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Adult male horse data from Conger and Frisco Herd Management Areas, Utah, USA, between 2017 and 2020

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
2017-03-01
End Date
2020-09-30

Citation

Schoenecker, K.A, and King, S.R.B., 2022, Adult male horse data from Conger and Frisco Herd Management Areas, Utah, USA, between 2017 and 2020: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P99LBGCP.

Summary

We studied the effect of castrating a proportion of the adult males in a feral horse herd to examine any effect on behavior and social associations, particularly in terms of association with mares (i.e., maintenance of a harem group). We conducted this study between 2017 and 2020 at two Herd Management Areas (HMAs) in western Utah, USA: Conger and Frisco. We conducted demographic observations year round at both HMAs to record group composition and foaling rate. We additionally recorded behavioral observations at Conger HMA.

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Kathryn A Schoenecker
Originator :
Kathryn A Schoenecker, Sarah R.B. King
Metadata Contact :
FORT Metadata Specialist
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
Fort Collins Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Ecosystems

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Adult male feral horse data Conger Frisco HMA 2017 to 2020.xml
Original FGDC Metadata
View 		39.47 KB application/fgdc+xml
Bachelor_count_CongerFrisco.csv 324 Bytes text/csv
Harem_retention_CongerFrisco.csv 1.51 KB text/csv
Harem_size_CongerFrisco.csv 31.21 KB text/csv
Multimale_groups_CongerFrisco.csv 869 Bytes text/csv
Stallion_bodycondition_CongerFrisco.csv 136.48 KB text/csv
Stallion_mare_assoc_CongerFrisco.csv 11.84 KB text/csv
Stallion_social_behav_CongerHMA_revised.csv 30.31 KB text/csv
Stallion_time_budget_CongerHMA_revised.csv 77.9 KB text/csv

Purpose

Data were collected to quantify any effects of gelding a proportion of stallions on male horse behavior.

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  • USGS Data Release Products

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DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/P99LBGCP

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