Data and code for whole group tracking reveals that relatedness drives consistent subgrouping patterns in white-nosed coatis

Three groups of wild white-nosed coatis were tracked with GPS collars between 2021 and 2023. Two groups (Galaxy and Trago) were tracked in Soberania National Park (SNP) (9° 12’ N, -79° 70’ W) and one group (Presidente) were tracked on Barro Colorado Island (BCI) (9° 16’ N, -79° 83’ W), Panama. Almost all group members were equipped with GPS collars that recorded one GPS fix every 10 minutes from 0600-1800 and 1 fix every hour from 1800-0600. Collars collected data for 15-21 days depending on the group. Adult males and one adult female from a different group were also collared during the Presidente collar period.

Analysis was done in R, all scripts are in the coati_subgrouping_code folder, where there is a README file describing the code in more detail. Data are in the coati_subgrouping_data folder where there is a README describing the how the data are organised and structured.

2021年至2023年间，研究人员通过GPS项圈（GPS collar）对三群野生白鼻浣熊（white-nosed coati）开展追踪监测。其中两群（代号Galaxy与Trago）的追踪工作在巴拿马索伯拉尼亚国家公园（Soberania National Park, SNP）进行，该区域地理坐标为北纬9°12′、西经79°70′；剩余一群（代号Presidente）的追踪则在巴拿马巴罗科罗拉多岛（Barro Colorado Island, BCI）开展，其地理坐标为北纬9°16′、西经79°83′。几乎所有群内个体均佩戴了GPS项圈，该设备的定位采样频率设置为：6:00至18:00时段每10分钟记录一次GPS定位点（GPS fix），18:00至次日6:00时段每小时记录一次定位点。不同种群的项圈数据采样时长为15至21天不等。在对Presidente群开展项圈监测的同期，研究人员还为另一群个体中的成年雄性以及一只成年雌性个体佩戴了项圈。本研究的数据分析基于R语言完成，所有代码脚本均存放于coati_subgrouping_code文件夹中，该文件夹内附带README文件，可对代码进行详细说明。数据集存储于coati_subgrouping_data文件夹中，该文件夹内的README文件对数据的组织形式与结构进行了说明。