Home Range and Movement Metric Data of Resident and Translocated Giant Gartersnakes (Thamnophis gigas) in Sacramento, CA, USA, in 2018 to 2021

The dataset consists of two csv files one for home range and net displacement analysis for adult snakes with at least 20 locations collected during the study period and one for the analysis of movement metrics for all adult snakes in the study. The home range data contains the calculated 100 percent and 95 percent minimum convex polygons (MCP) and 95 percent adaptive local convex hull (a-LoCoH) home range estimates, 3 measures of net displacement from the release location of the snake as well as other pertinent information about individual snakes (year included in study, id, treatment group, site, snout to vent length (SVL)). The movement data contains calculations of the following movement metrics: sinuosity, start-to-end distance, and total distance traversed of seasonal movement paths as well as information about individual snakes described above.

These data support the following publication:
Nguyen, A.M., Halstead, B.J. and Todd, B.D., 2024. Effect of translocation on home range and movements of giant gartersnakes. Global Ecology and Conservation, 49, p.e02789. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2023.e02789.