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Lovebirds perch in building vents to cool down during hot times of year, a study of rosy-cheeked lovebirds (Agapornis roseicollis) in the Phoenix, Arizona, USA metropolitan area (2018-2019)

General Information

Data Package:
Local Identifier:	knb-lter-cap.690.1
Title:	Lovebirds perch in building vents to cool down during hot times of year, a study of rosy-cheeked lovebirds (Agapornis roseicollis) in the Phoenix, Arizona, USA metropolitan area (2018-2019)
Alternate Identifier:	DOI PLACE HOLDER
Abstract:	Extreme heat can place significant environmental and physiological pressures on animals. One means of tolerating extreme thermal conditions is to seek cool microclimates. Few empirical studies have documented use by wild animals of human-provided cool microsites as means of thermoregulating. Here we show that rosy-cheeked lovebirds in Phoenix, Arizona – the hottest city in North America – use relief air vents on the face of a building (which direct cool air outdoors when internal air-conditioning systems are on) as perching sites, and only during extremely hot times of day and year (> 45 C). Though this highlights a wasteful anthropogenic energy system (the product of an old building with outdated temperature-control technology), our results reveal how an introduced bird species (from Africa) can tolerate extreme thermal conditions in the novel environment.
Publication Date:	2021-02-27
Language:	english

Time Period

Begin:

2018-08-02

End:

2019-08-02

People and Organizations
Contact:	Information Manager (Central Arizona–Phoenix LTER) [ email ]
Creator:	McGraw, Kevin (Arizona State University)

Data Entities
Data Table Name:	690_lovebirds_2b1aa57a8fb72b55eb50d37c7d06c141.csv
Description:	observation sessions of lovebirds in building vents along with associated environmental data and time of day

Detailed Metadata

Data Entities

Data Table

Data:

https://pasta-s.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/knb-lter-cap/690/1/4743e8e03ebc353ed5da3c3c114e03c2

Name:

690_lovebirds_2b1aa57a8fb72b55eb50d37c7d06c141.csv

Description:

observation sessions of lovebirds in building vents along with associated environmental data and time of day

Number of Records:

537

Number of Columns:

Time Period

Begin:

2018-08-02

End:

2019-08-02

Table Structure

Object Name:

690_lovebirds_2b1aa57a8fb72b55eb50d37c7d06c141.csv

Size:

23846 bytes

Authentication:

2b1aa57a8fb72b55eb50d37c7d06c141 Calculated By MD5

Text Format:

Number of Header Lines:

Record Delimiter:

\r\n

Orientation:

column

Simple Delimited:

Field Delimiter:	,
Quote Character:	"

Table Column Descriptions

Column Name:

DateTime

Temp.

Abs. Humid.

CloudCov.

Wind

BuildingTraff.

Lovebirds present?

Total Lovebirds

Definition:

date and time of observation

outdoor temperature

absolute humidity calculated using online calculator from relative humidity values provided by Google

percent of cloud cover: an observer estimate to the nearest 20%

wind speed

approximation of number of humans in the nearby area, a rank estimate on a scale from 0 to 5

logical indicating whether or not lovebirds were seen perched in a vent or vents during the observation

total count of lovebirds perched in vents during an observation

Storage Type:

date

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string

float

Measurement Type:

dateTime

ratio

nominal

ratio

Measurement Values Domain:

Format	YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss
Precision

Unit	celsius
Type	natural
Min	6
Max	46

Unit	gramPerMeterCubed
Type	real
Min	1.74
Max	20.22

Unit	dimensionless
Type	whole
Min	0
Max	100

Unit	milesPerHour
Type	whole
Min	0
Max	42

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	0
Definition	rank scale 0
Source

Code Definition

Code	1
Definition	rank scale 1
Source

Code Definition

Code	2
Definition	rank scale 2
Source

Code Definition

Code	3
Definition	rank scale 3
Source

Code Definition

Code	4
Definition	rank scale 4
Source

Code Definition

Code	5
Definition	rank scale 5
Source

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	N
Definition	birds not present
Source

