Outline of Measurements Taken for Birds Banded in Kamchatka and Discussion of Data Base Used to Make Results Widely Available

Abstract

Japan-Russia cooperative banding research was conducted in Kamchatka by the Japanese Bird Banding Association, during the post-breeding and autumn migration periods (mid-August to mid-September) for three years (1998 to 2000). A total of 5,744 birds of 47 species were captured, and weight and measurements were recorded for 3,840. It is important that this sort of data is shared among a large number of researchers participating in cooperative studies. Construction of a data base is one way to make the results widely available. This report provides an outline of the measurement data (mean ± S.D.) obtained in the cooperative banding research. The structure of the data base is also explained, along with a discussion of how the data base proved useful and how similar data bases might be improved in future research projects.