DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13697033
title: Ecology and conservation of socially learned foraging tactics in odontocetes

description: 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