Data from: Plasticity in incubation behavior and shading by king rails (Rallus elegans) in response to temperature

BehaviorTimeBudgets&AmbientandEggTemperatureTime budgets of individual king rail parents attending nests coded by nest number and sex in relation to clutch and ambient temperatures. Behaviors include incubation, shading and nest building.HatchingSuccess&ClutchTemperatureFor king rail clutches in which clutch temperature was measured, hatching success (proportion of eggs hatched) in relation to maximum clutch temperature and time clutch temperature exceeded 43.5ºC.IncubationTiming&HatchingSynchronyHatching rates of king rail nests in relation to Julian first egg date. Over five years at Mackay Island NWR, hatching rates are reported as the number of days during which the eggs hatched and the number of eggs hatched per day. The day of initiation of incubation in relation to first egg date is reported in cases where known.RecessDuration&AmbientTemperatureMultiple measures of recess duration (time when nest unattended) at incubated king rail nests during the incubation period, in relation to the mean ambient temperature during the recess interval.RecessFrequency&AmbientTemperatureMultiple measures per nest of rate of recesses per hour in king rail nests during the incubation period in relation to mean ambient temperature.