King Rail and Common Moorhen egg pattern matching data

This dataset is a combination of egg images and processed output on
pattern matching of eggshell surfaces from the images using
NaturePatternMatch (NPM), additional data extracted from NPM, and field
data. The data are separated into four folders based on species and
analyses performed. There are two folders of scaled single egg images, one
for King Rails, Rallus elegans, and one for Common Moorhens, Gallinula
chloropus chloropus. Each photograph is identified by year, clutch and egg
identity. Most of the Common Moorhen eggs are numbered in the order of
their laying sequence, and they are further identified by laying hen. The
NMDS folder includes NPM matching output and clutch identities needed to
perform NMDS and PERMANOVA analyses. It includes consolidated and
organized output from NPM for each species as well as files with clutch
names needed to create merged datasets for graphing. These data were used
to perform non-metric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) and permutational
analysis of variance (PERMANOVA). The Linear Discriminant Analyses folder
includes field data (egg length, width, and identity), pattern data
extracted from NPM, as well as the estimated proportion of pigment
measured within a scaled oval on binary images of eggs. This was used as a
proxy for the relative amount of pigmentation on each egg. These data were
used to conduct linear discriminant analyses for each species.