Effectiveness of temporary drift fences for migrating amphibians - Datasets

This file contains the four datasets used for the analyses in the study "Effectiveness of temporary drift fences for migrating amphibians".

Bb and Rd annotation in dataset names indicated the species of the individuals, Bb stands for Bufo bufo (Linnaeus, 1758) and Rd for Rana dalmatina (Fitzinger in Bonaparte, 1839).

Effectiveness_Bb and Effectiveness_Rd contain the data regarding individual outcome of fence crossing trials. Date is the date of the begining of the trial. ID is the individuals' PIT tag number. SVL is the snout-vent length of the individual in mm. Group is the test group in which the individual belonged (T = tarp fence; N = polyethelene netting fence; W = wire meshing fence; Wn = wire meshing fence, naive individuals). Overhang is the presence of the overhang at the top of the fence (Y = yes; N = no). Fence_height is the height of the tested fence in cm. Temperature is the mean air temperature during the trial in °C. Success is the outcome of fence crossing trial for the individual's perspective (1 = crossed the fence; 0 = did not cross the fence). Blocked is the outcome of fence crossing trial for the fence's perspective (1 = prevented the individual from crossing the fence; 0 = did not prevented the individual from crossing the fence).

Efficiency_Bb and Efficiency_Rd contain the data regarding the behaviour of the individuals during the trials. Date, Group, Overhang, Fence_height, and Temperature contain the same information as in the "Effectiveness" datasets. Hour is the ongoing 60 minutes timespan since the beginning of a trial (i.e. 1 = ]0-60] minutes; 2 = ]60-120] minutes). Interaction is the number of interactions with the fence for the whole group of amphibians cumulated per hour. Control is the number of active behaviours not directed towards the fence for the whole group of amphibians cumulated per hour. P_inter is the proportion of interactions in overall active behaviours (P_inter = Interaction / (Interaction+Control)) per hour.

For details about the data collection, see the Materials and Methods section of "Le Brishoual M., Tanvier C., Dehaut N., Miaud C., Jumeau J., Effectiveness of temporary drift fences for migrating amphibians (in prep)"