Hi there, this README file was generated by David Villalobos Chaves on 4/18/2022 Data on: Craniodental traits predict feeding performance and dietary hardness in a community of Neotropical free-tailed bats (Chiroptera: Molossidae) Authors: David Villalobos-Chaves and Sharlene E. Santana Affiliation of both authors: Department of Biology and Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. DATA & FILE OVERVIEW 1. Description of dataset Information on several craniodental variables of co-ocurring free-tailed bats species were collected between 2014 and 2020 from multiple bat specimens collected from the wild or requested from natural history collections. Craniodental traits were then coupled with feeding performance and dietary hardness data collected from wild specimens (through fecal samples) in order to investigate the mechanisms facilitating ecological segreation among sympatric bats. 2. File list: File 1 Name: data_Particle size.xlsx File 1 Description: Bat Species name, ID codes and particle area values. File 2 Name: data_Particle thickness.xlsx File 2 Description: Bat Species name, ID codes and particle thickness values. File 3 Name: data_reg_analysis.txt File 3 Description: Mean values of craniodental traits, feeding performance and dietary hardness per bat species. File 4 Name: pgls_data1.log.csv File 4 Description: Log transformed mean values of craniodental traits, feeding performance and dietary hardness of all bat species. File 5 Name: pgls_data2.log.csv File 5 Description: Log transformed mean values of craniodental traits, feeding performance and dietary hardness of five bat species. File 5 Note:This data set contain only those bat species with available information on particle size and thickness File 6 Name: pcadata1_cran.morp.txt File 6 Description: Values on several cranial measurements and dietary hardness categories of all bat species. File 7 Name: pcadata2_dtm.txt File 7 Description: Values on several dental topography metrics and dietary hardness categories of all bat species. File 8 Name: pcadata3_ext_morph.txt File 8 Description: Values on several external head measurements and dietary hardness categories of all bat species. DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: data_Particle size.xlsx 1. Number of variables: 28 2. Number of cases/rows: 39 3. Variable List: SSID: Specimens number (consecutive) Individual#: Individual ID Species: Bat species name Sample code: Field code of each individual bat P1 to P20: Perimeter value for each of the 20 particles measured per individual bat Average : Mean value of particle area per individual bat SD: Standard deviation of particle area per individual bat Max: Maximum value of particle area per individual bat Min: Minimum value of particle area per individual bat 4. Missing data codes: NA 5. Abbreviations used: NA; not applicable 6. Other relevant information: None ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: data_Particle thickness.xlsx 1. Number of variables: 23 2. Number of cases/rows: 39 3. Variable List: Species: Bat species name sp: Bat species code P1 to P20: Thickness value for each of the 20 particles measured per individual bat Average : Mean value of particle area per individual bat 4. Missing data codes: None 5. Abbreviations used: NA; not available 6. Analysis: Script not available 7. Other relevant information: None ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: data_reg_analysis.txt 1. Number of variables: 11 2. Number of cases/rows: 6 3. Variable List: Species: Bat species name size: Mean particle size value per bat species thick: Mean particle thickness value per bat species DNE: Mean Dirichlet Normal Energy value per bat species RFI: Relief Index value per bat species OPCR: Orientation Patch Count Rotated value per bat species GSKULL: Mean greatest skull value per bat species FOREARM: Mean forearm length value per bat species HEADWID: Mean head width value per bat species HEADTALL: Mean head height per bat species HEADLEN: Mean head length value per bat species 4. Missing data codes: None 5. Abbreviations used: DNE; Dirichlet Normal Energy/RFI; Relief Index/OPCR: Orientation Patch Count Rotated 6. Analysis: Use R scripts "script_reg_analysis" and "script_thickness" to run the tests performed on the research. 