Houbara time budgets according to individual and season
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Houbara_time_budget_data.csv
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README.md
Abstract
Understanding the behaviours and time budgets of translocated animals post-release has the potential to improve rearing and release protocols, and therefore survival rate. Otididae (bustards) inhabit open landscapes across the Middle East and Asia, are highly mobile on the ground and have similar lifestyles and body plans. The Asian Houbara (Chlamydotis macqueenii) is a bustard of conservation concern inhabiting the middle East to Central Asia and is frequently reared in captivity for population management. We deployed tri-axial accelerometers on 20 captive Asian Houbaras in two seasons to catalogue basic behaviours, provide a template applicable to other bustard species and examine seasonal differences in behaviour. We created Boolean algorithms to define the following behaviours using raw acceleration data and derived metrics: stationary, locomotion and eating/drinking. We used video recordings to cross-validate the algorithms, yielding recalls from 95% to 97%, and precisions between 97% and 98%. Houbaras spent significantly more time ‘stationary’ and less time on ‘locomotion’ in Summer (June) compared to Spring (March). Simple Boolean algorithms proved useful in identifying several behaviours and have the potential to be applicable to other bustard species, in captivity and in the wild post-release.
README: Title of dataset: Houbara time budgets according to individual and season
Name of datafile: Houbara_time_budget_data.csv
Authors involved with sample collection, processing and/or analysis: Kareemah Chopra, Rory P. Wilson, Emily L.C Shepard, Enrico Sorato, Yves Hingrat.
Contact Author: Kareemah Chopra
ORCID ID: 0009-0003-1427-3384
Institution: University of Essex
Address: Wivenhoe Park,
Colchester, Essex
CO4 3SQ,
UK
Email: km19088@essex.ac.uk
Data of data collection: March 2019 (six days) and June 2019 (six days).
Geographic location of data collection: National Avian Research Centre (NARC), Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Funding: Equipment and travel costs were provided by the International Fund for Houbara Conservation (IFHC).
SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION
Title of publication that uses the data: A tri-axial acceleration-based behaviour template for bustards: the case of the Asian houbara.
METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION
Accelerometry data: Tri-axial accelerometers were deployed on captive Asian Houbaras (n = 20 birds) in two seasons at high temporal resolution.
Data processing: Boolean algorithms were created in Daily Diary Multiple Trace (DDMT) provided by Wildbyte Technologies to define the following behaviours using raw acceleration data and derived metrics: stationary, locomotion and eating/drinking. Time budgets were calculated for each individual and season .
DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION
Number of variables: four.
Number of rows: 100 (including column names).
Variable List:
Column 1. Individual ID (n = 20 birds)
Column 2. Month- values include March 2019 (six days) and June 2019 (six days)
Column 3. Behavior- values include: stationary, locomotion and eat/drink.
Column 4. Percentage (%)- the number of data points detected as a given behavior divided by the total number of data points, multiplied by 100.
Methods
Tri-axial accelerometers were deployed on captive Asian Houbaras (n = 20 birds) in two seasons at high temporal resolution. Boolean algorithms were created to define the following behaviours using raw acceleration data and derived metrics: stationary, locomotion and eating/drinking. Time budgets were calculated for each individual and season.