cc0794f0-748a-42aa-b491-2f9b65c771a6 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 2025-11-21T09:49:28 UK GEMINI 2.3 WGS 84 Interspecific communication in African savannah herbivores 2019-02-05 publication https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/cc0794f0-748a-42aa-b491-2f9b65c771a6 10.5285/cc0794f0-748a-42aa-b491-2f9b65c771a6 doi: Bro-Jorgensen, J., Franks, D.W., Meise, K. (2019). Interspecific communication in African savannah herbivores. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/cc0794f0-748a-42aa-b491-2f9b65c771a6 This dataset contains information about various aspects of the alarm communication network of African savannah herbivores. Data were collected in April 2015 and between September 2015 and October 2016 in the Masai Mara National Reserve, in southern Kenya (1°30’S, 35°10’E). Research focused on the 12 most common herbivore species in the ecosystem. For each of these species, the dataset provides information on vigilance rates, the probability to alarm call in response to different predators, the responsiveness to heterospecific alarm calls, as well as the relative abundance and grouping behaviour of species. Details on study species, study design and data analysis are provided in the supporting documentation. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/cc0794f0-748a-42aa-b491-2f9b65c771a6 Bro-Jorgensen, J. University of Liverpool bro@liv.ac.uk pointOfContact Bro-Jorgensen, J. University of Liverpool bro@liv.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2899-8477 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 Franks, D.W. University of York daniel.franks@york.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4832-7470 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 Meise, K. University of Liverpool K.Meise@liv.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5184-8384 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 Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk publisher Thomson gazelle Gazella thomsonii Grant gazelle Gazella granti Impala Aepyceros melampus Desert warthog Common warthog Phacochoerus aethiopicus Ostrich Struthio camelus Topi Tsessebe Damaliscus lunatus Hartebeest Alcelaphus buselaphus Blue wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus Plains zebra Equus quagga African buffalo Syncerus caffer Common eland Tragelaphus oryx Northern giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis Wikidata 2012-10-29 creation Evolutionary ecology Animal behaviour otherRestrictions no limitations otherRestrictions This resource is made available under the terms of the Open Government Licence otherRestrictions © Natural Environment Research Council otherRestrictions If you reuse this data, you should cite: Bro-Jorgensen, J., Franks, D.W., Meise, K. (2019). Interspecific communication in African savannah herbivores. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/cc0794f0-748a-42aa-b491-2f9b65c771a6 textTable English utf8 biota 2015-04-01 2016-10-31 34.6 35.1 -1.503 -1.071 dat NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/cc0794f0-748a-42aa-b491-2f9b65c771a6 Download the data Download a copy of this data download https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/cc0794f0-748a-42aa-b491-2f9b65c771a6.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 The study was conducted in the Masai Mara National Reserve as part a joint study between the University of Liverpool and the University of York. Field data were collected by experienced observers following standardised protocols. Vigilance data were video-recorded and vigilance rates subsequently analysed in BORIS, the Behavioural Observation Research Interactive Software. Responses to predator dummies were categorized based on the occurrence of alarm calls within 5 minutes of predator detection. Playback experiments were video-recorded and analysed in BORIS using a clearly defined behavioural protocol. In each case, we excluded experiments that have been disturbed by approaching predators, humans or alarm calling heterospecifics (including alarm calling conspecifics in vigilance recordings). Species counts were conducted along a pre-defined track on three different study plains. Again, we excluded sightings of groups with predators close by. The full description of the methodology is available in the metadata file submitted with this data set. Data were entered within 48 hours of recording and checked for accidental typos and unusual values.