This readme.txt file for the Polygon_data data set was generated on 2022-6-25 by Ryan O'Connor

GENERAL INFORMATION

1. Title of Dataset: Polygon_data

2. Author Information
	A. Principal Investigator Contact Information
		Name: Ryan O'Connor
		Institution: Université du Québec à Rimouski
		Address: 300 allée des Ursulines, Rimouski, Québec, G5L 3A1 Canada
		Email: oconn163@gmail.com

	B. Associate or Co-investigator Contact Information
		Name: François Vézina
		Institution: Université du Québec à Rimouski
		Address: 300 allée des Ursulines, Rimouski, Québec, G5L 3A1 Canada
		Email: Francois_Vezina@uqar.ca

DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: [Polygon_data data set. The respirometry variables collect in 2018 used to calculate minimum and maximum conductance and basal metabolic rate. These variables were in turn used to construct the thermoregulatory polygon]

1. Number of variables: 14

2. Number of cases/rows: 70

3. Variable List: 

Variable == The representative physiological variable (maximum conductance [Cmax], minimum conductance [Cmin] or basal metabolic rate [BMR])

Date == The date the data were collected

Metal_band == The unique identification band for a snow bunting

Expedata_marker == Pertains to locations used in expedata during analyses

Body_mass == Body mass of the snow bunting

Ta == Average air temperature inside metabolic chamber within the time window when either maximum conductance, minimum conductance or BMR were calculated.

Tb_b_Cmin == Body temperature of a snow bunting measured in the cloaca before minimum conductance measurements

Tb_a_Cmin == Body temperature of a snow bunting measured in the cloaca after minimum conductance measurements

Tb == Average cloacal  body temperature of snow buntings measured within the time window when maximum conductance was calculated

VH2O(mg_min) == Evaporative water loss rates [mg/minute] of snow buntings measured during maximum conductance measurements

VH2O(g_hr) == Evaporative water loss rates of snow buntings converted to grams/hour measured during maximum conductance measurements

EHL(W) == Evaporative heat loss [Watts]

MR == Metabolic rate [Watts] calculated during the time window either when minimum conductance, maximum conductance or basal metabolic rate was measured.

Conductance == Either maximum (Cmax) or minimum (Cmin) conductance [W/C]

4. Missing data codes: Missing data represented as NA