Find research datasets worth reusing
Search datasets from major research repositories and use ShareScore to quickly assess how well each record supports discovery, access, and reuse.
19
datasets available to search
ShareScore release 0.9.0
Dataset results
19 results for “chacma baboon”
Chacma baboon male-male greeting dataset, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique
<p><em><strong>See README file for more complete information</strong></em></p> <p><strong>Overview: </strong>This dataset provides presence/absence data for each of 55 observations from Gorongosa National Park. Each observation is one male-male greeting. Data was first collected using BORIS (Friard and Gamba, 2016) following an ethogram (DOI:10.5281/zenodo.7314291), then cleaned using Python version 3.8.5 and R version 4.3.1 to format as a presence/absence matrix. Some of these observations (with observation IDs ending in "_greet[xx]" also appear in the more general approach dataset found under the following DOI 10.5281/zenodo.10339023. These observations are part of both datasets as they qualify both as male-male greetings and also as approaches from outside 5 m to within 2 m. </p> <p><strong>Study species: </strong><em>Papio ursinus griseipes</em> (chacma baboon)</p> <p><strong>Dates of data collection:</strong> Videos in Gorongosa National Park were filmed 2018-10 to 2018-11 and 2019-07 to 2019-11. </p> <p><strong>Geographic location of data collection:</strong> Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique<br><br><strong>Video coding software: </strong>BORIS (Friard and Gamba, 2016)</p> <p><strong>Recommended citation in BibTex form:</strong></p> <p>@ELECTRONIC{Muschinski2024,<br> author = {Muschinski, Jana and Carvalho, Susana},<br> year = {2024},<br> title = {Chacma baboon male-male greeting dataset, {G}orongosa {N}ational {P}ark, {M}ozambique},<br> doi = {10.5281/zenodo.11097938},<br> owner = {Paleo-Primate Project, Gorongosa National Park},<br> organization = {Paleo-Primate Project, Gorongosa National Park}<br>}</p>
Fig. 4 in Predictors of helminth parasite infection in female chacma baboons (Papio ursinus)
Fig. 4. An interaction between host reproductive state and progestagen concentrations in the infection intensity of Protospirura. Pregnant females (blue) exhibit increased infection intensity of Protospirura with rising progestagen concentrations. Non-pregnant females (red) exhibit decreased infection intensity of Protospirura with rising progestagen concentrations. Confidence intervals are in gray. (For interpretation of the references to colour in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the Web version of this article.)
Fig. 2 in Predictors of helminth parasite infection in female chacma baboons (Papio ursinus)
Fig. 2. Plots showing associations between log Protospirura intensity (eggs per gram; epg) in female baboons and marginal effects of each predictor variable. Plots are (A) pregnant (no or yes); (B) log progestagen concentrations (low = below median; high = above median; ng/g); (C) season (dry or wet); (D) presence/absence of Oesophagostomum; and (E) log Trichuris intensity (epg). Points and whiskers on the plot represent the mean and confidence intervals. For Fig. 2E, the values of each fixed effect are divided into tertiles. Numbers above each bar indicate sample size.
Fig. 3 in Predictors of helminth parasite infection in female chacma baboons (Papio ursinus)
Fig. 3. Plots showing associations between log Trichuris intensity (eggs per gram; epg) in female baboons and marginal effects of each predictor variable. Plots are (A) cycling (no or yes); (B) log fecal glucocorticoid concentrations (ng/g); (C) season (dry or wet); (D) presence/absence of Oesophagostomum; and (E) log Protospirua intensity (epg). Points and whiskers on the plot represent the mean and confidence intervals. For Fig. 3B and E, the values of each fixed effect are divided into tertiles. Numbers above each bar indicate sample size. Photograph by Bobby Habig.
Fig. 1 in Predictors of helminth parasite infection in female chacma baboons (Papio ursinus)
Fig. 1. Population and host level processes proposed to drive within group variation in helminth infection risk among female chacma baboon hosts (partially adapted from Akinyi et al., 2019; Habig et al., 2019). Four key drivers of parasite risk are examined: environmental conditions; reproductive stage; steroid hormones; and patterns of coinfection.
