Data from: Evidence of economical territory selection in a cooperative carnivore

As an outcome of natural selection, animals are likely adapted to select
territories economically by maximizing benefits and minimizing costs of
territory ownership. Theory and empirical precedent indicate that a
primary benefit of many territories is exclusive access to food resources,
and primary costs of defending and using space are associated with
competition, travel, and mortality risk. A recently-developed mechanistic
model for economical territory selection provided numerous empirically
testable predictions. We tested these predictions using location data from
gray wolves (Canis lupus) in Montana, USA. The dataset included here
contains the territory size estimates for each collared wolf and the
characteristics of territories.