Banded Mongoose Collective Defense Behavior in Uganda 2016-2017

2016-2017 data from Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda, documents defensive behavioral responses in wild banded mongooses to simulated intergroup conflict. The dataset includes recorded behaviors such as interaction with stimuli, standing upright, scent marking, attacking, and group cohesion.

Use Cases

• Analyze the correlation between group cohesion and specific defensive behaviors like scent marking or attacking.
• Model behavioral heterogeneity in responses to simulated conflict based on recorded interaction patterns.
• Examine the frequency and sequence of defensive behaviors such as standing upright and attacking across conflict events.

Strengths

• Data collected from a wild population over a defined 2016-2017 period.
• Includes multiple specific behavioral metrics: interaction, defensive acts, and group cohesion.
• Based on experimental simulation of intergroup conflict, providing controlled observational context.

Limitations

• Sample size (number of observations, groups, or individuals) is unknown.
• Geographic scope is limited to one peninsula within a single national park in Uganda.
• Specific column structure and data formats within the ZIP file are unspecified.

Provenance

Source

Environmental Information Data Centre

Collection Method

Experimental simulation of conflict between rival social groups, with recording of behavioral responses.

Time Range

2016-2017

Freshness

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Geography

Mweya Peninsula, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda