The impact of helping experience on helper life-history and fitness in a cooperatively breeding bird

The data and accompanying .R scripts were used to test whether having experience as a helper affected a number of different breeding and fitness related parameters in the Seychelles warbler (Acrocephalus sechellensis) in the paper \"The impact of helping experience on helper life-history and fitness in a cooperatively breeding bird.\" DatasetsstatusInfo.xlsx: data collected over a focal individual's lifetime. natalInfo.xlsx: data pertaining to the natal environment of the focal bird. lastSeen.xlsx: data used to calculate when the bird was last seen alive. summerIndex.xlsx: data used to determine whether a particular field period was during a summer or winter season.territoryQuality.xlsx: data used to determine the territory quality of each territory during a particular field period. Statistical analyses experiencePrep.R: the script used to prepare the data and calculate the necessary model variables prior to running the analyses. experienceAnalyses.R: the script used to run the analyses ..., , , # The impact of helping experience on helper life-history and fitness in a cooperatively breeding bird [https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.ht76hdrnd): ## Description of the data and file structure The data and accompanying .R scripts were used to test whether having experience as a helper affected a number of different breeding and fitness related parameters in the Seychelles warbler (*Acrocephalus sechellensis*) in the paper \"The impact of helping experience on helper life-history and fitness in a cooperatively breeding bird.\" Specifically, they were used to test whether helping experience had an effect on: * Whether or not an individual acquired a dominant breeding position (binary response variable: yes/no) * The age at which an individual acquired a dominant breeding position (if ever; continuous response variable) * The length of an individual's dominant breeding tenure (if dominance was acquired; continuous response variable) * The number of genetic ...本数据集及配套.R脚本用于验证论文《合作繁殖鸟类的育幼经验对育幼者生活史与适合度的影响》（*The impact of helping experience on helper life-history and fitness in a cooperatively breeding bird*）中，塞舌尔莺（*Acrocephalus sechellensis*）的育幼经验是否对多项繁殖与适合度相关参数存在影响。 DatasetsstatusInfo.xlsx：记录目标个体一生的采集数据。 natalInfo.xlsx：涉及目标鸟类出生环境的相关数据。 lastSeen.xlsx：用于计算该鸟类最后一次被观测到存活的时间的数据。 summerIndex.xlsx：用于判定特定野外调查时段处于夏季还是冬季的数据。 territoryQuality.xlsx：用于确定特定野外调查时段内各领地的领地质量的数据。 统计分析相关脚本： experiencePrep.R：用于在开展统计分析前预处理数据并计算所需模型变量的脚本。 experienceAnalyses.R：用于执行统计分析的脚本…… DOI：https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.ht76hdrnd ## 数据与文件结构说明 本数据集及配套.R脚本用于验证论文《合作繁殖鸟类的育幼经验对育幼者生活史与适合度的影响》中，塞舌尔莺（*Acrocephalus sechellensis*）的育幼经验是否对多项繁殖与适合度相关参数存在影响。具体而言，本研究旨在检验育幼经验是否对以下指标存在效应： * 个体是否获得优势繁殖地位（二分类响应变量：是/否） * 个体获得优势繁殖地位的年龄（若曾获得该地位；连续型响应变量） * 个体优势繁殖任期的时长（若曾获得优势地位；连续型响应变量） * 遗传……