This canid_comp_README.txt file was generated on 2020-12-15 by Tyler R. Petroelje


GENERAL INFORMATION

1. Title of Dataset: Interference competition between wolves and coyotes during variable prey abundance

2. Author Information
	A. Principal Investigator Contact Information
		Name: Tyler R. Petroelje
		Institution: SUNY - ESF, Global Wildlife Conservation Center
		Address: 1 Forestry Drive, 100 Bray Hall, Syracuse, NY, USA
		Email: tyler.petroelje@gmail.com

	B. Associate or Co-investigator Contact Information
		Name: Jerrold L. Belant
		Institution: SUNY - ESF, Global Wildlife Conservation Center
		Address: 1 Forestry Drive, 100 Bray Hall, Syracuse, NY, USA
		Email: jbelant@esf.edu

3. Date of data collection: 2013-05-01 - 2015-08-31

4. Geographic location of data collection: 46.27º, -88.23º

5. Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data: Safari Club International (SCI) Michigan Involvement Committee, SCI Foundation, Michigan Department of Natural Resources 


SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION

1. Recommended citation for this dataset: Petroelje, Tyler; Belant, Jerrold; Beyer, Dean; Kautz, Todd (2020), Interference competition between wolves and coyotes during variable prey abundance, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.4f4qrfj9w


DATA & FILE OVERVIEW

1. File List: 
	MIPP2_Canid_GPS_Activity_Merge.csv - global positioning system data from collared coyotes and wolves
	MIPP2_Canid_Scat_Diet_PPP_LMP_SMP.csv - scat collection and analysis data for coyotes and wolves


DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: [MIPP2_Canid_GPS_Activity_Merge.csv]

1. Number of variables: 12

2. Number of cases/rows: 195,193

3. Variable List: 
	line, position number for individual GPS collars
	Date, date of GPS location, MM/DD/YYYY format
	date, date of GPS location, MM/DD/YYYY format
	Time, time of GPS location, 24 h format
	lat, latitude of GPS location, decimal degrees
	long, longitude of GPS location, decimal degrees
	DOP, Dilution of precision relative measure of navigation certainty for each GPS location
	SATS_USED, Number of satellites used to aquire GPS location
	act_x, averaged 300 sec accelerometer measurement about the x axis, unitless (0-255)
	act_y, averaged 300 sec accelerometer measurement about the y axis, unitless (0-255)
	activity, sum of act_x and act_y accelerometer measurements, unitless
	ID, individual identifier for coyotes and wolves and collar identifier, coyote = CO###_#### wolves = WO####_####


4. Missing data codes: NA, data is missing or not collected


DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: [MIPP2_Canid_Scat_Diet_PPP_LMP_SMP.csv]

1. Number of variables: 40

2. Number of cases/rows: 682

3. Variable List: 
	Scat ID #, individual identifier for collected scat sample
	Species, species of scat sample, coyote or wolf
	Date Collected, date of scat sample collection, DD-MON-YY
	Easting, UTM Easting of scat collection location, Zone 16T
	Northing, UTM Northing of scat collection location, Zone 16T
	Collection Comments, comments specific to scat collection including initials of field staff
	#sq. bone add Adult deer, number of 1x1 cm cells covered by all remains (bones and hair) of adult deer in scat sample 
	#sq. bone add fawn, number of 1x1 cm cells covered by all remains (bones and hair) of fawn deer in scat sample
	#sq. bone add Lagomorph, number of 1x1 cm cells covered by all remains (bones and hair) of lagomorphs in scat sample
	#sq. bone add grouse, number of 1x1 cm cells covered by all remains (bones and hair) of grouse in scat sample
	#sq. bone add rodentia, number of 1x1 cm cells covered by all remains (bones and hair) of rodentia in scat sample
	# Squares: White-tailed Deer Adult, number of 1x1 cm cells covered by adult deer hair in scat sample
	# Squares: White-tailed Deer Fawn, number of 1x1 cm cells covered by fawn deer hair in scat sample
	# Squares: Lagomorph, number of 1x1 cm cells covered by Lagomorph hair in scat sample
	# Squares: Grouse, number of 1x1 cm cells covered by indegestible grouse remains in scat sample
	# Squares: Rodents, number of 1x1 cm cells covered by Rodentia hair in scat sample
	# Squares: Insects, number of 1x1 cm cells covered by insects in scat sample
	# Squares: Seeds, number of 1x1 cm cells covered by seeds in scat sample
	# Squares: Bones, number of 1x1 cm cells covered by bones in scat sample
	# Squares: Other, number of 1x1 cm cells covered by other prey items in scat sample
	# Squares: Vegetation (NOT COUNTED IN TOTAL), number of 1x1 cm cells covered by vegetation scat sample
	# Squares: Dirt, Sticks, Rocks (NOT COUNTED IN TOTAL), number of 1x1 cm cells covered by dirt, sticks, and rocks in scat sample
	Total # Squares, sum of all squares covered by remains of scat sample
	% bone add Adult deer, percent of scat sample including all adult deer remains
	% bone add fawn, percent of scat sample including all adult deer remains
	% bone add Lagomorpha, percent of scat sample including all adult deer remains
	% bone add grouse, percent of scat sample including all adult deer remains
	% bone add Rodentia, percent of scat sample including all adult deer remains
	% White-tailed Deer Adult, percent of scat sample including adult deer remains, excluding bones
	% White-tailed Deer Fawn, percent of scat sample including fawn deer remains, excluding bones
	% Lagomorph, percent of scat sample including lagomorph remains, excluding bones
	% Grouse, percent of scat sample including grouse remains, excluding bones
	% Rodents, percent of scat sample including rodent remains, excluding bones
	% Insects, percent of scat sample including insect remains
	% Seeds, percent of scat sample including seeds
	% Vegetation, percent of scat sample including vegetation
	% Bones, percent of scat sample including bones
	% Other, percent of scat sample including other rey items
	% Total, sum of all percentages of scat remains, percent
	Analyzer, initials of staff who analyzed scat remains

4. Missing data codes: NA, data is missing or not collected