[Babase] Collar Check Data
Niki Learn
nlearn at princeton.edu
Tue May 5 13:44:16 EDT 2009
Greetings,
Due to ambiguity about how the data should be entered, collar check data for
2008 was not entered into babase in any form. This included situations in
which the GPS and VHF collars were physically checked by the field team.
This includes other group demography notes in which the team checked on
collared individuals when they came across a nonstudy group. If a table
specifically designed to list collar checks were to be incorporated in
future, we did not want to have repeated data entered, so these data were
marked but not incorporated in the 2008 updates.
At the database managers meeting on 2 May, we discussed this situation and
what elements of these data need to be entered into babase. We decided that
collar condition does not need to be entered into babase. If collars were
checked by remote signaling to verify that they were working, this does not
need to be entered into babase. However, if the team encountered collared
baboons in the field and checked on them physically, this should appear in
the census data. Thus any collared baboons the team encounters in the
field, and which appear as collar checks in the other group notes, will be
entered into babase as demography notes in order to capture the census data.
A list of such notes will be compiled for 2008 and the data included in the
next demography update.
Thanks,
Niki
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