The impact of helping experience on helper life-history and fitness in a cooperatively breeding bird

The data and accompanying .R scripts were used to test whether having experience as a helper affected a number of different breeding and fitness related parameters in the Seychelles warbler (Acrocephalus sechellensis) in the paper \"The impact of helping experience on helper life-history and fitness in a cooperatively breeding bird.\" 
DatasetsstatusInfo.xlsx: data collected over a focal individual's lifetime. natalInfo.xlsx: data pertaining to the natal environment of the focal bird. lastSeen.xlsx: data used to calculate when the bird was last seen alive. summerIndex.xlsx: data used to determine whether a particular field period was during a summer or winter season.territoryQuality.xlsx: data used to determine the territory quality of each territory during a particular field period.
Statistical analyses experiencePrep.R: the script used to prepare the data and calculate the necessary model variables prior to running the analyses. experienceAnalyses.R: the script used to run the analyses ...