DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1035052
title: Data from: Biparental incubation-scheduling: no experimental evidence for major energetic constraints.

description: Description of datasets from “BIPARENTAL INCUBATION-SCHEDULING: NO EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE FOR MAJOR ENERGETIC CONSTRAINTS” by M. Bulla, W. Cresswell, A. L. Rutten, M. Valcu, and B. Kempenaers published in Behavioral Ecology. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Questions can be directed to: Martin Bulla (bulla.mar@gmail.com) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Data collection and how the individual variables and datasets were derived is described in the paper.<br>Data are available as five text files.<br>Missing values are NA.<br>Values are separated by semi-colon. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHEN USING THIS DATA, PLEACE CITE THE ORIGINAL PUBLICATION: Bulla M, Cresswell W, Valcu M, Rutten AL, Kempenaers B (2014). Biparental incubation-scheduling: no experimental evidence for major energetic constraints. Behavioral Ecology. ADDITIONALLY, PLEASE CITE THE FIGSHARE.COM DATA: Bulla M, Cresswell W, Rutten AL, Valcu M, Kempenaers B. 2014. Data from: Biparental incubation-scheduling: no experimental evidence for major energetic constraints. figshare.com<br>Available at:http://figshare.com/articles/Data_from_Biparental_incubation_scheduling_no_experimental_evidence_for_major_energetic_constraints_/1035052 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The R-script is available from: Bulla M, Cresswell W, Rutten AL, Valcu M, Kempenaers B. 2014. R-script from: Biparental incubation-scheduling: no experimental evidence for major energetic constraints. figshare.com<br>Available at: http://figshare.com/articles/R_script_from_Biparental_incubation_scheduling_no_experimental_evidence_for_major_energetic_constraints/1035048 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ANNOTATIONS OF DATA-FILES A) heating.txt<br>-- contains data used in the heating experiment models<br>1. nest: unique identity of the nest<br>2. sex: sex of the bird (f = female, m = male)<br>3. bird_ID: unique identity of the bird<br>4. exper: treated nest (t), control nest (c)<br>5. bird_tr: bird was treated (y), assigned as treated (in case of control nests; y) or untreated (n) or assigned as untreated (n)<br>6. treat: type of incubation bout: before treatment = 1b, treated (heated) = 2t, after treatment = 3a<br>7. int: explicitly coded interaction of exper:bird_tr:treat<br>8. bout_length: length of incubation bout in minutes<br>9. bout_length_b: left centered length of incubation bout in minutes; mean before incubation bout of the individual was subtracted from all its incubation bouts<br>10. inc_eff: constancy incubation bouts<br>11. inc_start: date and time when the birds at a given nest initiated the incubation<br>12. inc_start_j: a day within the breeding season when the birds at a given nest initiated the incubation (1 is June 1, 2011)<br>13. bout_start: date and time when the incubation bout started<br>14. bout_start_j: a day of incubation, within which the incubation bout started (1 is the first day of incubation in a given nest)<br>15. bout_start_s: a day of breeding season, within which the incubation bout started (1 is June 1, 2000)<br>16. time: time when the incubation bout started<br>17. rad: radians of time<br>18. dist_b: disturbance during incubation bout (yes = 1, no = 0)<br>19. longit: longitude coordinate of the nest location<br>20. latit: latitude coordinate of the nest location<br>21. n: order of the bout within the nest (1 = 1st bout included in the analyses within the nest) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B) Cresswell_et_al_2003_data.txt<br>-- contains data used in the insulation experiment models<br>1. pairs: unique identity of the nest pair within matched-pair cross-over experimental design<br>2. nest: unique identity of the nest<br>3. sex: sex of the bird (f = female, m = male)<br>4. order: was the treatment applied in the first 48h of experiment (TC) or in the second 48h period (CT)<br>5. exp: type of incubation bout: control = c, treated (insulated) = t, insulation was inserted or taken away = 2<br>6. period: first or second 48h period of the experiment<br>7. comp: was the bout complete (yes = 1, no = 0); incomplete bouts = bouts were system failed or within which birds prematurely ended the incubation due to disturbance - work at other nests<br>8. bout_length: length of incubation bout in minutes<br>9. bout_start: date and time when incubation bout started<br>10. bout_start_s: a day of breeding season, within which the incubation bout started (1 is June 1, 2000)<br>11. bout_start_j: a day of incubation, within which the incubation bout started (1 is the first day of incubation in a given nest)<br>12. inc_start_j: a day within the breeding season when the birds at a given nest initiated the incubation (1 is June 1, 2011)<br>13. n: order of the bout within the nest (1 = 1st recorded bout within the nest) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C) artificial.txt<br>-- contains data used in the artificial experiment models<br>1. nest: unique identity of the nest-scrape<br>2. treatment: was the nest-scrape heated (egg), insulated (cup) or unmanipulated (control)<br>3. replicate: the replicate of the experiment (1 to 6; 1 = first replicate)<br>4. day: day within the season (3 = June 3, 13 = June 13)<br>5. mW: energy consumption in mW (i.e. 1000 W per second)<br>6. mW_c: centered energy consumption in mW (i.e. 1000 W per second); control consumption per nest and day was subtracted from all other consumptions for a given nest and day -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D) consumption.txt<br>-- contains data used to calculate energy consumption of the heated egg<br>1. nest: unique identity of the nest<br>2. sex: sex of the incubating bird (f = female, m = male)<br>3. datetime_: date and time when heated bout started<br>4. datetime_end: date and time when heated bout ended<br>5. sec: length of heated bout in seconds<br>6. en: energy consumed over the heated bout (W/heated bout)<br>7. W: average energy consumption per second for given heated bout (W)<br>8. period: the order of the bouts within the nest with recorded energy consumption (i.e., 1 = 1st bout in the given with recorded energy consumption) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E) 2000_2012_NOAA_daily_envi.txt<br>-- contains data used to descriptive seasonal differences in 2000 and 2012 breeding conditions (the dataset was derived from freely available NOAA data http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/ and http://cdo.ncdc.noaa.gov/pls/plclimprod/poemain.accessrouter?datasetabbv=DS3505<br>1. year<br>2. month<br>3. day_j: a day of breeding season (1 is June 1)<br>4. datetime_: date<br>5. PRCP: daily precipitation (mm)<br>6. SNOW: daily snowfall (mm)<br>7. min_t: minimum daily temperature (°C)<br>8. mean_t: mean daily emperature (°C)<br>9. max_t: maximum daily temperature (°C)<br>10. AWND: average daily wind speed (meters per second)<br>11. WSF2: fastest 2-minute wind speed (meters per second)