Code Definition

Code	Y
Definition	birds present
Source

Unit	number
Type	whole
Min	0
Max	43

Missing Value Code:

Accuracy Report:

Accuracy Assessment:

Coverage:

Methods:

Data Package Usage Rights

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Keywords

By Thesaurus:
LTER controlled vocabulary	urban, birds, climate change
LTER core areas	population studies, adapting to city life
Creator Defined Keyword Set	urban heat island, rosy-cheeked lovebirds, thermoregulation
CAPLTER Keyword Set List	cap lter, cap, caplter, central arizona phoenix long term ecological research, arizona, az, arid land

Methods and Protocols

These methods, instrumentation and/or protocols apply to all data in this dataset:

Methods and protocols used in the collection of this data package

Description:

Lovebird observations on the north building face of Life Sciences A wing were conducted three times per day (morning, early afternoon, early evening) on three randomly selected days per week. We specifically noted how many lovebirds were perched in which vents, as well as the time of day, outdoor temperature, humidity, wind speed (all obtained for the local site using Google) cloud cover (an estimate to the nearest 20%), and nearby human foot traffic (on a 0-5 integer scale, with 0 being no people other than the observer and 5 being dozens of people passing by per minute, i.e. like occurs between class periods on campus).

People and Organizations

Publishers:

Organization:

Environmental Data Initiative

Email Address:

info@environmentaldatainitiative.org

Web Address:

https://environmentaldatainitiative.org

Creators:

Individual:

Kevin McGraw

Organization:

Arizona State University

Email Address:

Kevin.McGraw@asu.edu

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5196-6620

Contacts:

Organization:

Central Arizona–Phoenix LTER

Position:

Information Manager

Address:

Arizona State University,

Global Institute of Sustainability,

Tempe, AZ 85287-5402 USA

Email Address:

caplter.data@asu.edu

Web Address:

https://sustainability.asu.edu/caplter/

Metadata Providers:

Individual:

Kevin McGraw

Organization:

Arizona State University

Email Address:

Kevin.McGraw@asu.edu

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5196-6620

Temporal, Geographic and Taxonomic Coverage

Temporal, Geographic and/or Taxonomic information that applies to all data in this dataset:

Time Period

Begin:

2018-08-02

End:

2019-08-02

Sampling Site:

Description:

ASU Tempe campus, Tempe, AZ 85287

Site Coordinates:

Longitude (degree):

-111.9332

Latitude (degree):

33.4202

Taxonomic Range:

Classification:

Rank Name:

kingdom

Rank Value:

Animalia

Common Name:

animals

Identifer:

Integrated Taxonomic Information Service (ITIS)
Info for ID: 202423 (Animalia)

Classification:

Rank Name:

subkingdom

Rank Value:

Bilateria

Identifer:

Integrated Taxonomic Information Service (ITIS)
Info for ID: 914154 (Bilateria)

Classification:

Rank Name:

infrakingdom

Rank Value:

Deuterostomia

Identifer:

Integrated Taxonomic Information Service (ITIS)
Info for ID: 914156 (Deuterostomia)

Classification:

Rank Name:

phylum

Rank Value:

Chordata

Common Name:

chordates

Identifer:

Integrated Taxonomic Information Service (ITIS)
Info for ID: 158852 (Chordata)

Classification:

Rank Name:

subphylum

Rank Value:

Vertebrata

Common Name:

vertebrates

Identifer:

Integrated Taxonomic Information Service (ITIS)
Info for ID: 331030 (Vertebrata)

Classification:

Rank Name:

infraphylum

Rank Value:

Gnathostomata

Identifer:

Integrated Taxonomic Information Service (ITIS)
Info for ID: 914179 (Gnathostomata)

Classification:

Rank Name:

superclass

Rank Value:

Tetrapoda

Identifer:

Integrated Taxonomic Information Service (ITIS)
Info for ID: 914181 (Tetrapoda)

Classification:

Rank Name:

class

Rank Value:

Aves

Common Name:

Birds

Identifer:

Integrated Taxonomic Information Service (ITIS)
Info for ID: 174371 (Aves)

