Field,Requirement,Description,Example Value
EVENT CORE FIELDS,,,
eventID,REQUIRED,Unique session identifier,KABR-2023:13_01_23_session_1
parentEventID,REQUIRED,Link to project event,KABR-2023
eventType,REQUIRED,Type of event,drone survey
eventDate,REQUIRED,ISO 8601 date,2023-01-13
eventTime,RECOMMENDED,Start time (local),10:19:23
endTime,RECOMMENDED,End time,10:48:03
year,DERIVED,From eventDate,2023
month,DERIVED,From eventDate,1
day,DERIVED,From eventDate,13
samplingProtocol,REQUIRED,Method description,Aerial drone video survey using DJI Mavic Air 2
sampleSizeValue,RECOMMENDED,Duration,28.67
sampleSizeUnit,RECOMMENDED,Unit for duration,minutes
samplingEffort,OPTIONAL,Additional effort info,3 video segments
locationID,REQUIRED,Location identifier,MPALA-KENYA
locality,REQUIRED,Location name,Mpala Research Centre
country,REQUIRED,,Kenya
countryCode,REQUIRED,ISO 3166-1,KE
decimalLatitude,REQUIRED,WGS84 centroid,0.2833
decimalLongitude,REQUIRED,WGS84 centroid,36.8833
geodeticDatum,REQUIRED,,WGS84
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters,RECOMMENDED,Flight area radius,500
habitat,RECOMMENDED,Habitat description,Open savanna grassland; Bitterlich score: 2
eventRemarks,OPTIONAL,Field notes, weather,Light cloud, light wind. Adult male and female Plains
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HUMBOLDT EXTENSION FIELDS,,,
eco:inventoryTypes,REQUIRED,Type of inventory,restrictedSearch
eco:protocolNames,REQUIRED,Protocol name,KABR Drone Video Survey Protocol
eco:protocolDescriptions,RECOMMENDED,Protocol details,Drone follows focal group at 20-50m altitude
eco:protocolReferences,OPTIONAL,DOI/URL to protocol,arXiv:2510.02030
eco:isAbundanceReported,REQUIRED,Count data included?,true
eco:isAbundanceCapReported,REQUIRED,Max count capped?,false
eco:abundanceUnit,CONDITIONAL,If abundance reported,individuals
eco:isVegetationCoverReported,REQUIRED,,true
eco:vegetationCoverUnit,CONDITIONAL,Bitterlich method,Bitterlich score (0-10 scale)
eco:isTaxonCompletenessReported,REQUIRED,All taxa documented?,true
eco:taxonCompletenessProtocols,CONDITIONAL,How determined,Visual review of all video frames
eco:isAbsenceReported,REQUIRED,Absence data?,false
eco:hasNonTargetTaxa,REQUIRED,Other species present?,true
eco:nonTargetTaxa,CONDITIONAL,If hasNonTargetTaxa=true,Struthio camelus | Giraffa reticulata (background)
eco:targetTaxonomicScope,REQUIRED,Target taxa,Equus quagga | Equus grevyi | Giraffa reticulata
eco:excludedTaxonomicScope,OPTIONAL,Excluded taxa,
eco:samplingPerformedBy,RECOMMENDED,Observer names,Jenna Kline, Michelle Ramirez, Sam Stevens, Reshma Ramesh Babu, Jackson Miliko, Isla Duporge, Neil Rosser, Tanya Berger-Wolf, Daniel Rubenstein
eco:siteCount,RECOMMENDED,Number of distinct sites,1
eco:siteNestingDescription,OPTIONAL,How sites nested,Single focal group follow
eco:verbatimSiteDescriptions,OPTIONAL,Site descriptions,Near dam, Top Spray area
eco:geospatialScopeAreaValue,OPTIONAL,Area surveyed,
eco:geospatialScopeAreaUnit,OPTIONAL,,square meters
eco:totalAreaSampledValue,OPTIONAL,Actual area covered,
eco:totalAreaSampledUnit,OPTIONAL,,square meters
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FAIR EXTENSION FIELDS,,,
videoID,REQUIRED,Unique video identifier,DJI_0001
telemetryFileName,RECOMMENDED,Telemetry file name,AirData_DJI_0001.txt