Description

A data frame containing giant panda location data

Usage

Format

A data frame with 147 observations on the following 4 variables.

time

Elapsed time in minutes

x

x-coordinate (UTM easting in meters)

y

y-coordinate (UTM northing in meters)

z

z-coordinate (height above sea level in meters)

Details

GPS location data acquired from a wild giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) tracked by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and San Diego Zoo Global in Foping National Nature Reserve, China during August 2008 (Zhang et. al. 2012).

Source

Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) biotelemetry data was collected by Fuwen Wei and others of the Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Science, People's Republic of China in collaboration with the San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research. Giant panda research was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31230011), Wildlife Experimental Platform of Chinese Academy of Sciences, and San Diego Zoo Global.

References

Zhang, Z., Sheppard, J.K., Swaisgood, R.R., Wang, G., Nie, Y., Wei, W., Zhao, N. & Wei, F. (2014). Ecological Scale and Seasonal Heterogeneity in the Spatial Behaviors of Giant Pandas. Integrative Zoology, 9: 46-60.

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