Boundaries of Adelie penguin breeding colonies at numerous breeding sites across east Antarctica

The dataset contains boundaries of Adelie penguin breeding colonies at numerous breeding sites across east Antarctica. The boundary data were obtained using a range of methods which are detailed in separate spatial group-season accounts.

The database of potential Adelie penguin breeding habitat in Southwell et al. (2016a) was used to associate colony boundaries to a particular breeding site and structure how the boundaries are stored. The breeding site database has a unique identifying code of every site of potential breeding habitat in East Antarctica, and the sites are aggregated into spatial sub-groups and then spatial groups. The file structure in which the boundaries are stored has a combination of 'group' and 'split-year breeding season' at the top level (eg VES 2015-16 contains all boundaries in spatial group VES (Vestfold Hills and islands) taken in the 2015-16 breeding season). Within each group-year folder are sub-folders for each breeding site where photos were taken (eg IS_72276 is Gardner Island in the VES group).

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本数据集涵盖了南极东部众多繁殖点的阿德利企鹅（Adelie penguin）繁殖群落边界。该边界数据通过多种方法获取，相关细节已在单独的空间组-季节报告中予以说明。
本数据集采用Southwell等人（2016a）构建的阿德利企鹅潜在繁殖栖息地数据库，将群落边界匹配至对应繁殖点，并规范了边界数据的存储结构。该繁殖点数据库为南极东部所有潜在繁殖栖息地分配了唯一标识码，并将所有繁殖点先聚合为空间子群组，再进一步整合为空间群组。
边界数据的顶层文件结构由「空间群组」与「跨年繁殖季」组合而成（例如，VES 2015-16 文件夹包含空间群组VES（韦斯特福尔丘陵及岛屿）在2015-2016繁殖季获取的所有群落边界）。每个群组-年份文件夹下均设有对应拍摄照片的繁殖点子文件夹（例如，IS_72276 代表VES群组中的加德纳岛）。
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