Interspecific alterations in avian physiology across a gradient of fragmentation

Description:
Survey of fluctuating asymmetry and ptilochronology in understory birds across a gradient of forest degradation, with sampling transects in the interior, edge, and matrix of 10ha fragments at SAFE
Project: This dataset was collected as part of the following SAFE research project: Alterations in avian physiology and behaviour across a gradient of fragmentation
XML metadata: GEMINI compliant metadata for this dataset is available here
Files: This consists of 1 file: Peel_data_2018.xlsx
Peel_data_2018.xlsx
This file contains dataset metadata and 2 data tables:

Fluctuating asymmetry in bird species across a gradient of fragmentation (described in worksheet fluctuating_asymmetry)
Description: This is a dataset of the lengths of tarsi of birds captured in mist nets at SAFE.
Captured birds had each tarsus measured three times using digital calipers precise to .02mm. Tarsus length was measured from the notch at the back of the tibia-tarsus joint to the plane formed by bending the foot perpendicular to the tarsus. An average value was calculated for each tarsus and the absolute difference between the right and left tarsus taken as a measure of fluctuating asymmetry in an individual bird.
Number of fields: 15
Number of data rows: 711
Fields:

band: Band number of captured bird (Field type: ID)
species: Species of captured bird (Field type: Taxa)
site: Full name of site where bird was caught (Field type: Location)
location: type of site at which bird was caught (Field type: Categorical)
fragment: fragment in which bird was caught (Field type: Categorical)
date: Date bird was captured (Field type: Datetime)
left1: Length of left tarsus (Field type: Numeric Trait)
right1: Length of right tarsus (Field type: Numeric Trait)
left2: Length of left tarsus (Field type: Numeric Trait)
right2: Length of right tarsus (Field type: Numeric Trait)
left3: Length of left tarsus (Field type: Numeric Trait)
right3: Length of right tarsus (Field type: Numeric Trait)
left.average: Average of left tarsus measurements (Field type: Numeric Trait)
right.average: Average of right tarsus measurements (Field type: Numeric Trait)
abs.diff: Absolute difference between left and right average (Field type: Numeric Trait)

Ptilochronological measurements of bird species across a gradient of fragmentation (described in worksheet growth_bands)
Description: This is a dataset of growth bands measured on rectrice feathers of captured birds.
The third rectrice feather of birds captured using mist-nets was plucked in the field and the distal end of all visible dark growth bands marked with a pin. Distance between pin marks was measured as single growth bands. This dataset contains each individual growth band, as well as averages across the whole feather, and averages for the ten growth bands proximal to the 3/4 point on the feather.
Number of fields: 40
Number of data rows: 746
Fields:

