GPS tracking data for: Male mating season range expansion results from an increase in scale of daily movements for a polygynous-promiscuous bird

Males of species with promiscuous mating systems are commonly observed to use larger ranges during the mating season relative to non-mating seasons, which is often attributed to a change in movements related to reproductive activities. However, few studies link seasonal range sizes to variations in daily space use patterns to provide insight into the behavioral mechanisms underlying mating season range expansion. We studied 20 GPS-tagged male wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo), a large upland gamebird, during the mating and summer non-mating seasons to test the hypothesis that larger mating season ranges resulted from male wild turkeys expanding the scale of daily movement activities to locate and court females. We delineated mating and non-mating seasons based on the intensity of gobbling, a vocalization tied to courtship behavior, recorded by autonomous recording units distributed across the study area. Mating season ranges were significantly larger than non-mating season ranges. Dail..., , , # GPS tracking data for: Male mating season range expansion results from an increase in scale of daily movements for a polygynous-promiscuous bird

[https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.rv15dv4fb](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.rv15dv4fb)

## Description of the data and file structure

Locations2020.csv - GPS locations for male wild turkeys tracked during the 2020 season.

Locations2021.csv - GPS locations for male wild turkeys tracked during the 2021 season.

N/A: data missing

Fields include:

* DOP: Dilution of precision
* Lat: Latitude
* Lon: Longitude
* GMT_Time: GMT time
* GMT_Date: GMT date
* Animal_ID: The ID for each turkey