Table 1.
Intercommunity encounters of the Rekambo community
| Date | Encounter type | Location | Rekambo party (size) | Foreign party | Victim(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14/06/2017 | Visual | Core area | 4AM (4) | 4AM, 2AU | – |
| 25/07/2017 | Visual | Core area | 4AM, 1ADM (5) | 1AM | – |
| 30/09/2017 | Visual | Core area | 5AM, 1AF, 2JF (6) | 9AM, 3AF | – |
| 06/10/2017 | Visual | Core area | 5AM, 2AF, 1ADM, 1JF (8) | xUU | – |
| 23/12/2017 | Acoustic | Periphery | 6AM, 1AF (7) | * | – |
| 29/12/2017 | Visual | Core area | 7AM, 1AF, 1JF (8) | 5AM, 1AF | – |
| 11/01/2018 | VisualP | Core area | 8AM, 3AF, 4ADM, 2JF, 1JU (15) | 1AM, 1AF, 1JF | – |
| 20/01/2018 | Visual | Core area | 7AM, 2AF, 4ADM, 2JF (13) | 5AM, 2AF, 1JU | – |
| 20/01/2018 | Acoustic | Periphery | 7AM, 2AF, 4ADM, 2JF (13) | * | – |
| 24/01/2018 | VisualP | Periphery | 8AM, 3AF, 3ADM, 2JF, 1JI (14) | 2AM, 5AU | – |
| 03/09/2018 | Killing | Core area | 3AM, 3AF, 1ADM, 1ADF, 1JM, 1JF (8) | 1AM | AM† |
| 04/10/2018 | Physical | Periphery | 5AM, 3AF, 2ADM, 1ADF, 1JF, 1JM, 1JU (11) | 1AM, 1AF, 1ADM, 1ADF, 1JF, 1UU | ADM, ADF |
| 23/11/2018 | AcousticP | Periphery | 5AM, 3AF, 3ADM, 2ADF, 1JM, 1IF (13) | * | – |
| 06/01/2019 | Visual | Core area | 5AM, 4AF, 3ADM, 1ADF, 2JM, 1IF (13) | 5AM | – |
| 17/05/2019 | AcousticP | Periphery | 4AM, 1AF, 1ADF (6) | * | – |
| 17/06/2019 | KillingP | Out of range | 6AM, 3AF, 3ADM, 2ADF, 1JM, 1IF (14) | 1AM, 1AF, 1IF, 1UU | AF, IF† |
Table 1 shows an overview of intercommunity encounters between the Rekambo community and neighboring communities from January 2017 to June 2019 as a function of date, encounter type, location, Rekambo party and size, foreign party and victim(s). The “date” column contains the specific day of each encounter depicted as “day/month/year”. The “encounter type” column classifies the encounter in one of the four considered categories: (1) Acoustic encounter, (2) visual encounter, (3) physical encounter, or (4) lethal encounter. The superscript P indicates that members of the Rekambo community patrolled before the encounter. The “location” column refers to where within the home range of the Rekambo community (January 2017–April 2019) the encounter took place. The location categories are as follows: Core area: within 75% MCP; periphery: 75–95% MCP; out of range: outside 95% MCP. The “Rekambo party” column refers to the number and age-sex classes of the community members seen during the encounter, with the size of the party given in brackets. The “foreign party” column refers to the number and age-sex classes of the individuals of other communities observed during the respective encounter. The “victim(s)” column refers to the age-sex class of the individuals of other communities that were physically aggressed (e.g., bitten, hit, grabbed) during the respective encounter. If the attack was lethal, it is depicted via the superscript†. The age-sex classes of individuals in the “Rekambo party”, “foreign party”, and “victim(s)” columns were labeled as follows: number of individuals + age category + sex. A adult, AD adolescent, J juvenile, I infant, F female, M male, U unknown. x unknown number
*Not observed
–Not applicable