USGS Alaska Science Center Wildlife Tracking Data Collection

Understanding the short- and long-distance movements of wildlife is critical for a wide variety of ecological research studies and management decisions. Since the mid-1980s, the USGS Alaska Science Center has collected data from wildlife tracking devices to: determine locations of animals throughout their annual cycles, understand patterns of habitat use, quantify time spent on various behaviors, determine timing of life cycle events, and identify geographic areas repeatedly used by wildlife that may be of significance to other species and populations.

  These datasets are a collection of the USGS Alaska Science Center wildlife tracking data arranged by species or closely allied species groups. Details of tracking projects, devices, methods, and data can be found within each species directory.

Data and Resources

Field Value
accessLevel public
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identifier USGS:ASC219
metadata_type geospatial
modified 20201125
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publisher U.S. Geological Survey
publisher_hierarchy Department of the Interior > U.S. Geological Survey
resource-type Dataset
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Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
  • amerigeo
  • amerigeoss
  • animal-tracking
  • animals-vertebrates
  • argos
  • biota
  • birds
  • breeding-area
  • breeding-sites
  • central-flyway
  • ckan
  • distribution
  • east-asia-flyway
  • environment
  • geo
  • geoss
  • gps
  • mammals
  • migration-organisms
  • migratory-birds
  • migratory-rates-routes
  • migratory-species
  • national
  • north-america
  • overwintering
  • pacific-americas-flyway
  • platform-transmitter-terminal
  • ptt
  • satellite-transmitter
  • seasonal-distribution
  • seasonal-movement
  • species-life-history
  • staging-area
  • tagging-devices
  • telemetry
  • tracking-equipment
  • united-states
  • usgs-asc219
  • wildlife
  • wintering-area
isopen False
license_id notspecified
license_title License not specified
maintainer U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center
maintainer_email ascweb@usgs.gov
metadata_created 2025-11-21T17:59:10.600847
metadata_modified 2025-11-21T17:59:10.600851
notes Understanding the short- and long-distance movements of wildlife is critical for a wide variety of ecological research studies and management decisions. Since the mid-1980s, the USGS Alaska Science Center has collected data from wildlife tracking devices to: determine locations of animals throughout their annual cycles, understand patterns of habitat use, quantify time spent on various behaviors, determine timing of life cycle events, and identify geographic areas repeatedly used by wildlife that may be of significance to other species and populations. These datasets are a collection of the USGS Alaska Science Center wildlife tracking data arranged by species or closely allied species groups. Details of tracking projects, devices, methods, and data can be found within each species directory.
num_resources 2
num_tags 40
title USGS Alaska Science Center Wildlife Tracking Data Collection