Research Group Behavioural Genetics and Evolutionary Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Eberhard-Gwinner-Str. 5, 82319, Seewiesen, Germany.
Posgrado en Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico.
Sci Data. 2020 May 20;7(1):149. doi: 10.1038/s41597-020-0490-y.
Shorebirds (part of the order Charadriiformes) have a global distribution and exhibit remarkable variation in ecological and behavioural traits that are pertinent to many core questions in the fields of evolutionary ecology and conservation biology. Shorebirds are also relatively convenient to study in the wild as they are ground nesting and often occupy open habitats that are tractable to monitor. Here we present a database documenting the reproductive ecology of 1,647 individually marked snowy plovers (Charadrius nivosus) monitored between 2006 and 2016 at Bahía de Ceuta (23°54N, 106°57W) - an important breeding site in north-western Mexico. The database encompasses various morphological, behavioural, and fitness-related traits of males and females along with spatial and temporal population dynamics. This open resource will serve as an important data repository for addressing overarching questions in avian ecology and wetland conservation during an era of big data and global collaborative science.
滨鸟（Charadriiformes 目）在全球范围内分布，并表现出在生态和行为特征方面的显著变化，这些变化与进化生态学和保护生物学领域的许多核心问题有关。滨鸟在野外也相对容易研究，因为它们是地面筑巢的，而且通常占据开放的栖息地，便于监测。在这里，我们提供了一个数据库，记录了 2006 年至 2016 年间在墨西哥西北部重要繁殖地——Ceuta 湾（23°54'N，106°57'W）监测到的 1647 只单独标记的雪雁（Charadrius nivosus）的繁殖生态学。该数据库包含了雄性和雌性的各种形态、行为和与适应度相关的特征，以及空间和时间上的种群动态。这个开放资源将成为在大数据和全球合作科学时代解决鸟类生态学和湿地保护中总体问题的重要数据存储库。