Female chacma baboons modulate their sexual receptivity in response to male intrasexual competition
<p>Research in social mammals has revealed the complexity of strategies females use in response to female-female reproductive competition and sexual conflict. One point at which competition and conflict manifest acutely is during sexual receptivity, indicated by swellings in some primates. Whether females can adjust their sexual receptivity from cycle to cycle to decrease reproductive competition and sexual conflict in response to social pressures has not been tested. As a first step, this study explores whether sexual receptivity duration is predicted social pressures in wild female chacma baboons (<em>Papio</em> <em>ursinus</em>). Given that female baboons face intense reproductive competition and sexual coercion, we predicted that: females could shorten the duration of their sexual receptive period to reduce female-female aggression and male coercion or increase it to access multiple or their preferred male(s). We quantified 157 ovulatory cycles from 46 wild females living in central Namibia recorded over 15 years. We found no support for our hypothesis; however, our analyses revealed a negative correlation between maximal-swelling duration and group size, a proxy of within-group competition. This study provides further evidence that swelling is costly as well as a testable framework for future investigations of 'cycle length manipulation'.</p>
Evolutionary determinants of non-seasonal breeding in wild chacma baboons
<p><span>Animal reproductive phenology varies from strongly seasonal to non-seasonal, sometimes among closely related or sympatric species. While the extent of reproductive seasonality is often attributed to environmental seasonality, this fails to explain many cases of non-seasonal breeding in seasonal environments. We investigated the evolutionary determinants of non-seasonal breeding in a wild primate, the chacma baboon (<em>Papio ursinus</em>), living in a seasonal environment with high climatic unpredictability. We tested three hypotheses proposing that non-seasonal breeding has evolved in response to (1) climatic unpredictability, (2) reproductive competition between females favoring birth asynchrony, and (3) individual, rank-dependent variations in optimal reproductive timing. We found strong support for an effect of reproductive asynchrony modulated by rank: (i) birth synchrony is costly to subordinate females, lengthening their interbirth intervals, (ii) females alter their reproductive timings (fertility periods and conceptions) in relation to previous conceptions in the group, and (iii) the reported effect of birth synchrony on interbirth intervals weakens the intensity of reproductive seasonality at the population level. This study emphasizes the importance of sociality in mediating the evolution of reproductive phenology in group-living organisms, a result of broad significance for understanding key demographic parameters driving population responses to increase climatic fluctuations.</span></p>
Evolutionary determinants of non-seasonal breeding in wild chacma baboons
Open the record for dataset details and reuse information.
Microsatellite loci genotypes dataset (N=121 unique individuals) from: Sex-mediated gene flow of grayfoot chacma baboons (Papio ursinus griseipes ) in a highly seasonal habitat of Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique
Open the record for dataset details and reuse information.
Female chacma baboons modulate their sexual receptivity in response to male intrasexual competition
Open the record for dataset details and reuse information.
Data from: Evidence for varying social strategies across the day in chacma baboons
Strong social bonds can make an important contribution to individual fitness, but we still have only a limited understanding of the temporal period relevant to the adjustment of social relationships. While there is growing recognition of the importance of strong bonds that persist for years, social relationships can also vary over weeks and months, suggesting that social strategies may be optimized over shorter timescales. Using biological market theory as a framework, we explore whether temporal variation in the benefits of social relationships might be sufficient to generate daily adjustments of social strategies in wild baboons. Data on grooming, one measure of social relationships, were collected from 60 chacma baboons (Papio ursinus) across two troops over a six month period. Our analyses suggest that social strategies can show diurnal variation, with subordinates preferentially grooming more dominant individuals earlier in the day compared with later in the day. These findings indicate that group-living animals may optimize certain elements of their social strategies over relatively short time periods.
Insights into short and long-term crop-foraging strategies in a chacma baboon (Papio ursinus) from GPS and accelerometer data
<p>Crop-foraging by animals is a leading cause of human-wildlife 'conflict' globally, affecting farmers and resulting in the death of many animals in retaliation, including primates. Despite significant research into crop-foraging by primates, relatively little is understood about the behaviour and movements of primates in and around crop fields, largely due to the limitations of traditional observational methods. Crop-foraging by primates in large scale agriculture has also received little attention. We used GPS and accelerometer bio-loggers, along with environmental data, to gain an understanding of the spatial and temporal patterns of activity for a female in a crop-foraging baboon group in and around commercial farms in South Africa over one year. Crop fields were avoided for most of the year, suggesting that fields are perceived as a high-risk habitat. When field visits did occur, this was generally when plant primary productivity was low, suggesting that crops were a 'fallback food'. All recorded field visits were at or before 15:00. Activity was significantly higher in crop fields than in the landscape in general, evidence that crop-foraging is an energetically costly strategy and that fields are perceived as a risky habitat. In contrast, activity was significantly lower within 100m of the field edge than in the rest of the landscape, suggesting that baboons wait near the field edge to assess risks before crop-foraging. Together this understanding of the spatiotemporal dynamics of crop-foraging can help to inform crop protection strategies and reduce conflict between humans and baboons in South Africa.</p>
On following pages: 41. Chacma Baboon (Papio ursinus); 42. Olive Baboon (Papio anubis); 43. Guinea Baboon (Papio papio); 44. Hamadryas Baboon (Papio hamadryas); 45. Gelada (Theropithecus gelada). in Cercopithecidae
On following pages: 41. Chacma Baboon (Papio ursinus); 42. Olive Baboon (Papio anubis); 43. Guinea Baboon (Papio papio); 44. Hamadryas Baboon (Papio hamadryas); 45. Gelada (Theropithecus gelada).
