Data and code for: Feeding, mating, and animal wellbeing: New insights from Phylogenetic Comparative Methods

Data and code for: Feeding, mating, and animal wellbeing: New insights from Phylogenetic Comparative Methods

Provided here are the data and R code for Figure 1 provided in a commentary on: Lewis, K., M.O. Parker, L. Proops, and S.D. McBride, Risk factors for stereotypic behaviour in captive ungulates. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2022. 289(1983): p. 20221311.

Suitable for use in Excel and/or R.

Missing values indicated with 'NA'.

Metadata:

• Species: species names as per Upham et al. [1]
• PRA_percent_Gattiker: % of animals found to have parakeratosis, rumenitis, and/or ruminal acidosis at death from Gattiker et al. [2]
• Teeth_probs_percent_Gattiker: % of animals found to have abnormally worn teeth at death
• Abn_stomach_contents_percent_Gattiker: % of animals found to have abnormal stomach contents at death
• Poor_BC_percent_Gattiker: % of animals in poor body condition at death 
• SB_reported_Lewis: if stereotypic behaviour has been reported (yes v no) from Lewis et al. [3]
• r_LE_from: the source of relative lifespan used in analyses (Müller et al. [4] or Moorad et al. [5])
• r_LE_combo:species-specific relative lifespan [from 4 or 5]
• Percent_grass_Muller: percentage of the natural diet that is grass

[1] Upham, N.S., J.A. Esselstyn, and W. Jetz, Inferring the mammal tree: Species-level sets of phylogenies for questions in ecology, evolution, and conservation. PLOS Biology, 2019. 17(12): p. e3000494.

[2] Gattiker, C., I. Espie, A. Kotze, E.P. Lane, D. Codron, and M. Clauss, Diet and diet-related disorders in captive ruminants at the national zoological gardens of South Africa. Zoo Biology, 2014. 33(5): p. 426-432.

[3] Lewis, K., M.O. Parker, L. Proops, and S.D. McBride, Risk factors for stereotypic behaviour in captive ungulates. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2022. 289(1983): p. 20221311.

[4] Müller, D.W.H., L.B. Lackey, W.J. Streich, J. Fickel, J.-M. Hatt, and M. Clauss, Mating system, feeding type and ex situ conservation effort determine life expectancy in captive ruminants. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2011. 278(1714): p. 2076-2080.

[5] Moorad, J.A., D.E.L. Promislow, N. Flesness, and R.A. Miller, A comparative assessment of univariate longevity measures using zoological animal records. Aging Cell, 2012. 11(6): p. 940-948.

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