Replication Data for Fig 5.3, Top, BGUW, Fleas per adult in March or April, 13 Oct 2025

FILE DESCRIPTION Keywords: BGUW, fleas per adult, March-April Figure 5.3, Top, Number of fleas per adult in February, March, or April. See Fig 5.3, Middle, for number of fleas per adult in May or June. The number above each SE line indicates the number of individuals for which my students and I counted fleas during the process of handling and marking. See figures 3.5 and 3.6 for intersexual differences in flea-counts for adults and juveniles. B = BTPDs = black-tailed prairie dogs. W = WTPDs = white-tailed prairie dogs G = GPDs = Gunnison's prairie dogs U = UPDs = Utah prairie dogs BGUW = black-tails, gunnisons, utahs, and white-tails Numbers shown here are means plus one standard error (SEM). Note: these data are summaries only. Most of the raw data are in EXCEL file = BGUW, Final flea and body masses, 14 Jan 2025. Note: Flea counts from adults in this file are from TWO time periods: March-April and May-June Note: Flea counts for juveniles are at first juvenile emergence = May -June I used only one flea-count per adult prairie dog per time period.