This SELLS_DATASET_readme.txt file was generated on 2021-02-03 by Sarah Sells.

GENERAL INFORMATION

1. Title of Dataset: Data from: Evidence of economical territory selection in a cooperative carnivore

2. Author Information
	A. Principal Investigator Contact Information
		Name: Sarah Sells
		Institution: The University of Montana
		Address: 205 Natural Sciences Bldg, Missoula, MT 59812
		Email: SarahNSells@gmail.com

	B. Associate or Co-investigator Contact Information
		Name: Kevin Podruzny	
		Institution: Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks
		Address: 1420 E. 6th St., Helena, MT 59620
		Email: KPodruzny@mt.gov

3. Date of data collection: 2014-01-01 – 2019-05-20. 

4. Geographic location of data collection: Montana, USA.

5. Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data: This work was supported by 
revenues from the sale of Montana hunting and fishing licenses, a Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Grant 
#W-161-R-1 to MFWP, and a W.A. Franke Wildlife Biology Graduate Fellowship. 


SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION

1. Licenses/restrictions placed on the data: NA.

2. Links to publications that cite or use the data: 10.1098/rspb.2021.0108

3. Links to other publicly accessible locations of the data: NA.

4. Links/relationships to ancillary data sets: NA.

5. Was data derived from another source? Yes.
	A. If yes, list source(s): as described in publication text.

6. Recommended citation for this dataset: Sells, S. N. 2021. Data from: Evidence of economical territory selection 
in a cooperative carnivore. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences. 10.1098/rspb.2021.0108


DATA & FILE OVERVIEW

1. File List: 
Wolf.territory.dataset.csv: Wolf territory sizes and attributes as analyzed for 10.1098/rspb.2021.0108.
Wolf_territory_analysis.R: Code for analyzing the csv file, as described in 10.1098/rspb.2021.0108.

2. Relationship between files: R code is used to analyze csv file.

3. Additional related data collected that was not included in the current data package: NA.

4. Are there multiple versions of the dataset? No.


METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION

1. Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: see main text, 10.1098/rspb.2021.0108.

2. Methods for processing the data: see main text, 10.1098/rspb.2021.0108.

3. Instrument- or software-specific information needed to interpret the data: see main text, 
10.1098/rspb.2021.0108. Program R is needed, along with R packages as cited in the R code.

4. Standards and calibration information, if appropriate: NA.

5. Environmental/experimental conditions: NA.

6. Describe any quality-assurance procedures performed on the data: Code and data preparation carefully checked.

7. People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission: see coauthors in main text.


DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: Wolf.territory.dataset.csv

1. Number of variables: 12

2. Number of cases/rows: 43

3. Variable List: 
In all cases, main text (10.1098/rspb.2021.0108) contains details:
group.identity: wolf pack identifier (name given by MFWP)
n.fixes: number of GPS locations received for this wolf (per <=365 days of collar deployment)
wolf.id: wolf identifier (name and ID given by MFWP); duplicated ID's when data collected over >1 year (new entry at day 366 post-capture)
territory.area: size of territory (km2), measured by 95% KDE 
ungulate.summer: density index for ungulates in summer (ungulates/km2), within the identified territory
ungulate.winter: density index for ungulates in winter (ungulates/km2), within the identified territory 
ruggedness: terrain ruggedness index based on the Vector Ruggedness Measure (mean change per 0.1 km), within the identified territory 
competitor.density: number of nearby wolf groups (within 25 km of territory boundary, mean over 2 years)
group.size: size of focal wolf group (# individuals, mean over 2 years)
human.density: human density index (humans per mi2 based on 2010 census), within the identified territory 
roads.low.use: low-use road density index (roads per km2), within the identified territory
harvest.removals: wolves removed by harvest within the focal group (mean over 2 years)

4. Missing data codes: NA.

5. Specialized formats or other abbreviations used: NA.