APLORI Bird Ringing Data from Cross River State, Nigeria

Data Records

The data in this sampling event resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 71 records.

2 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.

This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.

Versions

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Barshep Y, Ivande S, Okposio E, Danmallam B A (2022): APLORI Bird Ringing Data from Cross River State, Nigeria. v1.2. A.P. Leventis Ornithological Research Institute (APLORI). Dataset/Samplingevent. https://ipt-nigeria.gbif.fr/resource?r=aplori_bird_ringing&v=1.2

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is A.P. Leventis Ornithological Research Institute (APLORI). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 89d49375-018a-4c3c-abd6-799a48387810.  A.P. Leventis Ornithological Research Institute (APLORI) publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Nigeria.

Keywords

APLORI; Ringing; Birds; Forest; Ornithological importance; Nigeria; Eden.

Contacts

Geographic Coverage

This dataset covers Becheve in Cross River State, Nigeria.

Taxonomic Coverage

All birds were identified to species level

Temporal Coverage

Project Data

The study area is a low-land forest with an elevation of about 130 m. The area is bounded on the eastern side by the Obudu Plateau in south-east Nigeria (South West [6.438183, 8.924245], North East [6.678505, 9.168897]). As at the time of this survey, most of the forest was intact. However, timber extract was carried out in some parts of the forest. The mist-netting survey lasted between 10th of September 2005 and 16th of March 2016. A total of 2086 individuals of 93 species of birds were recorded.

The personnel involved in the project:

Sampling Methods

Mist nets were mounted randomly within Becheve community of Cross River State of Nigeria. The nets were opened at 0600 and closed at 1000. Net rounds were carried out every 30 minutes after the nets were opened. Captured birds were ringed following the South African Ringing Scheme. Birds were identified to species level, aged, sexed and morphometrics were taken (wing length, weight, pectoral muscle score, fat score, brood patch, moult). The data were formatted according to the Darwin Core Standard before publishing through the IPT account at the A.P. Leventis Ornithological Research Institute (APLORI).

Method step description:

1. Mist nets were mounted randomly within Becheve community of Cross River State of Nigeria.
2. The nets were opened at 0600 and closed at 1000. Net rounds were carried out every 30 minutes after the nets were opened.
3. Captured birds were ringed following the South African Ringing Scheme.
4. Birds were identified to species level, aged, sexed and morphometrics were taken (wing length, weight, pectoral muscle score, fat score, brood patch, moult).
5. The data were formatted according to the Darwin Core Standard before publishing through the IPT account at the A.P. Leventis Ornithological Research Institute (APLORI).

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