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    Elk Migration Lines - Egg Lake - 2001-2002, 2017-2020 [ds2907]

    Metadata Updated: July 24, 2025

    The project leads for the collection of this data were Erin Zulliger and Richard Shinn. Elk (6 adult females, 3 juvenile males, and 2 juvenile females) were captured in 2017 and equipped with Lotek satellite GPS collars or VHF tags, transmitting data from 2017-2020. Additional GPS data was collected from elk (6 females) in 2001-2002 and included in the analysis to supplement the small sample size of the 2017-2020 dataset. The Egg Lake elk herd migrates from a winter range surrounding Egg Lake in Modoc County, California eastward into Siskiyou County for the summer. GPS locations were fixed at 4-hour intervals in the 2017-2020 dataset and 3 to 8-hour intervals in the 2001-2002 dataset. Migration lines as symbolized connect GPS data points per elk per seasonal migration. GPS points were extracted only during migrations using net-squared displacement graphs. Nine migration sequences from 5 elk, with an average migration time of 6.78 days and an average migration distance of 26.83 km, were used from the 2000-2001 dataset. Fourteen migration sequences from 6 elk, with an average migration time of 7.79 days and an average migration distance of 42.40 km, were used from the 2017-2020 dataset.

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    Metadata Created Date July 24, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date July 24, 2025

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    Harvested from State of California

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date July 24, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date July 24, 2025
    Publisher California Department of Fish and Wildlife
    Maintainer
    Identifier c2d1e7de-41a1-42f5-827c-eabdf68b6c30
    Data First Published 2022-09-26T20:04:24.000Z
    Data Last Modified 2025-07-21T21:40:53.144Z
    Category Natural Resources
    Public Access Level public
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    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Datagov Dedupe Retained 20250724164837
    Harvest Object Id 13acfb0a-c91a-410e-84ea-336c9f350b1a
    Harvest Source Id 3ba8a0c1-5dc2-4897-940f-81922d3cf8bc
    Harvest Source Title State of California
    License http://www.opendefinition.org/licenses/cc-by
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash a75e0cecc31e9e236161d7a5bd557b314a48e7a55776cd3bb9ceaa4d578ea85e
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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