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.本文件为《城市化是否会缓解袋鼠鼠体内寄生虫感染的影响？》一文的配套README文档。本研究共配套3个数据文件。 1. "parasite.csv" 本文件收录了梅里亚姆袋鼠鼠（Merriam’s kangaroo rats, *Dipodomys merriami*）是否感染7种体内寄生虫的相关数据。各列表头含义如下： - Tag：采样个体的耳标编号 - Month：采样发生的月份 - Year：采样发生的年份 - Habitat：采样生境类型，分为城市（美国新墨西哥州拉斯克鲁塞斯市内）与乡村（城市外围公共用地）两类 - Site：采样所在的10个样地之一，样地坐标详见配套论文的表1 - Pterygodermatites dipodomis：样本是否检出该寄生虫（1为阳性，0为阴性） - Mastophorus dipodomis：样本是否检出该寄生虫（1为阳性，0为阴性） - Giardia lamblia：样本是否检出蓝氏贾第鞭毛虫（Giardia lamblia）（1为阳性，0为阴性） - Cryptosporidium parvum：样本是否检出微小隐孢子虫（Cryptosporidium parvum）（1为阳性，0为阴性） - Eimeria sp.：样本是否检出艾美耳球虫属（Eimeria sp.）（1为阳性，0为阴性） - Heteromoxyuris sp.：样本是否检出该寄生虫（1为阳性，0为阴性） - Catenotaenia sp.：样本是否检出该寄生虫（1为阳性，0为阴性） - Sex：个体性别，分为雄性（m）、雌性（f）或未知（NA） - Age：个体年龄阶段，分为成体（a）、幼体（j）或未知（NA） - Mass g：采样时个体的体重，单位为克 - Foot mm：采样时个体右后足长度，单位为毫米 2. "Livetrapping.csv" 本文件收录了用于估算种群数量与密度的梅里亚姆袋鼠鼠（Merriam’s kangaroo rats, *Dipodomys merriami*）的活捕数据。各列表头含义如下： - Date of capture：每次捕获事件的日期 - Site：采样所在的8个样地之一，样地坐标与缩写详见配套论文的表1 - Sex：个体性别，分为雄性（M）、雌性（F）或未知（NA） - Age：个体年龄阶段，分为成体（A）、亚成体（S）、幼体（J）或未知（NA） - Tag：采样个体的耳标编号 - Mass：采样时个体的体重，单位为克 - Right.hind.foot：采样时个体右后足长度，单位为毫米 - Female.nipple.size：雌性袋鼠鼠捕获时的乳头大小，分为小（S）、中（M）、大（L），该列对雄性个体无实际意义 - Pregnant：雌性袋鼠鼠捕获时是否怀孕，分为是（Y）、否（N）或未知（NA），该列对雄性个体无实际意义 - Male.scrotal：雄性袋鼠鼠捕获时睾丸是否处于阴囊外露状态，分为是（S）、否（N）或未知（NA），该列对雌性个体无实际意义 3. "vegetation.csv" 本文件收录了各采样样地的平均植被覆盖百分比数据。各列表头含义如下： - Site：采样所在的10个样地之一，样地坐标与缩写详见配套论文的表1 - Habitat：采样生境类型，分为城市（美国新墨西哥州拉斯克鲁塞斯市内）与乡村（城市外围公共用地）两类 - Percent shrub：样地内灌木的平均覆盖百分比 - Percent forb：样地内杂类草（forb）的平均覆盖百分比 - Percent grass：样地内禾草（grass）的平均覆盖百分比 - Percent bare ground：样地内裸地的平均覆盖百分比 - Percent litter：样地内叶片及其他植物凋落物的平均覆盖百分比 - Percent rock：样地内岩石的平均覆盖百分比