Dataset for: 'Sex and Dominance: How to Assess and Interpret Intersexual Dominance Relationships in Mammalian Societies'

  

Full dataset for all the analyses comprised in the manuscript entitled "Sex and Dominance: How to Assess and Interpret Intersexual Dominance Relationships in Mammalian Societies".  It comprises data on 9 species of mammals including spotted hyenas, rock hyraxes and seven primate species. This dataset includes data collected during 20 group_years.

Meaning of the column header in the dataset: 

species : Vernacular name of the species

group: Name of the study groupe (comprising the year for groups studied on several years)

ID1: Identity of the first individual

ID2: Identity of the second individual

sex.ID1: Sex of the first individual

sex.ID2: Sex of teh second individual

sex.combination: Sex combination of individual 1 and 2 (FF for female female, FM for female male, and MM for male male, 

winner.ID: Identity of the winner of teh interaction (if applicable, otherwise NA)

winner.sex: Sex of the winner of the interaction

decided.conflict: Whether the conflict was decided or not (i.e. if there was a clear identified winner). 

ID1.aggressive.act: Whether the first individual produced an aggressive act

ID1.aggressive.signal: Whether the first individual produced an aggressive signal

ID1.submissive.act: Whether the first individual produced a submissive act

ID1.submissive.signal: Whether the first individual produced a submissive signal

ID2.aggressive.act: Whether the second individual produced an aggressive act

ID2.aggressive.signal: Whether the second individual produced an aggressive signal

ID2.submissive.act: Whether the second individual produced a submissive act

ID2.submissive.signal: Whether the second individual produced a submissive signal