Data and code for: Parturition timing and the pre- and post-partum behaviour of female moose assessed using animal-borne video and movement-based approaches

Limited information on moose calving behaviour, including parturition timing, cow-calf interactions, and pre- and post-partum movement patterns hinder our ability to define calving phenology and habitat use. GPS-collars were deployed on 89 female moose over five years, including 8 collars equipped with animal-borne video and environmental data (AVED) collection systems, across northern Quebec regions. We first assessed the accuracy and precision of six movement-based methods typically used to infer calving dates of moose and other ungulates, by comparing calving dates estimated from GPS-collar movement patterns to AVED video observations of calves and calving. Comparisons of 8 females during 12 calving seasons identified three of the six movement-based methods to be both accurate and precise and we used these three movement-based methods to estimate parturition dates for the larger sample of female moose equipped with GPS ..., , # Parturition timing and the Pre- and post-partum behaviour of female Moose assessed using animal-borne video and movement-based approaches: Data & code

Dataset DOI: [10.5061/dryad.cjsxksnmh](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.cjsxksnmh)

We conducted research on moose parturition timing and pre- and post-partum behaviour of female moose. GPS-collars were deployed on female moose, including collars equipped with animal-borne video and environmental data (AVED) collection systems. We first assessed the accuracy and precision of six movement-based methods typically used to infer calving dates of moose and other ungulates, by comparing calving dates estimated from GPS-collar movement patterns to AVED video observations of calves and calving. We also classified videos from AVEDs, analysed pre- and post-partum movement patterns of female moose and analysed the variation of parturition dates between female moose. The following files, code and data information accompany the research we conducted....,