES; ACTIVITY; ANTARCTICA; ASPECT; CAVITYDEPTH; CAPE PETREL; CAVITYSIZE; COMMENTS; CHICK; DAPTION CAPENSE; EGG; DATE; DISTNN; ENTRANCES; LATITUDE; LONGITUDE; MAPPING; NEST; OCEANITE OCEANICUS; PAGODROMA NIVEA; RECORD; REMNANTS; SITE; SLOPE; SNOW; SNOW PETREL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES; SUBSTRATE; TYPE; WILSON'S STORM PETREL; WINDMILL ISLANDS; GPS > Global Positioning System; GPS RECEIVERS; FIELD SURVEYS; FIELD INVESTIGATION; AMD/AU; CEOS; AMD; OBIS/SCAR-MARBIN; AMD/SCAR-MARBIN; ANTABIF; CONTINENT > GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; Antarctic; Nivea; Windmill Islands; Antarc*; Antarctica; Cape Petrel; Daption capense; Snow Petrel; Snow Petrels
• Online Access: https://researchdata.ands.org.au/gis-dataset-bird-2003-season/684757; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/BIRDSCASEY0203; https://data.aad.gov.au/eds/1079/download; https://data.aad.gov.au/eds/4676/download; https://secure3.aad.gov.au/proms/public/projects/report_project_public.cfm?project_no=1219; http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=BIRDSCASEY0203

Data were acquired with a Garmin 26 GPS receiver, the accuracy of which is better than an average handheld GPS model, such as the Garmin 12. In order not to overestimate the quality of the data, it is sensible to assume that nest locations were acquired with an uncertainty between 5 and 10 m. Very l...