3.Gender_DominanceRank_Age_Body_Size_of_Individual_Dogs

• Main Authors: Bonanni, Roberto, Cafazzo, Simona, Abis, Arianna, Barillari, Emanuela, Valsecchi, Paola, Natoli, Eugenia
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Dryad Digital Repository 2017
• Subjects: domestic dogs; dominance; social tolerance; wolves; Age; body size; Canis lupus familiaris; Canis lupus
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.34k42.1/3.1; http://datadryad.org/resource/doi:10.5061/dryad.34k42.1/3.1

This files contains data concerning gender, dominance rank, age and body size for some of the dogs studied. In particular, body measurements were collected for members of two dog packs, one studied during the period 2005-2006 (most behaviorual data analyses concerning this group were published by Cafazzo et al. 2010, Behav Ecol 21, 443-455), and another one studied during 2007-2008 (most behavioural data analyses concerning this one are included in Bonanni et al. 2017). As said above, the variable “age class” does not express the actual age of dogs in years, but rather it ranks pack members from the youngest (lowest rank) to the oldest one (highest rank). All body measurements are espressed in cm. Head size was obtained by summing up three distances: nose-occipital bone, temporal-temporal, mandible-forehead. Empty cells refer to missing values. In the original paper by Bonanni et al. (2017), these data were used to: 1) assess the correlation between standardized dominance rank and body measurements (separately for each pack); 2) assess the partial correlation between dominance rank and age, after controlling for body size (it was feasible only for the Corridoio pack); 3) assess the partial correlation between dominance rank and body measurements after controlling for age (it was feasible only for the Corridoio pack; 4) assess the effect of gender on the body measurements (all measured individuals taken together). Note that one female dog was a member of both packs at different times, and her body measurements were used in the statistical tests concerning both packs since she was already fully adult/grown during the study period 2005-2006.