DOI: 10.5061/dryad.fxpnvx0wt
title: Data for: Contextual behavioral interactions of common side-blotched lizards (Uta stansburiana)

description: These datasets are a summary of all interactions between Common
 Side-blotched Lizards (Uta stansburiana) and other species. The first
 (AdultUtaInteractions) contains rows that result from individual replicate
 interactions during focal-animal observations in two different years. Data
 include date of observation, time of focal's start, ID of Common
 Side-blotched Lizard observerd, its sex, and body size as well as the
 identification of the species with which this individual interacted and
 its sex. Following this the are the characteristics of the focal animal
 during 5 min. periods before (pre) and during/following (post) an
 interaction for the focal animal's perch (height and diameter),
 movement, and displays (headbobs) as their sum during those 5-min. periods
 and as the difference (post less pre). Following this are interaction
 intensity scores (0=no interaction, 5=most intense interaction), intensity
 scores with initiation coded by sign (positive values as initiated by
 focal animal, negative as by other individual). Next are display body
 postures recoded during the interaction (used post-interaction only)
 scored as N=none or identifying the species performing the posture. These
 are repeated as effect codes (0=no posture, 1=posture used during
 interaction). Finally, a notes column indicates any noted details of the
 interaction. The other dataset (DailyInteractionsSums&Rates)
 contains a summary of each day's data collection during this study
 over the two years of study (JD=days since Jan. 1). Decimal min. contains
 the total time of focal observations performed on that day. Following this
 are columns containing the count of intrasexual and intersexual
 interactions as well as the count of intraspecific and interspecific
 interactions observed on that day. There are then two columns containing
 the count of events occurring between Uta stansburiana (U.s.) and
 Sceloporus occidentalis (S.o.) and between Uta and Sceloporus graciosus
 (S.g.). Next time is calculated as a decimal hours basis before the count
 of interactions per hour are calculated for each of the previous
 categories of counts.
description: Data was collected by direct observations of animals as part of
 focal-animal observations. Each animal was observed from afar for about 30
 min. Each row is a summry of a single unique observation period with
 summary observations divided into pre-interaction and post-interaction
 periods.  Data provided in the “interactions” dataset are year
 of observation, replicate of observation for that individual, species of
 focal animal being observed, Julian date (JD) of observation (as days
 since Jan. 1), date of observation, start time of observation period,
 start time converted to decimal time, individual focal lizard
 identification (ID), sex of focal animal, body size of the focal animal
 (as snout-vent-length in mm), species of interaction partner, sex of
 interaction partner, average perch height of focal subject during the 5
 min. before the interaction began, average perch height for the 5 min.
 during and following the start of an interaction, difference in average
 perch height (post less pre), average perch diameter of focal subject
 during the 5 min. before the interaction began, average perch diameter for
 the 5 min. during and following the start of an interaction, difference in
 average perch diameter (post less pre), distance moved (in meters) by
 focal subject in the 5 min. before the interaction began, total (sum) of
 displays (headbobs) by focal subject in 5 min. before interaction began,
 maximum headbobs performed by focal subject in any one display in 5 min.
 before interaction began, distance moved (in meters) by focal subject in
 the 5 min. following start of the interaction, total (sum) of displays
 (headbobs) by focal subject in 5 min. following start of the interaction,
 maximum headbobs performed by focal subject in any one display in 5 min.
 following start of the  interaction, difference in movement distance (post
 less pre), difference in headbob displays (post less pre), difference in
 maximum headbobs performed (post less pre), interaction intensity scores
 (0=no interaction, 1=displays by one animal at another, 2=mutual displays
 by two interactors, 3=displacement of one individual by another
 individual, 4=courting or chasing of two lizards, 5=copulation or fighting
 of two lizards), the same interaction intensity scores, but coded for
 initiation by using positive values if initiated by focal animal and
 negative values if initiated by interaction partner, five columns for
 display body postures (use of dorsal shield [back rotation] display body
 posture, use of arched back display body posture, use of lateral
 flattening display body posture, use of gular extension display body
 posture) with N=non use of posture or species and sex of lizard performing
 that behavior, five columns for same display body postures effect coded as
 0=absent or 1=present, notes detailing distance between lizards and any
 reactions observed.   For the daily interactions sums and rates dataset,
 data provided are year of observation, Julian date (JD) of observation as
 days since Jan. 1, total minutes of observation on that day (as decimal,
 NOT hh:mm), count of intrasexual interactions between focal lizard (always
 Uta stansburiana) and its interaction partners, count of intersexual
 interactions between focal animal and partner, count of intraspecific
 (Uta-Uta) interactions between focal animal and its partner, count of
 interspecific interactions between Uta and its partner, count of
 interspecific events between Uta (U.s.) and Sceloporus occidentalis
 (S.o.), count of interspecific events between Uta (U.s.) and Sceloporus
 graciosus (S.g.), total focal hours performed on that day in decimal units
 (NOT hh:mm), and columns of rates of interactions calculated from those
 same count data (as counts per focal hour).
description: Data files can be accessed using Microsoft Excel.