Example Data

This sample database represents a small subset of the actual database, which contains individual-based life history data that have been collected from wild primate populations by eight working group participants/organizations over a minimum of 24 years. We present the sample database to illustrate how we implemented our common vocabulary and to provide examples of particular decisions in different life histories. Although the database was designed to allow us to carry out comparative life history analyses, the database structure can be generalized for a wide range of uses. Records in the database include mortality and fertility schedules across multiple primate taxa. The data are searchable and can be downloaded into csv format. However, we do not authorize the use of this small sample for actual analyses of primate life histories.

Technology

• Database: PostgreSQL 8.3
• Database ORM : Hibernate
• Programming Language: java
• Web Framework: Spring
• Other Java Libraries
  • c3p0 Database Connection Pooling
  • struts
• Website Theme: charitytrust

Source Code

Source code is available on GitHub and SourceForge under a GPL v3 license.The Git repositories are available on both SourceForge and Github:

• SourceForge: git://plhdb.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/plhdb/plhdb
• GitHub: git://github.com/plhdb/plhdb.git

Credits

• Concept, content, and scientific requirements: the Evolutionary Ecology of Primate Life Histories Working Group, Susan C Alberts (Duke University, PI), Karen B Strier (University of Wisconsin-Madison, PI)
• Database and application programming: Hilmar Lapp (NESCent), Xianhua Liu (NESCent)

Publications

Karen B. Strier, Jeanne Altmann, Diane K. Brockman, Anne M. Bronikowski, Marina Cords, Linda M. Fedigan, Hilmar Lapp, Xianhua Liu, William F. Morris, Anne E. Pusey, Tara S. Stoinski and Susan C. Alberts. 2010. The Primate Life History Database: a unique shared ecological data resource. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-210X.2010.00023.x

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Contact

• The website is maintained by the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent).
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  Tel: (919) 668-4551
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• Send email to
  leading scientists of the working group (plhdb-admin@nescent.org)
  report bugs or request technical help (plhdb@nescent.org)