This dataset contains the data about the incuabtion behvaiour. • The nest_ID is a unique column that identifies each nest; • the species is written with acronymes (BASA: Baird's sandpiper; DUNL: dunlin; LIST: little stint; TEST: Temminck's stint; WRSA: white-rumped sandpiper; SESA: semipalmated sandpiper; SAND: sanderling); • the breeding site corresponds to the field site with the same acronyms as in Figure 1; • the year corresponds to the year of the field season; • the population column identify a species for a given year at a given site; • the strat gives the incubation strategy of the species (BI: biparental, UNI: uniparental, MIXED: mixed strategy); • the mean_TDR column gives the avegraged daily TDR for each nest; • the mean_NR column gives the avegraged daily NR for each nest; • the mean_NR column gives the avegraged daily MDR for each nest; • the Fate provides the inforlmation about the fate of the nest with 1 for predated nests and 0 for others (hatched or censored).