Data on quantitative genetics of dominance rank and aggression in greylag geese (Weiß & Foerster, JEB) Data were collected by Brigitte M. Weiß, for questions please contact brigitte.weiss@klf.ac.at or katharina.foerster@uni-tuebingen.de A) Description of files: pedigree.txt: contains pedigree information dominance_all.txt: contains data on dominance rank and aggression rates in greylag geese of all ages and all relevant fixed and random effects (see below) dominance_juveniles.txt: contains data on dominance rank and aggression rates in juvenile greylag geese and all relevant fixed and random effects (see below) dominance_pairs.txt: contains data on dominance rank and aggression rates in adult, paired greylag geese and all relevant fixed and random effects (see below) dominance_4trait.txt: contains data on dominance rank and aggression rates in juvenile and paired adult male and female greylag geese and all relevant fixed and random effects (see below) B) Description of data missing data are coded with an asterisk (*) animal # numerical code for individual identity, to be associated with a pedigree parents # code for focal's parents (human foster parents in case of hand-raised birds) season # 1: summer, 2: winter, 3: mating season pairtype # 2: heterosexual, 3: homosexual, 4: trio status2 # 1: unpaired, 2: paired, 3: primary family, 4: sibling group without parents, 5: secondary family, 6: other familysize # number of social group members age # age in years age_square # square of age in years sex # 1: male, 2: female raising # 1: goose-raised, 2: hand-raised won_ind # n defeated individuals sum_ind # n individuals interacted with aggression # n interactions won/hour flocksize # n individuals in flock sexratio # rate of females in flock nfamilies # n families in flock domT # transformed dominance rank (won/sum) aggT # transformed aggression rate partnerID # numerical code for identity of the focal's partner domTjuvmale # transformed dominance rank (won/sum) in juvenile males domTadmale # transformed dominance rank (won/sum) in adult paired males domTjuvfem # transformed dominance rank (won/sum) in juvenile females domTadfem # transformed dominance rank (won/sum) in adult paired females aggTjuvmale # transformed aggression rate (won/sum) in juvenile males aggTadmale # transformed aggression rate (won/sum) in adult paired males aggTjuvfem # transformed aggression rate (won/sum) in juvenile females aggTadfem # transformed aggression rate (won/sum) in adult paired females