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title: 'MS Title: Wild kangaroos maintain long-term affiliations with popular individuals and become more social when caring for young'

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# MS Title: Wild kangaroos maintain long-term affiliations with popular individuals and become more social when caring for young
MS Authors: Campbell, Nora E; Ord, Terry J

## FILE NAME AND CONTENT

Campbell_Ord_data.xlsx

All data used in analyis of kangaroo social networks. 

## FILE STRUCTURE AND UNITS OF MEASUREMENT

The file is a xlsx file that can be opened using any text, spreadsheet or statistical program. 

## xlsx file column headings
Descriptions for the headings in the .xlsx file are given below. 

### Roo
- The individual kangaroo, given by a number, predated by the sex/age it was last seen as. E.g. Roo f4 is kangaroo 004, who was last seen in 2020, identified as a female. 

### sex
- The sex/age of the focal kangaroo in a given year. Females with and without young ar categorised seperately. 

### Date
- The date that the photograph used to identify the kangaroo was taken. 

### Time
- The time that the photograph used to identify the kangaroo was taken. 

### AM/PM
- The time of day the data was collected. AM data was collected shortly after sunrise until mid-morning. PM data was collected from mid-afternoon to sunset. 

### All other individuals within 3 m
- All other kangaroos seen within an estimated 3 meters of the focal kangaroo.

### Males
- The number of males in the photograph with the focal kangaroo. 

### Females without Young
- The number of females with no young in the photograph with the focal kangaroo. 

### Females with Young
- The number of mother kangaroos in the photograph with the focal kangaroo. 

### Fully emerged juveniles
- The number juveniles belonging to the focal kangaroo (only valid if the focal kangaroo was a female with young), that are fully emerged from the pouch.

### Other juveniles
- The number of juveniles not belonging to the focal kagnaroo seen in the photograph with the focal kangaroo.
 
### Unknown
- The number of kangaroos in the photograph with the focal kangaroo whose sex cannot be determined. 

### Observed ID'd Associates
- Individual kangaroos (represented by a number) that are seen in the photograph with the focal kangaroo. 

## DATA COLLECTOR
- Photographs used in the study were taken by Terry J. Ord. Kangaroos were identified from these photographs by Nora E. Campbell. 
