Social Learning In House Sparrows by Kaggle | Environmental and Climate Sciences

About this Dataset

Social Learning In House Sparrows

Social Learning in House Sparrows

Effects of Phenotype and Social Environment Over Time

About this dataset

This dataset, “Social Learning and Neophobia in House Sparrows: Effects of Phenotype and Social Environment” offers a unique insight into the effects of social interactions on behavior in wild species over a period of time. This data set is comprised of several files containing data about the approach times and reactions individual house sparrows (Passer domesticus) had to novel objects that were presented to them in various trials across multiple weeks. What makes this data set particularly interesting is that it takes a closer look at how phenotypes and the approaches taken by their mating partners may play a role in shaping birds’ behaviors. Through examining this longitudinal study, researchers can explore what implications these findings have for wildlife adapting to changing environments. The evidence gathered by this dataset can be used to answer questions such as: How does social interaction affect an animal's response to unknown environments? What changes persist because of social learning? Ultimately, these questions can be used to gain further insight into the ways species respond when environmental changes occur over time

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How to use the dataset

Analyze the Phenotypes: Analyzing data according to phenotype will yield insight into how specific individuals respond differently to novel objects. This could be useful for studying individual response styles over multiple trials and weeks and making predictions about future responses based on past behavior.

Assess Social Interactions: Assessing data according to parameters such as mate status will allow researchers to gain insights into social learning behaviors among different individuals, particularly when it comes to object exploration that takes place across multiple trials and weeks.

Track Individual Responses: Tracking an individual bird's object approach times can give insight into their exploration patterns across different experiments within a controlled environment and enable prediction of future responses based loosely on past trends within certain variables (such as weeks or phenotypes).

By following these tips, researchers can make use of this powerful dataset in order glean insight into the effects of social learning processes within house sparrows over time!

Research Ideas

Investigating the effects of social learning on an avian species’ behavior in changing environments.

Determining which phenotypes of house sparrows have greater resistance to neophobia in unfamiliar situations.
3-Comparing the effects of partners’ behaviors on an individual bird’s exploration and reaction times to novel objects over multiple trials and weeks

Acknowledgements

If you use this dataset in your research, please credit the original authors.
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License

License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) - Public Domain Dedication
No Copyright - You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. See Other Information.

Columns

File: Approach_times_all_phenotypes_all_weeks.csv

Column name	Description
OBJECT	The type of object presented to the bird. (String)
PHENOTYPE	The phenotype of the bird. (String)
TIME	The amount of time it took for the bird to approach the object. (Integer)
STATUS	The status of the bird's mating partner. (String)
TRIAL	The trial number associated with the bird's reaction to the object. (Integer)
WEEK	The week number associated with the bird's reaction to the object. (Integer)

File: Approach_times_less_neophobic_all_weeks_control_trials_only.csv

Column name	Description
OBJECT	The type of object presented to the bird. (String)
PHENOTYPE	The phenotype of the bird. (String)
TIME	The amount of time it took for the bird to approach the object. (Integer)
STATUS	The status of the bird's mating partner. (String)
TRIAL	The trial number associated with the bird's reaction to the object. (Integer)
WEEK	The week number associated with the bird's reaction to the object. (Integer)
MATE	The status of the bird's mating partner. (String)

Acknowledgements

If you use this dataset in your research, please credit the original authors.
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Tables

Approach Times All Phenotypes All Weeks

@kaggle.thedevastator_social_learning_in_house_sparrows.approach_times_all_phenotypes_all_weeks

6.96 KB
351 rows
7 columns


CREATE TABLE approach_times_all_phenotypes_all_weeks (
  "id" BIGINT,
  "object" BIGINT,
  "phenotype" BIGINT,
  "time" BIGINT,
  "status" BIGINT,
  "trial" BIGINT,
  "week" BIGINT
);

Approach Times Less Neophobic All Weeks Control Trials Only

@kaggle.thedevastator_social_learning_in_house_sparrows.approach_times_less_neophobic_all_weeks_control_trials_only

6.11 KB
42 rows
8 columns


CREATE TABLE approach_times_less_neophobic_all_weeks_control_trials_only (
  "id" BIGINT,
  "object" BIGINT,
  "phenotype" BIGINT,
  "time" BIGINT,
  "status" BIGINT,
  "trial" BIGINT,
  "week" BIGINT,
  "mate" BIGINT
);

Approach Times Less Neophobic All Weeks No Control Trials

@kaggle.thedevastator_social_learning_in_house_sparrows.approach_times_less_neophobic_all_weeks_no_control_trials

6.33 KB
62 rows
8 columns


CREATE TABLE approach_times_less_neophobic_all_weeks_no_control_trials (
  "id" BIGINT,
  "object" BIGINT,
  "phenotype" BIGINT,
  "time" BIGINT,
  "status" BIGINT,
  "trial" BIGINT,
  "week" BIGINT,
  "mate" BIGINT
);

Approach Times More Neophobic All Weeks Control Trials Only

@kaggle.thedevastator_social_learning_in_house_sparrows.approach_times_more_neophobic_all_weeks_control_trials_only

6.08 KB
42 rows
8 columns


CREATE TABLE approach_times_more_neophobic_all_weeks_control_trials_only (
  "id" BIGINT,
  "object" BIGINT,
  "phenotype" BIGINT,
  "time" BIGINT,
  "status" BIGINT,
  "trial" BIGINT,
  "week" BIGINT,
  "mate" BIGINT
);

Approach Times More Neophobic All Weeks No Control Trials

@kaggle.thedevastator_social_learning_in_house_sparrows.approach_times_more_neophobic_all_weeks_no_control_trials

6.32 KB
62 rows
8 columns


CREATE TABLE approach_times_more_neophobic_all_weeks_no_control_trials (
  "id" BIGINT,
  "object" BIGINT,
  "phenotype" BIGINT,
  "time" BIGINT,
  "status" BIGINT,
  "trial" BIGINT,
  "week" BIGINT,
  "mate" BIGINT
);