Use of anthropogenic landscapes in a wild Columba livia (Rock Dove) population
Data files
Oct 06, 2024 version files 652.09 KB
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gps_analysis_revised.R
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gps_data_code.R
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gps_dataset.csv
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README.md
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Abstract
Despite the role of many domestic animals as model organisms, our understanding of their undomesticated conspecifics is comparatively poor. This limits our ability to infer the eco-evolutionary context of phenomena studied in the laboratory, and to explore domestication. The domestic pigeon’s (Columba livia) wild form is the Rock Dove. By studying five GPS-tagged Rock Doves in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides, we present the first individual-level assessment of undomesticated Rock Dove movements, revealing extensive use of anthropogenic habitats in both a roosting and foraging context. This association with humans provides tantalising opportunities for research into the predomestication human-pigeon relationship. More generally, this work highlights the value of researching laboratory model species in nature.
https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.pvmcvdnvq
Description of the data and file structure
GPS data collected from NANO tags attached to five wild Rock Doves (Columba livia) in the Outer Hebrides.
Files and variables
File: gps_data_code.R
Description: Code for processing of raw GPS data.
File: gps_analysis_revised.R
Description: Code for analysis which are described in the paper.
File: gps_dataset.csv
Description: Dataset of GPS fixes.
Variables
- name: Dove ID
- date: date of GPS fix
- time: time of GPS fix in Warsaw time
- lon: longitude of GPS fix (degrees)
- lat: latitude of GPS fix (degrees)
- alt: altitude of tag (metres)
- alt(ellipsoid): alternative estimate of altitude of tag (metres)
- speed: estimated tag speed (m/s)
- course: angular course of movement
- satused: number of satellites used
- posmode: positional mode
- horaccuracy: horizontal accuracy of the GPS fix
- veraccuracy: vertical accuracy of the GPS fix
- hdop: horizontal DOP estimate
- vdop: vertical DOP estimate
- temp: temperature (degrees celsius)
- lightint: tag light intensity estimate (lumen)
Code/software
R or Microsoft Excel can be used to open the data file.
Access information
Other publicly accessible locations of the data: https://github.com/jezierskim/rock-dove-gps
We tracked five Rock Doves (Columba livia) using NANO GPS tags programmed to transmit every two hours (or, if solar charging levels allowed, more regularly). For data processing, please see file gps_data_code.R.