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Konza Prairie Bison Herd Information, Konza Prairie Biological Station LTER
Description
The purpose of this study is to monitor long-term changes in individual animal mass. The datasets include an annual summary of the bison herd structure, end-of-season weights of individual animals, and maternal parentage of individual bison.
Usage
knz_bison
Format
A tibble with 8,325 rows and 9 columns:
- data_code
a character denoting the dataset code
- rec_year
a number denoting the year of observation
- rec_month
a number denoting the month of observation
- rec_day
a number denoting the day of observation
- animal_code
a character denoting the unique individual bison identification code based on ear tag number
- animal_sex
a character denoting the sex of bison: M = male, F = female, U = unknown
- animal_weight
a number denoting bison weight in pounds
- animal_yob
a number denoting the year animal was born
Source
EBlair, J. 2021. CBH01 Konza Prairie bison herd information ver 12. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/9c641b35695abc5889edd64c3950517f (Accessed 2021-05-10). doi:10.6073/pasta/9c641b35695abc5889edd64c3950517f