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Data supporting "Satellite-tracked movements of juvenile Great Egrets (Ardea alba) and Plumed Egrets (Ardea plumifera) from the Macquarie Marshes, Murray-Darling Basin, Australia" in Pacific Conservation Biology (2025)

Created 21/09/2025

Updated 21/09/2025

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The data and files in these directories underpin analyses of telemetry data for two Australian waterbird species. The goal is to understand the movement strategies of these species across their life cycles in order to assist effective management. Many waterbirds are highly mobile at a range of spatial and temporal scales, which makes monitoring challenging when using traditional methods such as on-ground surveys or leg-banding. In this analysis, we used a GPS satellite telemetry dataset of 18 juveniles to investigate the movement patterns of Great and Plumed Egrets captured at the Macquarie Marshes (NSW). The study analysed dispersal movements, including timing, directions, distances, and stopover sites, as well as post-dispersal daily movement timing and distances travelled between roosts and foraging sites. This research is led by CSIRO as part of the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder's Monitoring, Evaluation and Research Program (Flow-MER). It builds on and incorporates satellite tracking of straw-necked ibis, Australian white ibis and royal spoonbills conducted by CSIRO between 2016–19 as part of the Environmental Water Knowledge and Research (EWKR) Waterbird Theme. The EWKR research identified a need for additional satellite tracking of species dependent on water to feed (such as spoonbills and egrets), not just to breed (such as ibis), and for tracking of the movements of birds from additional important sites across the Basin. The dataset in this collection consists of supporting code and files for manuscript "Satellite-tracked movements of juvenile Great Egrets (Ardea alba) and Plumed Egrets (Ardea plumifera) from the Macquarie Marshes, Murray-Darling Basin, Australia" published in Pacific Conservation Biology (2025). The dataset contains mp4 video files of animations of the movement paths of three tracked egrets, and code and associated figures that show the post-dispersal movement and resting behaviour of tracked egrets. Refer to the readme file for further information about the files.

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Title Data supporting "Satellite-tracked movements of juvenile Great Egrets (Ardea alba) and Plumed Egrets (Ardea plumifera) from the Macquarie Marshes, Murray-Darling Basin, Australia" in Pacific Conservation Biology (2025)
Language English
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/07fe9dc7-d24c-509c-8e64-7080a9c0eb45
Contact Point
CSIRO Data Access Portal
CSIROEnquiries@csiro.au
Reference Period 01/01/2000
Geospatial Coverage Australia
Data Portal CSIRO DAP

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on CSIRO DAP "Data supporting "Satellite-tracked movements of juvenile Great Egrets (Ardea alba) and Plumed Egrets (Ardea plumifera) from the Macquarie Marshes, Murray-Darling Basin, Australia" in Pacific Conservation Biology (2025)". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://data.csiro.au/collection/csiro:65623