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Problem with AvianDietDatabase_nonNorthAmerica File #126

Open emcgeady2020 opened 4 years ago

emcgeady2020 commented 4 years ago

The last prey item listed for each bird species in the non north america file is frequently offset to the next bird species in the diet database. For example, the last prey item listed for Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle (Blarina brevicauda) in the non North America file, is offset to the Broad-winged Hawk in the diet database. It is likely that there was a problem copying from the diet database to the non North America file, and likely the diet database is accurate as the non-north america file has different studies referenced under one species. For example, Bosakowski, T. and D. G. Smith. 1992. is referenced for the Black-Chested Buzzard-Eagle for its last prey item whereas all other prey items are referenced with Jaksic, F. M., H. W. Greene, and J. L. Yanez. 1981. The amount of entries for species is consistent across both files so it is likely that some data was not accurately copied over to the non North America file.