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The effects of intergroup conflict on collective defence behaviour in banded mongooses in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda, 2016-2017
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
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- Date (Publication)
- 2021-09-29
- Citation identifier
- https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/22033a6c-72bf-4e4d-949c-481d4a2606ab
- Citation identifier
- doi: / 10.5285/22033a6c-72bf-4e4d-949c-481d4a2606ab
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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
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role University of Exeter
Green, P.A. Author University of Exeter
Thompson, F.J. Author University of Exeter
Cant, M.A. Author NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Custodian NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Publisher University of Exeter
Thompson, F.J.
Point of contact University of Exeter
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GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3
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- Animal behaviour
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Collective defence
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Cohesion
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Behavioural heterogeneity
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Intergroup conflict
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Banded mongoose
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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
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- Text, table
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- 2 urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001
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- English
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- UTF8
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- Biota
- Begin date
- 2016-03-01
- End date
- 2017-05-31
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- WGS 84
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Name Version Comma-separated values (CSV)
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/22033a6c-72bf-4e4d-949c-481d4a2606ab Download the data
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/22033a6c-72bf-4e4d-949c-481d4a2606ab.zip Supporting information
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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
- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
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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.
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- 22033a6c-72bf-4e4d-949c-481d4a2606ab XML
- Metadata language
- English
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- 8859 Part 1
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- Dataset
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dataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-11-13T16:15:11
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- UK GEMINI
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2.3
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Point of contact
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