Hot days are associated with short-term adrenocortical responses in a southern African arid-zone passerine bird: dataset

Data ('Data set.csv') and associated metadata ('DataMeta.csv') underlying the publication "Hot days are associated with short-term adrenocortical responses in a southern African arid-zone passerine bird" in the <i>Journal of Experimental Biology</i> (doi:10.1242/jeb.242535).<br>Data include details of glucocorticoid metabolite concentrations in Southern Pied Babbler feces, collected from a free-ranging population of these birds at Kuruman River Reserve in the Northern Cape, South Africa, in 2018 and 2019. Data also include information on the dates and time feces were collected and frozen, air temperatures recorded on the day of collection and the day prior, and the identity of the individual birds from which the feces were collected, including their social group membership, dominance status, sex, social group size and breeding status. <br><b>Collaboration between: </b>FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town;Department of Nature Conservation, Tshwane University of Technology;Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria;Mammal Research Institute, University of Pretoria;Centre for Evolutionary Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Western Australia;South African National Biodiversity Centre;National Zoological Gardens.

本数据集包含发表于《实验生物学杂志（*Journal of Experimental Biology*）》（DOI: 10.1242/jeb.242535）的论文《高温天数与南非干旱区雀形目鸟类的短期肾上腺皮质响应相关》的支撑数据文件（Data set.csv）及关联元数据文件（DataMeta.csv）。<br>数据涵盖2018年至2019年，在南非北开普省库鲁曼河保护区（Kuruman River Reserve）的自由活动种群南部斑鸫鹛（Southern Pied Babbler）粪便中的糖皮质激素代谢物（glucocorticoid metabolite）浓度详情；同时收录粪便的采集与冷冻日期、时间，采集当日及前一日的气温记录，粪便供体个体的身份信息，包括其社会群体归属、优势等级、性别、社会群体规模及繁殖状态。<br><b>合作机构包括：</b>开普敦大学生物科学系菲茨帕特里克非洲鸟类学研究所；茨瓦内大学科技学院自然保护系；比勒陀利亚大学动物学与昆虫学系；比勒陀利亚大学哺乳动物研究所；西澳大学生物科学学院进化生物学中心；南非国家生物多样性中心；国家动物园。