Ecology and conservation of socially learned foraging tactics in odontocetes

Overview

This package contains the data and R code to replicate the analyses and figures of the review article, "Ecology and conservation of socially learned foraging tactics in odontocetes", submitted to the special issue of Philosophical Transactions B, "Animal Culture: conservation in a changing world". 

Metadata for CSV files used for analyses are provided below, and detailed instructions on running code are available at: https://github.com/JoaoVallePereira/Toothed_Whales_Forag_Tactics. For full description of variables, see supplemental material associated with publication. 

Main data table - dataTable_Forag_Tactics.csv

Variable
Class
Description

common_name
Character
The common name of the species exhibiting the foraging tactic

latin_name
Character
The Latin name of the species exhibiting the foraging tactic

country
Character
The country that has jurisdiction over the region where the foraging tactic occurs

region
Character
The region where the foraging tactic occurs

animal_identity_data
Character
Whether identity information for the individual(s) exhibiting the foraging tactic is available

number_of_animals
Character
The number of different individuals exhibiting the foraging tactic

foraging_category
Character
The broad foraging category that the specific foraging tactic most closely aligns with

foraging_tactic
Character
The specific foraging tactic

tactic_driver
Character
The key factor influencing or determining the observed foraging tactic

human_induced
Character
Whether the foraging tactic is human-induced or not

prey_category
Character
The type of prey being targeted during the foraging tactic

habitat
Character
The type of habitat in which the foraging tactic is exhibited

prey_category
Character
The type of prey being targeted during the foraging tactic

putative_specialised_foraging_tactic
Character
Foraging tactics having both individual identity information and evidence of being shared among conspecifics

putative_cultural_foraging_tactic
Character
Foraging tactics with positive evidence of social learning

transmission_direction
Character
How the foraging tactic is transmitted, given positive evidence of social learning

nature_of_social_learning_evidence
Character
The type of evidence for social learning

culture_acknowledgement
Character
The type of evidence for social learning

evidence_for_discreteness_significance
Character
Evidence for differences in diet or foraging techniques that are stable

threat_acknowledgement
Character
Whether the reviewed studies acknowledge anthropogenic threats

threat_category
Character
For studies that acknowledge anthropogenic threats and impacts, the type of IUCN-CMP first-level threat classification

threat_subcategory
Character
For studies that acknowledge anthropogenic threats and impacts, the type of IUCN-CMP second-level threat classification

threat_direction
Character
Whether the acknowledged threats were considered a threat to or a consequence of the foraging tactic

conservation_actions_acknowledgement
Character
Whether the reviewed studies acknowledge existing or proposed conservation actions related to the foraging tactic

existing_conservation_actions_category
Character
Existing conservation actions related to the foraging tactic, the type of IUCN-CMP first-level action classification

existing_conservation_actions_subcategory
Character
Existing conservation actions related to the foraging tactic, the type of IUCN-CMP second-level action classification

proposed_conservation_actions_category
Character
Proposed conservation actions related to the foraging tactic, the type of IUCN-CMP first-level action classification

proposed_conservation_actions_subcategory
Character
Proposed conservation actions related to the foraging tactic, the type of IUCN-CMP second-level action classification

references
Character
Reviewed primary and secondary literature used to fill out metrics for the foraging tactic

Maps data table - dataTable_Forag_Tactics_map.csv

Variable
Class
Description

common_name
Character
The common name of the species exhibiting the foraging tactic

latin_name
Character
The Latin name of the species exhibiting the foraging tactic

orca_ecotype
Character
The orca ecotypes exhibiting the foraging tactic

country
Character
The country that has jurisdiction over the region where the foraging tactic occurs

region
Character
The region where the foraging tactic occurs

latitude
Numeric
The latitude where the foraging tactic occurs

longitude
Numeric
The longitude where the foraging tactic occurs

putative_specialised_foraging_tactic
Character
Foraging tactics having both individual identity information and evidence of being shared among conspecifics

foraging_category
Character
The broad foraging category that the specific foraging tactic most closely aligns with

tactic_cat_fact
Factor (10 levels)
The broad foraging category that the specific foraging tactic most closely aligns with

evidence_for_discreteness_significance
Character
Evidence for differences in diet or foraging techniques that are stable