[Babase] Male marked absent but later joins/consorts

Susan Alberts babase@www.eco.princeton.edu
Wed, 24 Aug 2005 12:19:34 -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.


I agree with Jeanne on this, but the demog note should be entered and 
the status is D, right?.

Susan


-- 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Susan Alberts, Associate Professor 
Department of Biology, Duke University, Box 90338, Durham NC 27708 
phone 919-660-7272  fax 919-660-7293