ReadMe for Rushing, C.S., Hostetler, J.A., Sillett, T.S., Marra, P.P., Rotenberg, J.A., Ryder, T.B.  Spatial and temporal drivers of avian population dynamics across the annual cycle. Ecology 

Created on: 07-17-2017

This Readme file describes the demographic data used in the above publication. Summer data was collected on 12 study plots in southern Indiana, USA between 2011 and 2014. Winter data was collected in Belize between 2011 and 2013. 

The file IPM_data.txt can be opened and executed in R to create the model input objects containing each demographic data set. These objects include:

1) a matrix y containing the plot-level annual counts (y);
2) a matrix marray.j.sum containing the juvenile summer annual capture-resight data in m-array format;
3) a matrix marr.a.sum containing the adult summer monthly capture-resight data for known residents in m-array format;
4) a matrix marr.at.sum containing the adult summer monthly capture-resight data for transients in m-array format;
5) a matrix marr.j.win containing the juvenile winter monthly capture-resight data for known residents in m-array format;
6) a matrix marr.jt.win containing the juvenile monthly capture-resight data for transients in m-array format;
7) a matrix marr.a.win containing the adult winter monthly capture-resight data for known residents in m-array format;
8) a matrix marr.at.win containing the adult monthly capture-resight data for transients in m-array format;
9) a matrix ch.telem containing the individual post-fledging radio tracking histories;
10) a vector l.pf containing the last known-sighting of each post-fledging individual;
11) a vector year.pf containing the year of each post-fledging individual;
12) a vector plot.pf containing the plot of each post-fledging individual;
13) a matrix J containing the total number of fledglings recorded on each plot in each year;

See main text for a additional description of study locations, field methods, and details regarding each data set. For any further queries please contact Clark Rushing (rushingc@si.edu)