Figure 2, Panels A,B,C: Response of mule deer females to infant distress vocalizations and selected control stimuli.

Data in this file represent the response of mule deer females (panels A, B, C) to infant distress vocalizations of diverse mammalian species and selected control stimuli. Female responses to narrow band white noise (white noise NB, 400-1500 Hz) are included in the data set, but are not shown in fig. 2 due to the lack of a mean F0 for that stimulus. Data columns include: Column A: Species & call type: This column includes the species name and the type of stimulus including unmanipulated (UM) distress calls, F0-shifted distress calls (F0S, F0 manipulated by multiplying F0 by a certain factor)) and RS distress calls (distress calls with the F0 manipulated by overriding the sampling frequency). Column B: Species & Call Type lumped: When certain species were pooled in figure 2, this column shows the lumped category including “other ungulates” for ungulates except for mule deer and eland; and “pinniped” for fur seal and sea lions. Column C. Individual: This column lists the identity of the animal producing the sound stimulus. Column D. Mean F0: The mean fundamental frequency (mean F0) of the call in Hz. Column E. Jitter: due to overlapping values, it was necessary to jitter the data on the x-axis so that the overlapping calls would be visible in figure 2. This column shows the specific extent to which values were jittered. Data are represented on a log scale, making it necessary to apply a larger numerical ‘jitter’ when the mean F0 was higher. Values were not jittered on the y-axis. Column F. Mean F0 jittered (x): Mean F0 in Hz once jitter is taken into account. This column shows data for the x-axis. Column G. Female response (y): This column shows data for the y-axis. See corresponding publication for details on the response scale. For MD (mule deer) 0.2 to 1.8-F0S entries (see Columns A and B), median values for female responses to manipulated mule deer calls were obtained from Teichroeb, L. J., T. Riede, R. Kotrba, and S. Lingle. 2013. Fundamental frequency is key to response of female deer to juvenile distress calls. Behavioural Processes 92:15– 23.