Data from: Human shields mediate sexual conflict in a top predator ...

• Main Authors: Steyaert, Sam M.J.G., Leclerc, Martin, Pelletier, Fanie, Kindberg, Jonas, Brunberg, Sven, Swenson, Jon E., Zedrosser, Andreas, Steyaert, S. M. J. G.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Dryad 2016
• Subjects: protective associate; Ursus arctos; Human shield; sexually selected infanticide; fear ecology
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.p5n87; https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.p5n87

Selecting the right habitat in a risky landscape is crucial for an individual's survival and reproduction. In predator–prey systems, prey often can anticipate the habitat use of their main predator and may use protective associates (i.e. typically an apex predator) as shields against predation. Although never tested, such mechanisms should also evolve in systems in which sexual conflict affects offspring survival. Here, we assessed the relationship between offspring survival and habitat selection, as well as the use of protective associates, in a system in which sexually selected infanticide (SSI), rather than interspecific predation, affects offspring survival. We used the Scandinavian brown bear (Ursus arctos) population with SSI in a human-dominated landscape as our model system. Bears, especially adult males, generally avoid humans in our study system. We used resource selection functions to contrast habitat selection of GPS-collared mothers that were successful (i.e. surviving litters, n = 19) and ... : Human shields mediate sexual conflict in a top predator - DataText file containing GPS reloaction data linked to spatial covariates and bear metadata. Note that the continuous variables are already scaled.HS_data_24052016.txtHuman shields mediate sexual conflict in a top predator - main r codeHS_code.R ...