[Babase] Male marked absent but later joins/consorts

Catherine Markham babase@www.eco.princeton.edu
Wed, 24 Aug 2005 11:44:08 -0400


Hi everyone (especially Susan),

DUB (matured male) was marked absent on the Weaver's group census sheet 
on 6 May 2005.  He was present in the group both before and after this 
absence.  Also, he does not show up as present in another study group 
during this time (MEMBERS will interpolate him in Group 9 during his 
absence from Weaver's if we enter the data strictly as it appears on the 
field census sheets).

A field demography note for Weaver's group on 6 May reads: "1727, Dubu 
is not with the group today.  Thorough search done.  At 1746, Dubu 
rejoined the group and consorted Luna.  We are sure he was not with the 
group when we found them."

I asked Jeanne about this earlier today.  She suggested that I enter DUB 
as present in Weaver's group on 6 May 2005 (despite his absence at the 
time of the group census) particularly because (1) his presence in 
Weaver's group later that day and subsequent consortship will be 
important for paternity-related queries and (2) a presence in Weaver's 
group that day does not conflict with a known presence in another study 
group.

That seems consistent with the logic for we've discussed for handling 
male visits.  Does anyone have a different opinion?

Catherine