About time: synchrony in onset of parental care influences cooperation and offspring performance in a burying beetle

This data file consists of a comma separated values spreadsheet (.csv), which provides data on the effects of synchrony in the onset of parental care on parental cooperation. Each line in the spreadsheet represents a pair.

pair_id – individual ID of the pair.
m_treatment – male experimental treatment
f_treatment – female experimental treatment.
m_mass_before_breeding – male mass before breeding (g).
m_mass_after_breeding – male mass upon larval dispersal from the carcass(g).
f_mass_before_breeding – female mass before breeding (g).
f_mass_after_breeding – female mass upon larval dispersal from the carcass(g).
carcass_mass – mass of the mouse provided to the pair for breeding (g).
f_direct – number of scans spent providing direct care to the larvae by the female.
f_indirect – number of scans spent providing indirect care to the larvae by the female.
m_direct – number of scans spent providing direct care to the larvae by the male.
m_indirect – number of scans spent providing indirect care to the larvae by the male.
number_larvae – number of larvae that dispersed from the carcass.
average_larval_mass – the average larval mass of the brood upon dispersal from the carcass (g).

Lambert, Georgia (2024), “About time: synchrony in onset of parental care influences cooperation and offspring performance in a burying beetle”, Mendeley Data, V1, doi: 10.17632/b637d4rx3k.1