Daily climate data for Pousada Aguape, MS, Brazil, November 2021-October 2022

The extent to which animals may compensate for rising temperatures through behavioral thermoregulation is an important unknown in predicting responses to climate change. Flexibility in temporal activity in particular may be an important factor in determining species’ vulnerability. In this study, we examine whether the white-lipped peccary, a predominantly diurnal Neotropical mammal, shifts its temporal activity and microclimate selection in response to daily temperature variation in the Pantanal biome of Brazil. From November 2021 to October 2022, we deployed camera traps and microclimate data loggers to record white-lipped peccary activity and air temperature on a fine spatiotemporal scale. We found that the percentage of peccary activity that is nocturnal increased with maximum daily temperature at a rate of 3.7% per 1°C past a threshold of 31.2°C, and increased with maximum daily wet-bulb temperature at a rate of 4.7% per 1°C past a threshold of 24.9°C. The afternoon period (i.e. so..., Paired camera traps and microclimate data loggers were deployed within forest patches at Pousada Aguapé with high levels of white-lipped peccary activity, as determined by the presence of tracks and chewed-up palm seeds, as well as detection of peccaries within two weeks of the initial camera placement. This methodology was chosen instead of using randomly selected sites because the objective of the study was to examine environmentally driven shifts in temporal activity and microclimate selection, and so it was necessary to ensure all sites were being regularly frequented by peccaries. The sites chosen were all within closed forest, as previous research conducted at this site and in the surrounding region, in which GPS collars were deployed on white-lipped peccaries, found that peccaries only enter open areas for brief periods in order to cross between forest patches (Jorge et al., 2021). The data loggers recorded air temperature and relative humidity, and were set to take readings ever..., , # Daily Climate Data for Pousada Aguape, MS, Brazil, November 2021-October 2022

[https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.rxwdbrvgb](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.rxwdbrvgb)

As part of a study on temporal activity patterns and microhabitat selection in white-lipped peccaries, we deployed microclimate data loggers paired with camera traps within forest patches at Pousada Aguapé. The data loggers recorded air temperature and relative humidity, and were set to take readings every 30 minutes. All loggers were tied to the branches at a height of approximately 0.5 m in heavily shaded locations to ensure that they would not be exposed to direct sunlight. The accuracy of the data loggers used was ![]()0.3 °C for air temperature and ![]()2.25% for relative humidity (LASCAR electronics, 2021). Twenty-five cameras and 22 data loggers (of which two were damaged or lost) were deployed at a total of 40 sites over the course of the study period (Appendix S2). Cameras and loggers were initially placed between N...