Green, P.A.; Thompson, F.J.; Cant, M.A.

Intergroup contests in banded mongooses (Mungos mungo) on the Mweya peninsula, Uganda, 2000-2019

https://doi.org/10.5285/be44b9c1-7355-4894-8f0d-b57b219b249b
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These data are data on the outcomes of contests between groups of banded mongooses in Mweya Peninsula, Uganda. Data were collected between 2000 and 2019. The data include information on group membership (number and sex of individuals, age, etc…) as well as physiological data (weight), genetic data (pedigree), and behavioural data (contest outcomes, eviction).
Publication date: 2024-03-06
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Formats

Comma-separated values (CSV), R, Rds

Spatial information

Study area
Spatial representation type
Tabular (text)
Spatial reference system
WGS 84 / Pseudo-Mercator

Temporal information

Temporal extent
2009-01-01    to    2019-12-31

Provenance & quality

The data are collected by a team in Uganda and then transferred to researchers in the UK for filtering and organization.

Licensing and constraints

This dataset is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence

Cite this dataset as:
Green, P.A.; Thompson, F.J.; Cant, M.A. (2024). Intergroup contests in banded mongooses (Mungos mungo) on the Mweya peninsula, Uganda, 2000-2019. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/be44b9c1-7355-4894-8f0d-b57b219b249b

Correspondence/contact details

Green, P.
University of California
 pagreen@ucsb.edu

Authors

Green, P.A.
University of California
Thompson, F.J.
University of Exeter
Cant, M.A.
University of Exeter

Other contacts

Publisher
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk
Rights holder
University of Exeter
 pagreen@ucsb.edu

Additional metadata

Topic categories
environment
Keywords
Animal behaviour , Banded mongoose , Contests , Mungos mungo , Pedigree , Social evolution
Funding
Natural Environment Research Council Award: NE/S009914/1