10.5061/DRYAD.6H5B7
Strandburg-Peshkin, Ariana
Princeton University
Farine, Damien R.
University of Konstanz
Crofoot, Margaret C.
University of California, Davis
Couzin, Iain D.
University of Konstanz
Data from: Habitat and social factors shape individual decisions and
emergent group structure during baboon collective movement
Dryad
dataset
2017
habitat
imagery
point cloud
Papio anubis
map
National Science Foundation
https://ror.org/021nxhr62
PHY-0848755
2017-12-28T00:00:00Z
2017-12-28T00:00:00Z
en
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.19505
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For group-living animals traveling through heterogeneous landscapes,
collective movement can be influenced by both habitat structure and social
interactions. Yet research in collective behavior has largely neglected
habitat influences on movement. Here we integrate simultaneous,
high-resolution, tracking of wild baboons within a troop with a
3-dimensional reconstruction of their habitat to identify key drivers of
baboon movement. A previously unexplored social influence – baboons’
preference for locations that other troop members have recently traversed
– is the most important predictor of individual movement decisions.
Habitat is shown to influence movement over multiple spatial scales, from
long-range attraction and repulsion from the troop’s sleeping site, to
relatively local influences including road-following and a short-range
avoidance of dense vegetation. Scaling to the collective level reveals a
clear association between habitat features and the emergent structure of
the group, highlighting the importance of habitat heterogeneity in shaping
group coordination.
data.zipCompressed file containing point cloud data and orthomosaic images
of habitat used by baboons at Mpala Research Centre, Kenya. For associated
baboon movement data, see: Crofoot MC, Kays RW, Wikelski M (2015) Data
from: Shared decision-making drives collective movement in wild baboons.
Movebank Data Repository. doi:10.5441/001/1.kn0816jn
Laikipia
Mpala Research Centre
Kenya