Avian body size and life history

Taxonomic Group	Birds
Level of Organization	Species
Scale	Global
Data Type	Compilation
Accessibility	Publicly available, EcoData Retriever ready
Data Retriever	Yes
Georeferenced	No

This dataset compares avian body sizes with mating characteristics for 3769 species.

Dataset Location: Ecological Archives

Site Location: Western Palearctic, North America, Africa, Austrailia, New Zealand, Antarctica**
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Sites Georeferenced: No**
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Methods: Data was gathered from major ornithologial handbooks, suplemented by authors personal data. Behavioral scores are described within the metadata. Mean trait values are presented.**
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Data Collected: body mass; wing, tarsus, bill, & tail length; egg & clutch size; mating system; sexual display agility; intersexual resource division 

Citation: Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605.

Best practices: Taxonomy follows Monroe and Sibley (1997). Error code for missing data is -999. Additional authentication procedures described in metadata.

Additional considerations:  p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; } Due to the species level qualities of the data, these data might not be suitable for use in answering population or site-specific questions.

 

Available via EcoData Retriever: Yes