Capture-mark-recapture data modelling survival rates of Microcebus murinus in relation to glucocorticoid level, parasite infection and body condition

This dataset consists of an
Excel spreadsheet containing capture-mark-recapture data, which were used to
model survival of Microcebus murinus in different contexts.

These were:

- a Multistate modelling
approach to model semi-annual survival relative to hair cortisol concentration
(HCC) and scaled mass index (SMI). Median or third quartile were used as
categorization cut-off.

- a Cormack-Jolly-Seber (CJS)
modelling approach to model survival over the reproductive season relative to
hair cortisol concentration, scaled mass index, and pattern of parasitism which
was measured as the parasite species richness (number of distinct parasite
morphotypes found per individual), the multiple infection (presence of more
than one parasite morphotype), and the overall parasite prevalence (presence of
at least one parasite morphotype).

The data used to assess the
link between semi-annual survival rates and HCC includes the results of capture
sessions held in October 2012, 2013, 2014, April 2013, and March 2014, during
which a total of 171 individuals (74 females, 97 males) were captured. The same dataset, excluding the October 2014 session, was used to assess
the effect of SMI on semi-annual survival probabilities, for a total of 149
individuals (63 females, 86 males). The dataset used for the CJS models
includes data collected during monthly trapping sessions between September 2012
and April 2013, for a total of 48 individuals (16 females, 32 males).

All research activities conducted in Madagascar received official approval
from the Ministère de l´Environnement, de l´Ecologie, and de la Mer et des
Forêts, and comply with national animal care legislation of Madagascar.