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  "fields": [{"id":"_id","type":"int"},{"id":"Worksheet","type":"text"},{"id":"WS_Description","type":"text"},{"id":"Field","type":"text"},{"id":"Description","type":"text"},{"id":"Type","type":"text"},{"id":"Units","type":"text"}],
  "records": [
    [1,"Bird observations","Distance sampling data of birds at three drylands locations","Index","Observation number","Numeric","number"],
    [2,"Bird observations","Distance sampling data of birds at three drylands locations","Site","Be, Bl or Ca indicating Bendigo, Blackstone or Cambrian Hills study site","Text",""],
    [3,"Bird observations","Distance sampling data of birds at three drylands locations","Block","Block within study site, dominated by one of three vegetation types on a gradient of woodiness. g, i or s indicate grassland, intermediate (mixed grassland and shrubland), or shrubland","Text",""],
    [4,"Bird observations","Distance sampling data of birds at three drylands locations","Transect","Transect number within block. 1-5, with numbers of transects differing between blocks and between sites","Numeric","number"],
    [5,"Bird observations","Distance sampling data of birds at three drylands locations","Trans length this sample","Transect length. Each transect was surveyed (sampled) multiple times on different days. Most transects were sampled 3 times, once on each of 3 different days. CaBiT1 (Cambrian Block i Transect 1) was sampled only twice","Numeric","metre"],
    [6,"Bird observations","Distance sampling data of birds at three drylands locations","Total Trans length surveyed","The total length surveyed for each transect, equal to the product of its length and the number of times it was surveyed","Numeric","metre"],
    [7,"Bird observations","Distance sampling data of birds at three drylands locations","Species code","Two- or three-letter code identifying bird species. See 'Bird species' table for list of codes","Text",""],
    [8,"Bird observations","Distance sampling data of birds at three drylands locations","Perp distance","Perpendicular distance from the transect line to the bird (or to a nearby object if the bird was flying). This distance was calculated from the distance and angle to the bird. Blank indicates not recorded","Numeric","metre"],
    [9,"Bird observations","Distance sampling data of birds at three drylands locations","Number","Number of birds in each observation (flock size)","Numeric","number"],
    [10,"Bird observations","Distance sampling data of birds at three drylands locations","Seen or Heard","S or H indicating whether the bird was seen or heard. Blank indicates not recorded","Text",""],
    [11,"Bird observations","Distance sampling data of birds at three drylands locations","Behaviour","F, P or S indicating whether the bird was flying, perching or singing. Blank indicates not recorded","Text",""],
    [12,"Bird observations","Distance sampling data of birds at three drylands locations","Observer","A, B, C or D indicating different observers","Text",""],
    [13,"Bird observations","Distance sampling data of birds at three drylands locations","StartTime","Time of day when transect was begun. Text field in format hh:mm","Datetime",""],
    [14,"Bird observations","Distance sampling data of birds at three drylands locations","EndTime","Time of day when transect was finished. Text field in format hh:mm","Datetime",""],
    [15,"Bird observations","Distance sampling data of birds at three drylands locations","Cloud","Cloud cover on a scale from 0-5. Blank indicates not recorded","Numeric","number"],
    [16,"Bird observations","Distance sampling data of birds at three drylands locations","Wind","Average windspeed. Blank indicates not recorded","Numeric","kilometresperhour"],
    [17,"Bird observations","Distance sampling data of birds at three drylands locations","Date","Date of sample. Text field in format yyyy-mm-dd","Datetime",""],
    [18,"Bird observations","Distance sampling data of birds at three drylands locations","Day of trip","Day number within sampling trip. 1-3 at Be and Be, and 1-4 at Ca","Numeric","number"],
    [19,"Bird observations","Distance sampling data of birds at three drylands locations","Sample No.","Sample number for each transect. In most cases, each day that a transect was sampled resulted was a new sample. The exception was CaBiT2 (Cambrian Block i Transect 2), where because of bad weather sampling was halted partway along the transect on 2008-02-10, and was completed on the next day (2008-02-11) ","Numeric","number"],
    [20,"Vegetation height","Average height of vegetation on each transect","SiteBlockTr","Site (Be,Bl,Ca), Block (Bg, Bi, Bs) within Site, and Transect (T1-T6) within Block. Site, Block and Transect are defined in the metadata for Bird observations","Text",""],
    [21,"Vegetation height","Average height of vegetation on each transect","AvHeight","Average height of vegetation on this transect. Vegetation measurement method is given in Wilson et al. 2014","Numeric","metre"],
    [22,"Bird species","Bird species codes and common names","Species code","Two- or three-letter code identifying bird species, used in Bird observations data","Text",""],
    [23,"Bird species","Bird species codes and common names","Species name","Bird species common name","Text",""]
]}
