WolfPathogen: WolfPathogen

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WolfPathogen

Description

Pathogen and parasite exposure data collected on gray wolves by Brandell et al. (2021).

Usage

WolfPathogen

Format

A data frame with 1986 rows and 23 variables:

pop

character Wolf population/study area abbreviation. Alaska Peninsula (AK PEN), Denali National Park (DENALI), central-eastern Alaska (INT AK), Yukon-Charley National Preserve (YUCH), Ellesmere Island (ELLESMERE), North Slave Northwest Territories (N NWT), South Slave Northwest Territories (SS NWT), British Columbia (BC), southeastern Alaska (SE AK), Banff & Jasper National Parks (BAN JAS), Montana (MT), Yellowstone National Park (YNP), Grand Teton National Park (GTNP), Mexican wolves (MEXICAN), Ontario (ONT), Superior National Forest (SNF), and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan (MI).

year

integer Biological year, birth month = first month. April = British Columbia/Banff/Jasper National Parks and south, May = SE Alaska and north).

age.cat

character Estimate of wolf age class. P = Pup (<1 year old), S = subadult (1-2 years old), and A = adult (great than or equal to 3 years old).

sex

character F = Female, M = Male

color

character B = black, G = gray

lat

double latitude of study area centroid

long

double longitude of study area centroid

habitat

double index of habitat quality

human

double Number of people per 1000-km2

pop.density

double Mean estimate of the number of wolves per 1000-km2 in each study area

pack.size

double Mean annual pack size in each study area

standard.habitat

double standardized habitat

standard.human

double standardized human density

standard.pop

double standardized wolf population density

standard.packsize

double standardized packsize

standard.latitude

double standardized latitude

standard.longitude

double standardized longitude

cav.binary

integer Presence of canine adenovirus (coded as a 1, 0 otherwise)

cdv.binary

integer Presence of canine distemper virus (coded as a 1, 0 otherwise)

cpv.binary

integer Presence of canine parvovirus-2 (coded as a 1, 0 otherwise)

chv.binary

integer Presence of canine herpesvirus (coded as a 1, 0 otherwise)

neo.binary

integer Presence of Neospora caninum (coded as a 1, 0 otherwise)

toxo.binary

integer Presence of Toxoplasma gondii (coded as a 1, 0 otherwise)

Source

Data were downloaded from the following dryad data repository:

Brandell, Ellen E (2021). Serological dataset and R code for: Patterns and processes of pathogen exposure in gray wolves across North America Dataset. Dryad. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.5hqbzkh51.

The data were analyzed in the following paper:

Brandell, Ellen E. et al. (2021), Patterns and processes of pathogen exposure in gray wolves across North America, Scientific Reports, Journal-article, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-81192-w.

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