Tidy Tuesday, 2023 Week 5 🐱
#TidyTuesday Week 5, 2023: Pet Cats UK
| Week | Date | Data | Source | Article |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 2023-01-31 |
Pet Cats UK | Movebank for Animal Tracking Data | Cats on the Move |
Here is a little more information about the data:
Pet Cats UK
The data this week comes from the Movebank for Animal Tracking Data via Data is Plural. Thanks @jthomasmock for the suggestion!
Between 2013 and 2017, Roland Kays et al. convinced hundreds of volunteers in the U.S., U.K., Australia, and New Zealand to strap GPS sensors on their pet cats. The aforelinked datasets include each cat’s characteristics (such as age, sex, neuter status, hunting habits) and time-stamped GPS pings.
When using this dataset, please cite the original article.
Kays R, Dunn RR, Parsons AW, Mcdonald B, Perkins T, Powers S, Shell L, McDonald JL, Cole H, Kikillus H, Woods L, Tindle H, Roetman P (2020) The small home ranges and large local ecological impacts of pet cats. Animal Conservation. doi:10.1111/acv.12563
Additionally, please cite the Movebank data package:
McDonald JL, Cole H (2020) Data from: The small home ranges and large local ecological impacts of pet cats [United Kingdom]. Movebank Data Repository. doi:10.5441/001/1.pf315732
Additional datasets for the US, Australia, and New Zealand are also available for download, but they were too large for us to include them directly.
My plot
🐱 Pet Cats UK