Classification:

Rank Name:

order

Rank Value:

Psittaciformes

Common Name:

Parrots

Identifer:

Integrated Taxonomic Information Service (ITIS)
Info for ID: 177404 (Psittaciformes)

Classification:

Rank Name:

family

Rank Value:

Psittacidae

Common Name:

Cockatoos

Common Name:

Lories

Common Name:

Macaws

Common Name:

Parrots

Identifer:

Integrated Taxonomic Information Service (ITIS)
Info for ID: 177405 (Psittacidae)

Classification:

Rank Name:

subfamily

Rank Value:

Psittacinae

Identifer:

Integrated Taxonomic Information Service (ITIS)
Info for ID: 714007 (Psittacinae)

Classification:

Rank Name:

genus

Rank Value:

Agapornis

Identifer:

Integrated Taxonomic Information Service (ITIS)
Info for ID: 177619 (Agapornis)

Classification:

Rank Name:	species
Rank Value:	Agapornis roseicollis
Common Name:	Rosy-faced Lovebird
Identifer:	Integrated Taxonomic Information Service (ITIS) Info for ID: 177626 (Agapornis roseicollis)

Temporal, Geographic and/or Taxonomic information that applies to Data Table: 690_lovebirds_2b1aa57a8fb72b55eb50d37c7d06c141.csv

Time Period

Begin:

2018-08-02

End:

2019-08-02

Project

Parent Project Information:

Title:

Central Arizona–Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research Project

Personnel:

Individual:

Daniel Childers

Organization:

Arizona State University

Email Address:

dan.childers@asu.edu

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3904-0803

Role:

Principal Investigator

Individual:

Nancy Grimm

Organization:

Arizona State University

Email Address:

nbgrimm@asu.edu

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9374-660X

Role:

Co-principal Investigator

Individual:

Sharon Hall

Organization:

Arizona State University

Email Address:

sharonjhall@asu.edu

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8859-6691

Role:

Co-principal Investigator

Individual:

Billie Turner II

Organization:

Arizona State University

Email Address:

Billie.L.Turner@asu.edu

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6507-521X

Role:

Co-principal Investigator

Individual:

Abigail York

Organization:

Arizona State University

Email Address:

Abigail.York@asu.edu

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2313-9262

Role:

Co-principal Investigator

Abstract:

Phase IV of the Central Arizona-Phoenix LTER (CAP) continues to focus on the question: How do the ecosystem services provided by urban ecological infrastructure (UEI) affect human outcomes and behavior, and how do human actions affect patterns of urban ecosystem structure and function and, ultimately, urban sustainability and resilience? The overarching goal is to foster social-ecological urban research aimed at understanding these complex systems using a holistic, ecology of cities perspective while contributing to an ecology for cities that enhances urban sustainability and resilience. This goal is being met through four broad programmatic objectives: (1) use long-term observations and datasets to articulate and answer new questions requiring a long-term perspective; (2) develop and use predictive models and future-looking scenarios to help answer research questions; (3) employ existing urban ecological theory while articulating new theory; and (4) build transdisciplinary partnerships to foster resilience and enhance sustainability in urban ecosystems while educating urban dwellers of all ages and experiences. CAP IV research is organized around eight interdisciplinary questions and ten long-term datasets and experiments, and researchers are organized into eight Interdisciplinary Research Themes to pursue these long-term research questions.

Funding:

NSF Awards: CAP I: DEB-9714833, CAP II: DEB-0423704, CAP III: DEB-1026865, CAP IV: DEB-1832016

Additional Award Information:

Funder:

National Science Foundation

Funder ID:

https://ror.org/021nxhr62

Number:

1832016

Title:

LTER: CAP IV - Investigating urban ecology and sustainability through the lens of Urban Ecological Infrastructure

URL:

https://nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1832016&HistoricalAwards=false

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Lovebirds perch in building vents to cool down during hot times of year, a study of rosy-cheeked lovebirds (Agapornis roseicollis) in the Phoenix, Arizona, USA metropolitan area (2018-2019)

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