Data for: "Extreme temperatures impede the release success of captive-bred avian scavengers"

Conservation translocations (for population-reinforcements or reintroductions) are central for managing endangered species. Yet, their implementation is logistically and financially challenging. Because many translocations fail due to the mortality of released individuals, mitigating these events is crucial. The Israeli Gyps fulvus (Griffon Vulture) population is facing local extinction. The recovery efforts include (among other steps) population-reinforcements by releasing translocated or captive-bred individuals into areas where the population has been recently reduced. This study represents a retrospective analysis of a reinforcement effort that, unfortunately, resulted in higher-than-expected mortality, prompting us to investigate mortality causes and improve conservation efforts by preventing future losses. This Zenodo repository contains the datasets and R scripts used to reproduce the analyses and figures in: Extreme temperatures impede the release success of captive-bred avian scavengers Ornithological applicationsThe deposit includes raw and cleaned datasets in CSV/XLSX format and R scripts for data cleaning, statistical analyses, and figure generation.See README.md for file descriptions and instructions. In this file we have two codes: One for the Survival analysis and causes of Mortality: analysis_desert_vulture_survival.R which uses the files: mmForChe.xlsx and released_survival_unique.xlsx (these files also have metafiles to explain the significance and units of columns) For the comparison of temperatures between wild and released vultures as well as movement analysis: analysis_desert_survival.R which uses the files Hever_temps.xlsx and mergeHever.csv (these files also have metafiles to explain the significance and units of columns)迁地保护（Conservation Translocations）是濒危物种管理的核心手段。然而，其实施在后勤保障与资金筹措层面均面临显著挑战。由于多数迁地保护项目因放归个体死亡而宣告失败，因此规避此类失败至关重要。以色列兀鹫（学名Gyps fulvus，英文名Griffon Vulture）种群正面临局部灭绝风险。该种群的恢复工作包含多项措施，其中种群强化手段为：将经迁地保护来源或人工繁育的个体放归至近期种群数量下降的区域。本研究为某次种群强化项目的回顾性分析，遗憾的是该项目的死亡率超出预期，这促使我们探究死亡成因，并通过规避未来种群损失来优化保护工作。 本Zenodo存档包含用于复现发表于《鸟类学应用（Ornithological Applications）》的论文《极端温度阻碍人工繁育食腐鸟类的放归成功率》中各项分析与图表的数据集及R脚本。本存档包含CSV与XLSX格式的原始数据集与清理后数据集，以及用于数据清洗、统计分析与图表生成的R脚本。有关各文件的说明与操作指南，请参阅README.md。 本存档包含两段代码： 其一为生存分析与死亡成因探究代码：脚本`analysis_desert_vulture_survival.R`依赖文件`mmForChe.xlsx`与`released_survival_unique.xlsx`，上述文件均附带元数据，用于说明各列的含义与单位。 其二用于对比野生兀鹫与放归兀鹫的体温差异并开展运动分析：脚本`analysis_desert_survival.R`依赖文件`Hever_temps.xlsx`与`mergeHever.csv`，上述文件均附带元数据，用于说明各列的含义与单位。