FOLLOWS

Each row represents a scheduled time during which observers are assigned to follow a focal individual. A scheduled follow may or may not have any related observations, related FOLLOW_ARRIVALS rows.

The system will generate a warning when a FOLLOWS row does not have a FOLLOW_ARRIVALS related row that records the presence of the focal, does not have a related FOLLOW_ARRIVALS row where the FOLLOW_ARRIVALS.AnimID has the same value as the follow’s Focal column.

A scheduled follow must have at least one related FOLLOW_OBSERVERS rows, to record the observers scheduled to conduct the follow.

The Date must be during a period when the focal individual was under study, on or after the focal’s BIOGRAPHY_DATA.EntryDate and on or before the focal’s BIOGRAPHY_DATA.DepartDate.

FID (Follow ID)

A unique, automatically generated, positive integer which serves to identify the row. The value of this column cannot be changed. This column may not be NULL.

Focal (Focal animal id)

The BIOGRAPHY_DATA.AnimID identifying the individual intended to be the focal under observation for the follow. This column may not be NULL.

Community

A code for the community the observers are associated with and intended to follow; the COMM_IDS.CommID of the community. This is not necessarily the community the focal is a member of, although it usually is. The value of this column cannot be changed. This column may not be NULL.

Date

The date the follow was conducted. This date may not be before 1960-07-14. This column may not be NULL.

Notes

Free form textual notes on the follow. This column may be empty text. It need not contain characters, but it may not contain only whitespace characters. This column may not be NULL.

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