Data from: not enough time: short-term female presence after oviposition does not improve egg survival in the Emerald glass frog

# Data from: not enough time: short-term female presence after oviposition does not improve egg survival in the Emerald glass frog ## Goyes Vallejos J, Sandoval Siles J, Calero V, Rodriguez N, Machado G. **Not enough time: short-term female presence after oviposition does not improve egg survival in the Emerald glass frog**. *Submitted to Animal Behavior* ### Description of the data Missing values are designated with "NA", for instance in cases where the data could not be obtained from behavioral observations, or in the case of the **removal groups** in the female removal experiments, there is no data associated with the female duration with the clutch. **I. [E.pro_embryonic_mortality.csv]** * Description: Datasheet containing data on embryonic mortality (i.e., number of eggs, number of tadpoles that died), for each of the recorded sources of mortality (i.e., predation, desiccation, fungal infection, failure to develop, rain-stripping or drowning, and unknown causes). * Format: CSV The columns in the datasheet consist of: 1. "Cluch_ID" = unique number assigned for identification for each of the egg clutches 2. "Trt" = treatment group corresponding to **control** or **removal** groups 3. "Substrate" = surface substrate where females of *Espadarana prosoblepon* deposited their egg cluth 4. "Clutch_size" = number of eggs laid per clutch 5. "Predation" = number of eggs/embryos that died due to predation 6. "dry" = number of eggs/embryos that died due to desiccation 7. "Fungal" = number of eggs/embryos that died due to fungal infection 8. "Failure to develop" = number of eggs/embryos that stopped their normal development and died 9. "Unknown" = number of eggs/embryos that disappeared from the clutch and their fate was uncertain 10. "Num_hatched" = number of eggs/embryos that successfully hatched as tadpoles. 11. "Num_died" = total number of dead eggs/embryos 12. "Prop.hatched" = proportion of surviving tadpoles (Num_hatched/Clutch_size) 13. "Prop.mortality" = proportion of embryonic mortality (Prop.hatched - 1) *----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------* **II. [E.pro_female_removal_field.csv]** * Description: Datasheet containing data regarding information on behavioral data collection, morphological and behavioral characteristics of the females monitored for the female removal experiment in the field. * Format: CSV The columns in the datasheet consist of: 1. "Date" = records the specific date of observation in the 'month dd yyyy' format 2. "Amplexus_time" = time at which the pair in amplexus was found in the 'hh:mm:ss' format 3. "Clutch_ID" = unique number assigned for identification for each of the egg clutches. In this case, this number corresponds to the same identification number in the datasheet I 4. "Trt" = treatment group corresponding to **control** or **removal** groups 5. "Clutch_size" = number of eggs laid per clutch 6. "Female_ID" = female individual identification number (Visible Implant Alpha Tags) 7. "Male_ID" = male individual identification number (Visible Implant Alpha Tags) 8. "Ovi_date" = date of oviposition (when egg laying occurred) in the 'month dd yyyy' format 9. "Ovi-time" = time of oviposition (when egg laying occurred) in the 'hh:mm:ss' format 10. "fem_poq_min" = female post-oviposition quiescence (*sensu* Goyes Vallejos, J. and Hernndez-Figueroa, A. (2022)), understood as the length of time females remain with the clutch after oviposition occurred (in minutes) *----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------* **III. [E.pro_female_removal_semicaptivity.csv]** * Description: Datasheet containing data regarding information on behavioral data collection, morphological and behavioral characteristics of the females monitored during the female removal experiment in semicaptivity in 2022. * Format: CSV The columns in the datasheet consist of: 1. "Date" = records the specific date of observation in the 'dd-month-yy' format 2. "Clutch_ID" = unique number assigned for identification for each of the egg clutches. 3. "Trt" = treatment group corresponding to **control** or **removal** groups 4. "Clutch_size" = number of eggs laid per clutch 5. "FemaleSVL_mm" = female snout-to-vent length measurement, in millimeters 6. "FemaleMASS_g" = female mass, measured in grams 7. "Female_ID" = female individual identification number (Visible Implant Alpha Tags) 8. "Amplexus_time" = time at which the pair in amplexus was found in the 'hh:mm:ss' format 9. "Ovi_date" = date of oviposition (when egg laying occurred) in the 'dd-months-yy' format 10. "Ovi-time" = time of oviposition (when egg laying occurred) in the 'hh:mm:ss' format 11. "fem_poq_min" = female post-oviposition quiescence (*sensu* Goyes Vallejos, J. and Hernndez-Figueroa, A. (2022)), understood as the length of time females remain with the clutch after oviposition occurred (in minutes) *----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------* **IV. [E.pro_maternal_commitment.csv]** * Description: Datasheet containing data related to the maternal commitment assay. * Format: CSV The columns in the datasheet consist of: 1. "Date" = records the specific date of observation in the 'month dd yyyy' format 2. "Amplexus_time" = time at which the pair in amplexus was found in the 'hh:mm:ss' format 3. "Ovi_date" = date of oviposition (when egg laying occurred) in the 'month dd yyyy' format 4. "Fem_number' = number assigned to each of the monitored females 5. "Ovi_time" = time of oviposition (when egg laying occurred) in the 'hh:mm:ss' format 6. "Start_Rec" = time at which video recording started, in the hh:mm:ss format 7. "End_Rec" = time at which video recording ended, in the hh:mm:ss format 8. "Total_Time" = total recording time, in hh:mm format 9. "return" = where "No" means that the female did not return to the clutch after the stimulus 10. "Num_15sec" = Number of 15-s stimulus needed for the female to abandon the egg clutch. *----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------* **V. [E.pro_nnd_values.csv]** * Description: Datasheet containing data related to estimation of Nearest Neighbor Distances (NDD) between eggs within a clutch. * Format: CSV The columns in the datasheet consist of: 1. "Clutch_ID" = unique number assigned for identification for each of the egg clutches. 2. "Trt" = treatment group corresponding to **control** or **removal at 0 min** and **removal at 90 min** groups 3. "Egg_num" = identification number given to individual eggs within a clutch 4. "NND" = estimated Nearest Neighbor Distance (NND), measured in mm *----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------* Reference: [Goyes Vallejos, J. and Hernndez-Figueroa, A. (2022). Influence of environmental factors and body condition on the post-oviposition behavior in the emerald glass frog *Espadarana prosoblepon* (Centrolenidae). PeerJ 10:e13616](https://peerj.com/articles/13616/)