Replication Data for: Figs 20.3 and 20.4, WTPDs, Males, ARS for sexual partners, weanlings, and yearlings, 08 July 2026

For juveniles in the first year after weaning: if a male was captured in autumn (September or October), I assumed he was about 5 months old at that point, and that he was a yearling (1-year old) in the following spring. The logic here is that almost all male 5-month olds were still coming aboveground in autumn. Older males (>=2 years), by contrast, were almost always hibernating by autumn.

I can only think of one >=2 year old WTPD male that we captured in autumn Note well: All analyses are for COPULATIONS SEEN. I do nothing here with copulations INFERRED from microsatellites = microsats, with no behavioral observations of estrus and copulations. Body mass = male body mass just before, during, or just after mating season Another OLD File name = WTPDs, Male ARS and LRS for cops, 19 Dec 2020 This file is IDENTICAL to file = WTPDs, MCs vs cops, male body mass, 18 Dec 2020 I have created this identical file so that I can keep it with other ARS files Weanlings = Number of babies weaned by females with whom male copulated Note, however, that the male did NOT necessarily sire all juveniles listed as babies Some of those babies were sired by other males For paternities, see information from Stephen Keller Each male had unique ear tags.

If we had data from the same male in different years, then that male might have 1, 2, 3, or even 4 "Do numbers" in this EXCEL file This file has now been checked TWO TIMES This file only includes data from WTPDs that are known to have copulated. I have EXCLUDED data from males not observed to copulate Age = number of years since first emergence from natal nursery burrow Sexual partners seen = number of different females with whom male copulated for we have good information on all possible matings for males that we could easily see.

Litter sired = number of litters for which male sired at least one offspring Weanlings = number of weanlings sired Yearlings = number of yearlings sired Yearlings = number of weanlings that survive for >= 9 months after first emergence These data used for Figs 20.3 and 20.4 in Hoogland 2026. This file ready for longterm storage on 05 April 2025. I considered data from the same prairie dog in different years to be independent.

Weanling = offspring at first juvenile emergence All WTPD data in this EXCEL file collected at single WTPD study colony at Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge File name = Figs 20.3 and 20.4, WTPDs, Males, ARS for sexual partners, weanlings, and yearlings, 08 July 2026