7. Other relevant information: All values are log transformed ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: pgls_data1.log.csv 1. Number of variables: 11 2. Number of cases/rows: 9 3. Variable List: Species: Bat species name size: Mean particle size value per bat species thick: Mean particle thickness value per bat species DNE: Mean Dirichlet Normal Energy value per bat species RFI: Relief Index value per bat species OPCR: Orientation Patch Count Rotated value per bat species GSKULL: Mean greatest skull value per bat species FOREARM: Mean forearm length value per bat species HEADWID: Mean head width value per bat species HEADTALL: Mean head height per bat species HEADLEN: Mean head length value per bat species 4. Missing data codes: NA 5. Abbreviations used: NA; Not available/DNE; Dirichlet Normal Energy/RFI; Relief Index/OPCR: Orientation Patch Count Rotated 6. Analysis: Use R script "script_pgls" to run the tests performed on the research. 7. Other relevant information: All values are log transformed ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: pgls_data2.log.csv 1. Number of variables: 12 2. Number of cases/rows: 6 3. Variable List: Species: Bat species name size: Mean particle size value per bat species thick: Mean particle thickness value per bat species DNE: Mean Dirichlet Normal Energy value per bat species RFI: Relief Index value per bat species OPCR: Orientation Patch Count Rotated value per bat species GSKULL: Mean greatest skull value per bat species FOREARM: Mean forearm length value per bat species HEADWID: Mean head width value per bat species HEADTALL: Mean head height per bat species HEADLEN: Mean head length value per bat species Species_1:Bat species name 4. Missing data codes: None 5. Abbreviations used: DNE; Dirichlet Normal Energy/RFI; Relief Index/OPCR: Orientation Patch Count Rotated 6. Analysis: Use R script "script_pgls" to run the tests performed on the research. 7. Other relevant information: All values are log transformed ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: pcadata1_cran.morp.txt 1. Number of variables: 6 2. Number of cases/rows: 43 3. Variable List: Species: Bat species name hard_cat1: Hardness category assigned to each individual bat species hard_cat2: Hardness category assigned to each individual bat species g_skull_length: Greatest skull value of each individual bat species dentary_thickness: Dentary thickness value of each individual bat species dentary_length: Dentary length value of each individual bat species 4. Missing data codes: None 5. Abbreviations used: None 6. Analysis: Use R script "script_pca" to run the tests performed on the research. 7. Other relevant information: Hardness category 1 (hard_cat1) differ in the classification of few species. We used classification 2 for our analyses (hard_cat2) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: pcadata2_dtm.txt 1. Number of variables: 6 2. Number of cases/rows: 35 3. Variable List: Species: Bat species name hard_cat1: Hardness category assigned to each individual bat species hard_cat2: Hardness category assigned to each individual bat species DNE: Dirichlet Normal Energy value per each individual bat species RFI: Relief Index value per each individual bat species OPCR: Orientation Patch Count Rotated value per each individual bat species 4. Missing data codes: None 5. Abbreviations used: DNE; Dirichlet Normal Energy/RFI; Relief Index/OPCR: Orientation Patch Count Rotated 6. Analysis: Use R script "script_pca" to run the tests performed on the research. 7. Other relevant information: Hardness category 1 (hard_cat1) differ in the classification of few species. We used classification 2 for our analyses (hard_cat2) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: pcadata3_ext_morp.txt 1. Number of variables: 7 2. Number of cases/rows: 48 3. Variable List: Species: Bat species name hard_cat1: Hardness category assigned to each individual bat species hard_cat2: Hardness category assigned to each individual bat species HEADLEN: Head length value per individual bat species HEADWID: Head width value per individual bat species HEADHEI: Head height per individual bat species FA: Forearm leangth per individual bat species 4. Missing data codes: None 5. Abbreviations used: None 6. Analysis: Use R script "script_pca" to run the tests performed on the research. 7. Other relevant information: Hardness category 1 (hard_cat1) differ in the classification of few species. We used classification 2 for our analyses (hard_cat2) ########################################################################################################################### This is the end of the README file, please do not hesitate in contact any of the authors in case of questions and/or concers. Thank you. David Villalobos Chaves