Data from: Does urbanization ameliorate the effect of endoparasite infection in kangaroo rats?

README file for “Does urbanization ameliorate the effect of endoparasite infection in kangaroo rats?” There are three data files associated with this contribution. The file “parasite.csv” includes data about whether individual Merriam’s kangaroo rats (Dipodomys merriami) were infected with any of 7 endoparasites. Column headings are defined as: Tag: this is the individual ear tag number associated with a sampled kangaroo rat Month: the month during which sampling occurred Year: the year during which sampling occurred Habitat: the habitat type in which sampling occurred, urban (within the city of Las Cruces, NM, USA) or rural (outside of the city on public lands) Site: which of 10 sites at which sampling occurred. Coordinates of the sites are given in Table 1 of the associated paper. Pterygodermatites dipodomis: whether a sample was positive for the presence of Pterygodermatites dipodomis (1 = positive, 0 = negative) Mastophorus dipodomis: whether a sample was positive for the presence of Mastophorus dipodomis (1 = positive, 0 = negative) Giardia lamblia: whether a sample was positive for the presence of Giardia lamblia (1 = positive, 0 = negative) Cryptosporidium parvum: whether a sample was positive for the presence of Cryptosporidium parvum (1 = positive, 0 = negative) Eimeria sp.: whether a sample was positive for the presence of Eimeria sp. (1 = positive, 0 = negative) Heteromoxyuris sp.: whether a sample was positive for the presence of Heteromoxyuris sp. (1 = positive, 0 = negative) Catenotaenia sp.: whether a sample was positive for the presence of Catenotaenia sp. (1 = positive, 0 = negative) Sex: whether the sex of an animal was male (m), female (f), or unknown (NA) Age: whether an animal was an adult (a), juvenile (j) or unknown (NA) Mass g: the mass of the animal in grams at the time of sampling Foot mm: the length of the animal’s right hindfoot in millimeters at the time of sampling The file “Livetrapping.csv” includes data from live-trapping of Merriam’s kangaroo rats (Dipodomys merriami) that were used to estimate population size and density. Column headings are defined as: Date of capture: this is the date of each capture event. Site: which of 8 sites at which sampling occurred. Coordinates and abbreviations for the sites are given in Table 1 of the associated paper. Sex: whether the sex of an animal was male (M), female (F), or unknown (NA) Age: whether an animal was an adult (A), subadult (S), juvenile (J), or unknown (NA) Tag: this is the individual ear tag number associated with a sampled kangaroo rat Mass: the mass of the animal in grams at the time of sampling Right.hind.foot: the length of the animal’s right hindfoot in millimeters at the time of sampling Female.nipple.size: This is whether a female kangaroo rat had small (S), medium (M), or large (L) nipples at the time of capture. This column is not relevant for males. Pregnant: This is whether a female kangaroo rat was pregnant (Y), not pregnant (N), or unknown (NA) at the time of capture. This column is not relevant for males. Male.scrotal: This is whether a male kangaroo rat had testes that were scrotal (S), not scrotal (N), or unknown (NA) at the time of capture. This column is not relevant for females. The file “vegetation.csv” includes mean percent vegetative cover values for each site. Site: which of 10 sites at which sampling occurred. Coordinates and abbreviations for the sites are given in Table 1 of the associated paper. Habitat: the habitat type in which sampling occurred, urban (within the city of Las Cruces, NM, USA) or rural (outside of the city on public lands) Percent shrub: mean percent cover by shrubs at the site. Percent forb: mean percent cover by forbs at the site. Percent grass: mean percent cover by grass at the site. Percent bare ground: mean percent cover by bare ground at the site. Percent litter: mean percent cover by leaf and other vegetative litter at the site. Percent rock: mean percent cover by rocks at the site.