Data and code from: Individual characteristics, experience and environmental conditions shape large-scale patterns of animal activity timing

The timing of an animal’s activity is an essential determinant of its survival and reproduction because timing determines the nature of every interaction an organism has with its abiotic and biotic environment. Although the timing of activity may depend on aspects of the individual (e.g., body mass, reproductive status, experience) or the nature of the environment (e.g., temperature, precipitation, abundance of congeners), we lack studies that evaluate the timing of large numbers of conspecifics spanning an array of environmental conditions. We quantified the timing of activity onset (measured as the time when an individual was captured) for 1749 capture events of 716 individual white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) sampled in 2022 and 2023 at 8 sites in the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) across the upper midwestern and eastern U.S. Using a mixed-modeling approach, we found strong effects of body mass, sex, and prior capture experience on timing of activity. Larger ind..., , # Data and code from: Individual characteristics, experience and environmental conditions shape large-scale patterns of animal activity timing

Dataset DOI: [10.5061/dryad.08kprr5hz](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.08kprr5hz)

## Description of the data and file structure

These data were collected from small-mammal sampling conducted by NEON personnel, with activity-time estimation performed by Orrock Lab personnel.

### Files and variables

#### File: brehm_et_al_data.csv

**Description:** 

##### Variables

* logit_prop_elapsed: The logit-transformed proportion of the nighttime period (period between sunset and sunrise) that had elapsed at the time of capture.
* sex: Binary variable indicating sex of the individual (F indicates female; M indicates male).
* reproductive: Binary variable indicating whether the individual was in a reproductive state during the time of capture.
* body_mass: Individual’s body mass (in grams) at the time of capture.
* capture_number: The sequence of capture ..., ,