David A. Eads
Dean E. Biggins
Samantha L. Eads
2017
Grooming behaviors of black-tailed prairie dogs in Phillips County, Montana, 2006
vector digital data
ScienceBase
U.S. Geological Survey
https://doi.org/10.5066/F7S75FH5
David A. Eads
Dean E. Biggins
Samantha L. Eads
20171013
Grooming behaviors of black-tailed prairie dogs are influenced by flea parasitism, conspecifics, and proximity to refuge
publication
Ethology
vol. 123, issue 12
n/a
Wiley-Blackwell
ppg. 924-932
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eth.12690
Data on factors that affect the grooming behaviors of black-tailed prairie dogs in Phillips County, Montana, 2006. Each line of data presents information for a focal observation of a single black-tailed prairie dog. The data includes information on the date of each observation, the approximate coordinates of sites, the time of each observation, indexed wind speed, indexed temperature, the presence or absence of deltamethrin dust (pulicide) treatment, the amount of time a human spent observing the prairie dog, the proportion of time spent scratching by the prairie dog, the proportion of time spent oral autogrooming by the prairie dog, the proportion of time spent allogrooming by the prairie dog, and the overall proportion of time spent grooming by the prairie dog (scratching, oral autogrooming, and allogrooming combined). The coordinates of sites are linked to colonies of prairie dogs, not locations for individual prairie dogs. The spatial location for each prairie dog within a colony is the centroid point for that colony. Financial support was provided by the Denver Zoological Foundation, the U. S. Geological Survey, the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management and Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.
The data were collected to evaluate factors that affect the grooming behaviors of black-tailed prairie dogs. The data might be used in future meta-analyses, e.g., when comparing the grooming behaviors of different species of rodents, or when summarizing the grooming behaviors of black-tailed prairie dogs.
2006
observed
None planned
Portion of Phillips County, Montana
-108.1649
-108.0194
47.7812
47.6345
ISO 19115 Topic Category
biota
None
prairie dog
grooming
autogrooming
allogrooming
selfgrooming
flea
plague
Yersinia pestis
USGS Metadata Identifier
USGS:5a04d40ae4b0dc0b45b508ea
None
Phillips County
Montana
None. Please see 'Distribution Info' for details.
Users are advised to read the data set's metadata thoroughly to understand appropriate use and data limitations. Please contact the Point of Contact when using these data.
David Eads
U. S. Geological Survey
mailing
2150 Centre Avenue, Building C
Fort Collins
Colorado
80526
317-966-3124
Financial support was provided by the Denver Zoological Foundation, the U. S. Geological Survey, the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.
Attribute accuracy assessed by Originators. Values of wind speed are approximations. All other values were acquired by trained observers.
Logical accuracy tests were conducted by Originators. Values fall within the expected ranges and duplications/omissions were not detected.
Data set is considered complete for the information presented, as described in the abstract. Users are advised to read the rest of the metadata record carefully for additional details.
A formal accuracy assessment of the horizontal positional information in the data set has not been conducted.
A formal accuracy assessment of the vertical positional information in the data set has either not been conducted, or is not applicable.
Data were collected by trained observers. Focal observations were collected on individual black-tailed prairie dogs during 2006 in Phillips County, Montana. The details of data collection are available in Eads et al. (2017; doi:10.1111/eth.12690).
20060830
Vector
Entity point
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State Plane Coordinate System 1983
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45.0
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600000.0
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coordinate pair
0.6096
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meters
North_American_Datum_1983
GRS_1980
6378137.0
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Eads_et_al.shp Attribute Table
Table containing attribute information associated with the data set.
Producer defined
DATE
Julian Date (in year 2006)
Producer Defined
151.0
191.0
Days
1
DUST
Presence (Y=yes) or absence (N=no) of deltamethrin (DeltaDust pulicide) treatment at a site.
Producer Defined
N
Deltamethrin absent
Producer defined
Y
Deltamethrin present
Producer defined
OBSTIM
Amount of time observing a subject during a focal observation
Producer Defined
361250.0
600000.0
Milliseconds
PALLO
Proportion of time allogrooming during observation
Producer Defined
0.0
0.2532
Proportion of time
PGROOM
Proportion of time grooming during observation (scratching+oral autogrooming+allogrooming)
Producer Defined
0.0
0.48238
Proportion of time
PORAL
Proportion of time oral autogrooming during observation
Producer Defined
0.0
0.23805
Proportion of time
PSCRATCH
Proportion of time scratching during observation
Producer Defined
0.0
0.0954
Proportion of time
TEMP20
Temperature category
Producer Defined
0.0
Temperature less than 20 degrees Celsius
Producer defined
1.0
Temperature greater than 20 degrees Celsius
Producer defined
TIME
Time of day
Producer Defined
0.31924
0.67332
Proportion of the 24-hr cycle
WIND
Approximate wind speed
Producer Defined
0.0
15.0
Miles per hour
XCOORD
Easting or x coordinate of general site
Producer Defined
700000.0
711200.0
Meters
YCOORD
Northing or y coordinate of general site
Producer Defined
377130.0
393230.0
Meters
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Digital Data
https://doi.org/10.5066/F7S75FH5
None
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U.S. Geological Survey
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