DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.22725995
title: data_repository_prospecting

description: <br>Data used in the manuscript entitled: " <b>Not all those who wander are lost: prospecting behaviour and future settlement of male floaters in the spotless starling (</b><b><i>Sturnus unicolor)</i></b><b>."</b>There are two main datasets; the first file (data_fig_repository) contains the data for the analyses aimed at determining the factors influencing nest choice in relation to prospecting data; the second file (data_fig_repository_prospecting_stages) contains the data related to the analyses of the factors influencing prospecting activity. Below, there is a description of the variables from each dataset:<b>Data_fig_repository_prospecting_stages</b><b>— event: </b>factor variable for identifying the nest and the breeding attempt.<b>— year: </b>factor variable enconding the year of observation.<b>— stage: </b>factor variable showing the part of the breeding cycle where the observation was taken.<b>— nestlings</b>: number of nestlings at the moment of observation.<b>— cs</b>: clutch size<b>— bs6, bs14, bs18: </b>brood size at 6, 14 and 18 days. <b>— brood_fledge:</b> binary variable. 0 = none of the nestlings fledged, 1 = at least one nestlings fledged.<b>— male_floaters</b>: number of male floaters detected in the nest.<b>— dad_visits</b>: number of times the male owner of the nest visited his nest-box.<b>— mum_visits</b>: number of times the female owner of the nest visited her nest-box.<b>— parent_visits</b>: sum of the visits the male and female owners visited their nest-box.<b>— duration</b>: duration of the recording.<b>— wave</b>: categorical variable identifying whether the breeding attempt belonged to first clutches (1), reposition clutches (1.5) and second clutches (2). <b>— days_since_hatching</b>: age of the nestlings.<br><br><br><b>Data_fig_repository</b><br><b>— ring: </b>identification number of each focal male<br><b>— nest_dummy: </b>name/number of the nest box where a focal male was either detected or potentially could've been detected.<br><b>— distance: </b>numerical variable expressing the distance (in meters) between the centroid coordinates and the nest dummy nest.<br><b>— visited: </b>categorical variable expressing if a male was actually detected visiting that nest box (0 = no, 1 = yes) the year before breeding.<br><b>— chosen: </b>categorical variable expressing if a male was detected breeding in that nest box (0 = no, 1 = yes) the following year.<br><b>— chosen_dummy: </b>dummy categorical variable expressing if a male was detected breeding in that nest box (N = no, Y = yes) the following year.<br><b>— out_circle: </b>dummy categorical variable indicating if the nest box was outside the median prospecting circle that was projected for each focal male.<br><b>— year: </b>factor variable enconding the year of observation of the prospecting activity.<br><b>— first_brood_young_fledged: </b>numerical variable indicating the number of chicks that fledged from a nest during the first brood round.<br><b>— second_brood_young_fledged: </b>numerical variable indicating the number of chicks that fledged from a nest during the second brood round.<br><b>— annual_young_fledged: </b>numerical variable indicating the total number of chicks that fledged from a nest during a breeding season.<br><b>— second_brood_succeeded: </b>categorical variable indicating whether at least one chick fledged from a nest during the second brood round.<br><b>— body_condition: </b>body condition (calculated as the residuals of weight versus size, the latter calculated from a PCA of tarsus, beak and wing length) of the last male individual known to have owned the nest box. Numerical variable.<br><b>— age: </b>age (in years) of the last male individual known to have owned the nest box. Numerical variable.<br><b>— ornamentation: </b>ornamentation (calculated as the mean length (in mm) of three throat ornamental feathers) of the last male individual known to have owned the nest box. Numerical variable.<br><b>— owner_not_returned: </b>categorical variable indicating if the last individual known to have owned the nest box have been detected again in the colony (0 = seen again; 1 = not seen again).<br><b>— feeding_rate: </b>numerical variable indicating the mean number of times per hour a male attended their nest during the chick rearing period.