Data from: Consistency in the flight and visual orientation distances of habituated chacma baboons after an observed leopard predation: Do flight initiation distance methods always measure perceived predation risk?
<p>Flight initiation distance (FID) procedures are used to assess the risk perception animals have for threats (e.g., natural predators, hunters) but it is unclear whether these assessments remain meaningful if animals have habituated to certain human stimuli (e.g., researchers, tourists). Our previous work showed that habituated baboons displayed individually distinct and consistent responses to human approaches, a tolerance trait, but it is unknown if the trait is resilient to life-threatening scenarios. If it were consistent, it would imply FIDs might measure specific human threat perception only and not generalise to other threats such as predators when animals have experienced habituation processes. We used FID procedures to compare baseline responses to the visual orientation distance, FID, and individual tolerance estimates assessed after a leopard predation on an adult male baboon (group member). All variables were consistent despite the predation event, suggesting tolerance to observers was largely unaffected by the predation and FID procedures are unlikely to be generalisable to other threats when habituation has occurred. FID approaches could be an important tool for assessing how humans influence animal behaviour across a range of contexts, but careful planning is required to understand the type of stimuli presented.</p>
Data from: Consistency in the flight and visual orientation distances of habituated chacma baboons after an observed leopard predation: Do flight initiation distance methods always measure perceived predation risk?
Open the record for dataset details and reuse information.
Data from: Evidence for varying social strategies across the day in chacma baboons
Open the record for dataset details and reuse information.
Insights into short and long-term crop-foraging strategies in a chacma baboon (Papio ursinus) from GPS and accelerometer data
Open the record for dataset details and reuse information.
Foraging in fear: spatial variation in range use, vigilance, and perceived risk in Chacma baboons (Papio ursinus)
Spatial variation in predation risk can lead to behavioural modifications including increased vigilance and avoidance. Coined the landscape of fear, previous studies have suggested that an animal's spatial perception of risk is the most critical landscape within their environment. Few studies have integrated the landscape of fear with spatial measures of risk and assessments of resource availability within a single analytical framework. We assessed whether long-term space use in chacma baboons was influenced by the distribution of key resources, perceived risk and the probability of encountering threats. We also assessed whether vigilance, varied spatially in response to potential threats. Contrary to expectations, perceived risk was primarily related to other baboon groups rather than predators, with the baboons modifying their range use to reduce intergroup encounters. In contrast, the probability of encountering leopards was the primary determinant of spatial variation in vigilance behaviour. Collectively, while other groups have a greater influence on space use, the baboons are critically aware of the predation risk landscape, modifying their vigilance strategies in response to leopards. Baboons thus use different long-term strategies to alleviate the risks imposed by different threats. Our methodological approaches provide a framework for future studies looking to tease apart these effects.
Foraging in fear: spatial variation in range use, vigilance, and perceived risk in Chacma baboons (Papio ursinus)
Open the record for dataset details and reuse information.
ScienceDex guides
Understand access before you commit
These curated guides explain access requirements, typical timelines, costs, and reuse considerations for widely used research datasets.
Allen Brain Atlas
Allen Brain Atlas is an Allen Institute collection of brain map atlases, datasets, APIs, and analysis tools covering mouse, human, and non-human primate brain resources.
Annotated Behaviour and Observability Dataset (ABODe)
ABODe is a University of Edinburgh DataShare dataset for behavior classification in group-housed mice using home-cage video, identities, bounding boxes, ground-plate positions, and annotator labels.
DANDI Archive for NWB datasets
DANDI is a BRAIN Initiative archive for publishing and sharing neurophysiology data, including electrophysiology, optophysiology, and behavioral data packaged as NWB and related standards.
International Brain Laboratory public data
The International Brain Laboratory public data releases expose standardized mouse decision-making experiments, including Neuropixels recordings, widefield calcium imaging, behavior, and session metadata accessed through the ONE API.
OpenNeuro
OpenNeuro is a free, open platform for sharing neuroimaging datasets, with public search, dataset pages, and download paths for web, S3, DataLad, and the OpenNeuro CLI.