Figure 2, Panel D: Response of white-tailed deer females to infant distress vocalizations and selected control stimuli.

Data in this file represent the response of white-tailed deer females (fig 2, D) to infant distress vocalizations of diverse mammalian species and selected control stimuli.

Data columns include:

Column A: Species & call type: This column includes the species name and the type of stimulus including unmanipulated (UM) distress calls, F0-shifted distress calls (F0S, F0 manipulated by multiplying F0 by a certain factor), RS distress calls (distress calls with the F0 manipulated by overriding the sampling frequency) and certain control stimuli (meadowlark song).

Column B. Individual: This column lists the identity of the animal producing the sound stimulus.

Column C. Mean F0: The mean fundamental frequency (mean F0) of the call in Hz.

Column D. Jitter: due to overlapping values, it was necessary to jitter the data on the x-axis so that the overlapping calls would be visible in figure 2. This column shows the specific extent to which values were jittered. Data are represented on a log scale, making it necessary to apply a larger numerical ‘jitter’ when the mean F0 was higher. Values were not jittered on the y-axis.

Column E. Mean F0 jittered (x): Mean F0 in Hz once jitter is taken into account. This column shows data for the x-axis.

Column G. Female response (y): This column shows data for the y-axis. See corresponding publication for details on the response scale.

For WT (white-tailed deer) 0.2 to 2.0-F0S entries (see Column A), median values for female responses to manipulated white-tailed deer calls were obtained from Teichroeb, L. J., T. Riede, R. Kotrba, and S. Lingle. 2013. Fundamental frequency is key to response of female deer to juvenile distress calls. Behavioural Processes 92:15– 23.