#1. Wild boar CMR data (CMR_wildboar_data.csv)
The fate of an individual, here wild boar female, is described using ten states. The definition of each state is based on an individual weight (i.e. small, medium or large) and state (i.e. alive or dead). Basically, each line corresponds to the history of female a wild boar over time (i.e. each column corresponding to a given year, from 1983 to 2016).
State O corresponds to years were the individual was not marked, nor recovered from hunting. States 1, 2 and 3 correspond to females captured alive in the small, medium and large body mass classes, respectively. States 4, 5 and 6 correspond to females just shot, again in the three defined body mass classes. States 7, 8 and 9 correspond to females that had died recently from natural causes, again in the three body mass classes. Note that the state "dead from a natural cause" was not observable because no information was available for females that did not die from hunting.
For further details regarding the structure of the CMR data, see Gamelon et al. (2012)
#2. Wild boar reproduction - From hunting bag analyzes (wildboar_reproduction.csv)
Data regarding wild boar reproduction were obtained thanks to hunting bag analyzes. Thus, each line corresponds to a shot female. For each individual, the following information are provided:
#3. Observed mast seeding dynamics (acorn_production.csv)
Acorn production was indirectly estimated yearly thanks to the analyses of stomach contents of shot individuals throughout the hunting season. As such, acorn consumption by wild boars provided us with a proxy of acorn production by oak trees. Based on stomach contents, the 2 following types of years were defined:
In the provided file, each line corresponds to a given year (from 2013 to 2016) to which is attributed its corresponding acorn production category, either good (A) or poor (N).