Data for brooding patterns models during the early nestling stage

Data table for linear mixed models (LMMs) examining whether nestling-stage temperature and rainfall and nest characteristics predicted brooding patterns over the early nestling stage (Tables 1 & 2 of published article). Column headings: Year: year of nest construction; Plot: low, mid, or high elevation study plot; Female: unique female identifier; Nest: unique nest identifier; Elevation: elevation of nest site in m; DayOffboutDuration: mean brooding off-bout duration in s over days 3-5 of the nestling stage; DayOffboutFrequency: brooding off-bout frequency per h over days 3-5 of the nestling stage; DayPercentTimeOff: proportion of time female was off the nest over days 3-5 of the nestling stage; DayAmbMaxTemp: mean of maximum daily temperatures in degrees C recorded over days 3-5 of the nestling stage; RainfallDuringNestlingStage: total rainfall in mm recorded over days 3-5 of the nestling stage; Density: number of woody stems per square m within 1-m radius of nest; Thickness: nest wall thickness in cm; BroodSize: mean number of nestlings in the nest over days 3-5 of the nestling stage; Fledge: whether nest fledged young (1) or not (0); Hatch: date nestlings hatched; JDHatch: Julian date that nestlings hatched.

Data were collected from a breeding population of the migratory Black-throated Blue Warbler at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest (HBEF), Woodstock, New Hampshire, USA (43.93N, 71.75W), from 2010-2013.