In utero accumulated steroids predict neonate anti-predator response in a wild mammal

This file contains the raw data and R-scripts used for the analysis published in the research article: \"In utero accumulated steroids predict neonate anti‐predator response in a wild mammal\" (https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13790). A full and detailed description of the methods can be found in the manuscript, or at request from the author (BA).

 

The R-scripts can be used to follow all the steps taken in the analysis and fully reproduce the effects reported. 

The file contains data taken from 185 newborn fallow deer fawns (Dama dama), in two different cohorts. Data were taken at capture and recapture of these fawns, during their first weeks of life. During this period, fallow deer fawns adopt a hiding-strategy where they hide in the vegatation from potential predators.  

We quantified the responses of the fawns, namely their behaviour prior to capture; docility; heartrate at start of capture (HRstart); Heartrate at end of capture (HRend); latency to leave once released. In...