GPS and activity data from wild boars tracked in Southern France

Many animals living in anthropized landscapes try to avoid encountering people by being active at night. By doing so, however, they risk being disturbed while at rest during the day. To mitigate this risk, diurnally resting species may be highly selective about where they rest. Here, we used GPS and activity sensors to study how wild boars (Sus scrofa) might adjust their resting site selection and revisitation patterns to the risk of disturbance by people. We evaluated the probability of daytime relocation to assess the efficacy of wild boars' resting strategy in reducing the risk of human encounter while at rest. We attempted to identify the cause of some relocations using audio recordings. Generally, we found that wild boars did not specifically avoid resting near villages or roads, i.e. where the risk of encountering people is higher, if they could find sites with suitable vegetation cover. The risk of disturbance by people was low, even near villages. Resting sites located close to ..., , , ## *Hogs sleep like logs: wild boars reduce the risk of anthropic disturbance by adjusting where they rest*

#### Gustave Fradin\*

#### Simon Chamaill-Jammes\*

##### \* CEFE, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD, Montpellier, France

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## GPS and activity data from wild boars tracked in Southern France

This archive contains the GPS and activity data that was collected from the wild boars studied in the paper. An additional file provides information on the deployment of the collars on the animals.

## Description of the Data and file structure

#### GPS\_wild\_boars\_CEFE\_CRNS.csv

This file contains the GPS position of the animals studied in the paper.
There are 7 columns:

* ID: a unique identifier of individual wild boars
* sex: male (M) or female (F). NA if unknown.
* study_area: identifier of the study site where the animal was captured and lived (*Gorges du Gardon* or *Pic St-Loup*). The study sites are described in the paper.
* acquisition_time_utc: time of the acquisi...