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Recordings of the discovery of novel food patches in common woodland birds in Wytham Woods, Oxfordshire, UK 2021
This dataset contains information about the recordings of great tits, blue tits, marsh tits and nuthatches discovering novel food patches in relation to manipulated local population densities (see 1a4dcbb3-c4fb-4bd4-acb3-d03932de9323). Prior to and during the density manipulation experiment, novel feeders were placed at random locations and the discovery of these was recorded using a Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) tag attached to each bird and the information recorded using a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) antenna within the feeder. The experiment took place in Wytham Woods, Oxfordshire, UK between January and March 2021, as part of a study on the effects of ecological factors on social structure and information transmission. Data collection was performed by Keith McMahon, Sam Croft and Kristina Beck. The work was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council (Grant NE/S010335/1), The ecology of behavioural contagion in natural systems. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/e250ae89-2e1f-4664-9092-5a8593d50fdf
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- Date (Publication)
- 2022-03-07
- Citation identifier
- https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/e250ae89-2e1f-4664-9092-5a8593d50fdf
- Citation identifier
- doi: / 10.5285/e250ae89-2e1f-4664-9092-5a8593d50fdf
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Beck, K.B., Firth, J.A., McMahon, K., Croft, S., Cole, E.F., Sheldon, B. (2022). Recordings of the discovery of novel food patches in common woodland birds in Wytham Woods, Oxfordshire, UK 2021. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/e250ae89-2e1f-4664-9092-5a8593d50fdf
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role University of Oxford Sheldon, B. Point of contact University of Oxford Beck, K.B. Author University of Oxford Firth, J.A. Author University of Oxford McMahon, K.
Author University of Oxford Croft, S.
Author University of Oxford Cole, E.F. Author University of Oxford Sheldon, B. Author NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Publisher NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Custodian University of Oxford Owner
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Environmental Monitoring Facilities
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GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3
- Keywords
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- Animal behaviour
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patch discovery
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- no limitations
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Beck, K.B., Firth, J.A., McMahon, K., Croft, S., Cole, E.F., Sheldon, B. (2022). Recordings of the discovery of novel food patches in common woodland birds in Wytham Woods, Oxfordshire, UK 2021. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/e250ae89-2e1f-4664-9092-5a8593d50fdf
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- Text, table
- Language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
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- Biota
- Begin date
- 2020-04-01
- End date
- 2021-06-30
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Name Version Comma-separated values (CSV)
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/e250ae89-2e1f-4664-9092-5a8593d50fdf Download the data
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/e250ae89-2e1f-4664-9092-5a8593d50fdf.zip Supporting information
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dataset
Conformance result
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Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
- Statement
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Automated bird feeders were used to collect the described data. Each of the feeders had one access hole with a clear flap and an inbuilt Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) antenna within the perch. All birds equipped with a Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) tag that landed on the perch were recorded, and the time and date of visits stored on a secure digital (SD) card. Feeders were visited every two to three days, to refill food, check feeder performance and collect data. For the final dataset, erroneous recordings (e.g. entries with a wrong date or tag number) were removed. Data are provided as comma separated value file for deposit into the EIDC.
Metadata
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- e250ae89-2e1f-4664-9092-5a8593d50fdf XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- 8859 Part 1
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- Dataset
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dataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-11-13T16:18:22
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
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2.3
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Point of contact
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