Shifts in polygny thresholds and male selection pressure

Year=year NAO_Index=North Atlantic Oscillation Index MeanAdultFemalsPerHarem=mean number of females in the harem (geometric mean across January, February, and March) AdultSexRatio=number of males ≥4 years old/[males ≥4 years old + females ≥2 years old]) from the entire population MeanMaximumSummerTe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Manning, Jeffrey A., Mcloughlin, Philip D.
Format: Dataset
Language:unknown
Published: 2016
Subjects:
Climatic variation
Equus ferus
limiting resource
mate choice
mating inequality
resource availability
sexual selection
Canada
North Atlantic
North Atlantic oscillation
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10255/dryad.130664
https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.5dh98/3
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Summary:Year=year NAO_Index=North Atlantic Oscillation Index MeanAdultFemalsPerHarem=mean number of females in the harem (geometric mean across January, February, and March) AdultSexRatio=number of males ≥4 years old/[males ≥4 years old + females ≥2 years old]) from the entire population MeanMaximumSummerTemperature_C=mean of daily maximum summer temperatures (Celsius) from June through August. TotalSummerPrecipitation_CM=total summer precipitation from June through August MalePopSegmentUnderCompetition=proportion of the male breeding population residing in the region of the island where females were under-dispersed (k>1) PropOfYearsUnderMaleSelection=proportion of years where females were clustered around particular males (k>1; see methods) PolygynyThresholdDistanceFromPond_KM=distance from permanent water where k=1 during a given year (see methods)

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