Gopher Tortoise Social and Spatial Structure, Boyd Hill Nature Preserve

Published: 2 June 2023| Version 1 | DOI: 10.17632/626pg2bnsy.1
Contributor:
Michael Hilton

Description

Social interaction and location data for gopher tortoises in the Boyd Hill Nature Preserve, located in Pinellas County, Florida, USA and the R code needed to perform spatial and social network analysis of the data. The social interaction data was manually extracted from time-lapse videos taken by camera traps located at the entrance of tortoise burrows. Location data was collected using radio telemetry.

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Steps to reproduce

The R_code folder contains the code needed to reproduce our analysis of the social and spatial structure of male-female interactions in Gopherus polyphemus

Institutions

Eckerd College

Categories

Animal Behavior, Social Network, Spatial Ecology

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