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    <title>Field study of bird breeding ecology at Northeast Pennsylvania, United States from 1987 to 2009.</title>
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      <individualName>
        <givenName>Robert</givenName>
        <surName>Smith</surName>
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      <organizationName>University of Scranton</organizationName>
      <address>
        <city>Scranton</city>
        <postalCode>18510</postalCode>
        <country>United States</country>
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      <electronicMailAddress>robert.smith@scranton.edu</electronicMailAddress>
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    <pubDate>2025-07-22</pubDate>
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      <para>This work is licensed under 'By Attribution' license of SPI-Birds. This license allows Data Users to distribute, adapt, and build upon the data in any medium or format, so long as attribution is given to the Data Custodian. Attribution entails that the Data user must give appropriate credit (as described in SPI-Birds Terms of Use &amp; Data Access Policy (https://github.com/SPI-Birds/documentation/blob/master/terms_and_conditions/SPI-Birds_Terms-of-Use.pdf), and indicate if any changes were made. See https://github.com/SPI-Birds/documentation/blob/master/terms_and_conditions/SPI_Birds_Data_Licenses.pdf for term definition and more info.</para>
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        <geographicDescription>Northeast Pennsylvania, United States</geographicDescription>
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          <beginDate>
            <calendarDate>1987</calendarDate>
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      <description>
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      <maintenanceUpdateFrequency>unknown</maintenanceUpdateFrequency>
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    <contact>
      <references>creator-1</references>
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      <methodStep>
        <description>
          <para>Tagging</para>
          <para>Birds were fitted with tags (i.e., metal leg ring) to monitor the development and life histories of individuals.</para>
        </description>
      </methodStep>
      <methodStep>
        <description>
          <para>Brood data</para>
          <para>Nests were visited regularly to collect breeding ecology variables (i.e., brood size, clutch size, fledge date, hatch date, lay date).</para>
          <para>Other brood-level data collected/additional details supplied by the metadata provider: assorted nest locational data.</para>
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      <methodStep>
        <description>
          <para>Individual data</para>
          <para>The following individual-level data were collected: size (weight, wing, tarsus, etc.).</para>
          <para>Other individual-level data collected/additional details supplied by the metadata provider: blood samples collected for parentage study.</para>
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      <methodStep>
        <description>
          <para>Genetic data</para>
          <para>The following samples were taken for genetic analysis: blood.</para>
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      <methodStep>
        <description>
          <para>Environmental data</para>
          <para>The following biotic variables were collected: vegetation.</para>
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      <methodStep>
        <description>
          <para>Other activities</para>
          <para>The following activities were undertaken: monitoring second broods.</para>
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      <title>Field study of bird breeding ecology at Northeast Pennsylvania, United States from 1987 to 2009.</title>
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        <references>creator-1</references>
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      <funding>
        <para>The University of Scranton</para>
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          <descriptorValue name_or_id="F3">Temperate and mediterranean-montane scrub</descriptorValue>
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          <descriptorValue name_or_id="F3.1">Temperate thickets and scrub</descriptorValue>
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          <descriptorValue name_or_id="surface area">35 ha</descriptorValue>
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      <designDescription>
        <description>
          <para>Information related to (major) changes to the study site, supplied by the metadata provider: Secondary successional changes from old field</para>
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    <referencePublication>
      <bibtex> @article{Smith_2020, title={Arrival timing and the influence of weather experienced during the nonbreeding and breeding periods on correlates of reproductive success in female field sparrows (Spizella pusilla) breeding in northeastern Pennsylvania, USA}, volume={64}, ISSN={1432-1254}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00484-020-01905-0}, DOI={10.1007/s00484-020-01905-0}, number={8}, journal={International Journal of Biometeorology}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Smith, Robert J. and Hatch, Margret I. and Carey, Michael}, year={2020}, month=Apr, pages={1285–1293} }
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