Hainan Gibbon Activity Budgets and Diet Across Groups and Seasons in Hainan Island

Hainan Island, South China, is the location for this dataset on the spatiotemporal variation in activity budgets and diet of Hainan gibbons (Nomascus hainanus). The data, in an XLSX file of 133.9 KB, was authored by Yidong Zhou and last updated on 2026-04-21. It is shared under a CC-BY-4.0 license on figshare.

Use Cases

• Analyze behavioral flexibility based on group-specific ecological conditions mentioned in the description
• Model seasonal resource use based on activity budget and diet data
• Compare activity patterns across different gibbon groups in the same forest
• Inform conservation strategies based on observed behavioral adaptations

Strengths

• Data is shared under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license, allowing for broad reuse.
• The dataset is focused on the critically endangered Hainan gibbon, a species of high conservation interest.
• The 133.9 KB file size suggests a manageable, focused dataset for initial analysis.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-21 06:07:41; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Tropical forest of Hainan Island, South China