Data for: Interplay of abiotic conditions, density, and body size in shaping demography in a high-elevation toad population

This dataset is used to estimate vital rates of a common toad (Bufo bufo) alpine population, and how they are associated with either abiotic (environmental conditions), biotic (in our case population size), and individual factors (body size). We have individual capture histories for the period 1993-2020 for 1615 males and 933 females, as well as body size measurements taken during capture events. For more info about the study system see: https://peercommunityjournal.org/articles/10.24072/pcjournal.240/

We run a capture-mark-recapture model coupled with a growth model, the latter to obtain information on body size for the years when the individuals were not captured. Aside from sex-specific survival, we estimate female breeding probability, since they show intermittent breeding. We include as covariates for these vital rates the length of the active season, the temperature at emergence from hibernation, population size, and body size. 

We obtained climatic data for the period 1980–2020 from the DaymetCH dataset (data obtained from Bioclimatic maps of Switzerland © WSL, based on station data from the Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss, and elaborated by the Land Change Science group, WSL).

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