date: Date bird was captured (Field type: Date)
site: Full name of site where bird was caught (Field type: Location)
location: type of site at which bird was caught (Field type: Categorical)
fragment: fragment in which bird was caught (Field type: Categorical)
band: Band number of captured bird (Field type: ID)
species: Species of captured bird (Field type: Taxa)
age: Age of bird (Field type: Categorical Trait)
length: Length of rectrice (Field type: Numeric Trait)
band1: Width of growth band (Field type: Numeric Trait)
band2: Width of growth band (Field type: Numeric Trait)
band3: Width of growth band (Field type: Numeric Trait)
band4: Width of growth band (Field type: Numeric Trait)
band5: Width of growth band (Field type: Numeric Trait)
ban6: Width of growth band (Field type: Numeric Trait)
band7: Width of growth band (Field type: Numeric Trait)
band8: Width of growth band (Field type: Numeric Trait)
band9: Width of growth band (Field type: Numeric Trait)
band10: Width of growth band (Field type: Numeric Trait)
band11: Width of growth band (Field type: Numeric Trait)
band12: Width of growth band (Field type: Numeric Trait)
band13: Width of growth band (Field type: Numeric Trait)
band14: Width of growth band (Field type: Numeric Trait)
band15: Width of growth band (Field type: Numeric Trait)
band16: Width of growth band (Field type: Numeric Trait)
band17: Width of growth band (Field type: Numeric Trait)
band18: Width of growth band (Field type: Numeric Trait)
band19: Width of growth band (Field type: Numeric Trait)
band20: Width of growth band (Field type: Numeric Trait)
band21: Width of growth band (Field type: Numeric Trait)
band22: Width of growth band (Field type: Numeric Trait)
band23: Width of growth band (Field type: Numeric Trait)
band24: Width of growth band (Field type: Numeric Trait)
total.sum: sum of all growth bands measured (Field type: Numeric Trait)
number: number of growth bands measurable in a single feather (Field type: Numeric Trait)
total.avg: average of all measured growth bands in a feather (Field type: Numeric Trait)
three.quarters: the three quarters point in a feather: a point three quarters along the distance from the tip of the calamus to the distal end of the feather vane (Field type: Numeric Trait)
ten.sum: sum of the ten (or fewer) growth bands proximal to the three quarters point (Field type: Numeric Trait)
ten.number: number of bands proximal to the three quarters point (ten maximum) (Field type: Numeric Trait)
ten.avg: average of the ten (or fewer) bands proximal to the three quarters point (Field type: Numeric Trait)
sd: standard deviation of all the bands present in a feather (Field type: Numeric Trait)
Date range: 1900-01-22 to 2018-05-30
Latitudinal extent: 4.6921 to 4.7293
Longitudinal extent: 117.4703 to 117.6201
Taxonomic coverage: All taxon names are validated against the GBIF backbone taxonomy. If a dataset uses a synonym, the accepted usage is shown followed by the dataset usage in brackets. Taxa that cannot be validated, including new species and other unknown taxa, morphospecies, functional groups and taxonomic levels not used in the GBIF backbone are shown in square brackets.
Animalia - Chordata -  - Aves -  -  - Columbiformes -  -  -  - Columbidae -  -  -  -  - Chalcophaps -  -  -  -  -  - Chalcophaps indica -  -  - Coraciiformes -  -  -  - Alcedinidae -  -  -  -  - Ceyx -  -  -  -  -  - Ceyx erithaca -  -  -  -  -  -  - Ceyx erithaca erithaca -  -  - Cuculiformes -  -  -  - Cuculidae -  -  -  -  - Cacomantis -  -  -  -  -  - Cacomantis merulinus -  -  - Passeriformes -  -  -  - Cisticolidae -  -  -  -  - Orthotomus -  -  -  -  -  - Orthotomus atrogularis -  -  -  -  -  - Orthotomus sericeus -  -  -  -  - Prinia -  -  -  -  -  - Prinia flaviventris -  -  -  - Dicaeidae -  -  -  -  - Dicaeum -  -  -  -  -  - Dicaeum trigonostigma -  -  -  -  - Prionochilus -  -  -  -  -  - Prionochilus maculatus -  -  -  -  -  - Prionochilus xanthopygius -  -  -  - Estrildidae -  -  -  -  - Lonchura -  -  -  -  -  - Lonchura atricapilla -  -  -  -  -  - Lonchura fuscans -  -  -  - Laniidae -  -  -  -  - Lanius -  -  -  -  -  - Lanius tigrinus -  -  -  - Monarchidae -  -  -  -  - Hypothymis -  -  -  -  -  - Hypothymis azurea -  -  -  -  - Rhipidura -  -  -  -  -  - Rhipidura javanica -  -  -  - Muscicapidae -  -  -  -  - Copsychus -  -  -  -  -  - Copsychus stricklandii -  -  -  -  - Cyornis -  -  -  -  -  - Cyornis caerulatus -  -  -  -  - Enicurus -  -  -  -  -  - Enicurus leschenaulti -  -  -  -  - Luscinia -  -  -  -  -  - Luscinia cyane -  -  -  -  - Rhinomyias -  -  -  -  -  - Rhinomyias umbratilis -  -  -  - Nectariniidae -  -  -  -  - Aethopyga -  -  -  -  -  - Aethopyga siparaja -  -  -  -  - Arachnothera -  -  -  -  -  - Arachnothera everetti -  -  -  -  -  - Arachnothera hypogrammicum -  -  -  -  -  - Arachnothera longirostra -  -  -  - Pellorneidae -  -  -  -  - Alcippe -  -  -  -  -  - Alcippe brunneicauda -  -  -  -  - Malacocincla -  -  -  -  -  - Malacocincla malaccensis -  -  -  -  -  - Malacocincla sepiaria -  -  -  -  - Malacopteron -  -  -  -  -  - Malacopteron affine -  -  -  -  -  - Malacopteron cinereum -  -  -  -  -  - Malacopteron magnirostre -  -  -  -  -  - Malacopteron magnum -  -  -  -  - Pellorneum -  -  -  -  -  - Pellorneum bicolor -  -  -  -  -  - Pellorneum capistratum -  -  -  - Pycnonotidae -  -  -  -  - Alophoixus -  -  -  -  -  - Alophoixus bres -  -  -  -  -  - Alophoixus phaeocephalus -  -  -  -  - Pycnonotus -  -  -  -  -  - Pycnonotus atriceps -  -  -  -  -  - Pycnonotus brunneus -  -  -  -  -  - Pycnonotus erythropthalmos -  -  -  -  -  - Pycnonotus goiavier -  -  -  -  -  - Pycnonotus simplex -  -  -  -  - Tricholestes -  -  -  -  -  - Tricholestes criniger -  -  -  - Tephrodornithidae -  -  -  -  - Philentoma -  -  -  -  -  - Philentoma pyrhoptera -  -  -  - Timaliidae -  -  -  -  - Cyanoderma -  -  -  -  -  - Cyanoderma erythropterum -  -  -  -  - Macronus -  -  -  -  -  - Macronus ptilosus -  -  -  -  - Mixornis -  -  -  -  -  - Mixornis bornensis -  -  -  -  - Pomatorhinus -  -  -  -  -  - Pomatorhinus montanus -  -  -  -  - Stachyris -  -  -  -  -  - Stachyris maculata -  -  -  -  -  - Stachyris poliocephala -  -  - Piciformes -  -  -  - Picidae -  -  -  -  - Sasia -  -  -  -  -  - Sasia abnormis