Data from: Birth dates vary with fixed and dynamic maternal features, offspring sex, and extreme climatic events in a high-latitude marine mammal ...

• Main Authors: Rotella, Jay J., Paterson, J. Terrill, Garrott, Robert A.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Dryad 2017
• Subjects: Leptonychotes weddellii; maternal effects; birth timing; birth dates; Population ecology; Weddell seals; Erebus Bay; Weddell; Antarc*; Antarctica; Weddell Seals
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.93f51; https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.93f51

Reproductive synchrony tends to be widespread in diverse species of plants and animals, especially at higher latitudes. However, for long-lived mammals, birth dates for different individuals can vary by weeks within a population. A mother's birth timing can reveal useful information about her r...