22033a6c-72bf-4e4d-949c-481d4a2606ab English ISO/IEC 8859-1 (also known as Latin 1) dataset dataset NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg Lancaster LA1 4AP UK info@eidc.ac.uk https://eidc.ac.uk/ EIDC website The Environmental Information Data Centre (EIDC) is the UK's national data centre for terrestrial and freshwater sciences. information pointOfContact 2025-11-13T16:15:11 UK GEMINI 2.3 WGS 84 The effects of intergroup conflict on collective defence behaviour in banded mongooses in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda, 2016-2017 2021-09-29 publication https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/22033a6c-72bf-4e4d-949c-481d4a2606ab 10.5285/22033a6c-72bf-4e4d-949c-481d4a2606ab doi: Green, P.A., Thompson, F.J., Cant, M.A. (2021). The effects of intergroup conflict on collective defence behaviour in banded mongooses in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda, 2016-2017. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/22033a6c-72bf-4e4d-949c-481d4a2606ab This is a dataset on defensive behaviour in response to simulated intergroup conflict in banded mongooses, collected from a wild population of banded mongooses on the Mweya Peninsula, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda between 2016-2017. We experimentally simulated conflict between rival social groups of banded mongooses and recorded data on behavioural responses including interaction with the stimulus, defensive behaviours such as standing upright, scent marking, and attacking, and the cohesion of behavioural responses within the group. These data were collected to examine collective defence behaviour in the face of intergroup conflict. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/22033a6c-72bf-4e4d-949c-481d4a2606ab Green, P.A. University of Exeter P.A.Green@exeter.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2434-8795 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Thompson, F.J. University of Exeter F.J.Thompson@exeter.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7581-2204 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Cant, M.A. University of Exeter M.A.Cant@exeter.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1530-3077 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk custodian NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk publisher Thompson, F.J. University of Exeter F.J.Thompson@exeter.ac.uk pointOfContact University of Exeter F.J.Thompson@exeter.ac.uk owner Mungos mungo Wikidata 2012-10-29 creation animal behaviour GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3 2019-01-28 creation Uganda GeoNames 2006-01-01 creation Animal behaviour Collective defence Cohesion Behavioural heterogeneity Intergroup conflict Banded mongoose otherRestrictions no limitations otherRestrictions This resource is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence otherRestrictions If you reuse this data, you should cite: Green, P.A., Thompson, F.J., Cant, M.A. (2021). The effects of intergroup conflict on collective defence behaviour in banded mongooses in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda, 2016-2017. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/22033a6c-72bf-4e4d-949c-481d4a2606ab textTable 2 English utf8 biota 2016-03-01 2017-05-31 29.877 29.912 -0.214 -0.172 Comma-separated values (CSV) NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/22033a6c-72bf-4e4d-949c-481d4a2606ab Download the data Download a copy of this data download https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/22033a6c-72bf-4e4d-949c-481d4a2606ab.zip Supporting information Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset information dataset dataset Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 Intergroup threat was experimentally simulated by presenting a series of stimuli from a rival group to a focal group during field experiments conducted between March 2016 and May 2017. The stimuli included a presentation of rival group faeces, a playback of rival group ‘war cries’, and a presentation of rival males in traps. In addition, presentations of own group stimuli were performed as control trials. Trials were video recorded and later analysed to record data on the behavioural responses of the group to simulated threat. We scan sampled group members at 30 second intervals following the presentation of stimuli for three minutes. We measured the proportion of individuals in the group that approached the stimulus, and the proportion of the group that exhibited defensive behaviours. We also calculated a metric of diversity in behavioural responses (a Shannon-Weiner diversity index, or H-index) to measure group cohesion. The H-index quantifies the distribution of behavioural responses among individuals. We also recorded data on the location of the trials (in the core or periphery of group territory), and total group size.