This readme.txt file was generated on <20240718> by Recommended citation for the data: Evavold, Isabella; Gable, Thomas D; Homkes, Austin T; Bump, Joseph K. (2024). Observations of wolves eating berries. Retrieved from the Data Repository for the University of Minnesota (DRUM), https://hdl.handle.net/11299/264125. ------------------- GENERAL INFORMATION ------------------- 1. Title of Dataset: Observations of wolves eating berries in the Greater Voyageurs Ecosystem 2. Author Information Principal Investigator Contact Information Name: Thomas D. Gable Institution: University of Minnesota Address: 2003 Upper Buford Circle, St. Paul, MN 55108 Email: gable079@umn.edu ORCID: 0000-0002-0917-8951 Associate or Co-investigator Contact Information Name: Isabella Evavold Institution: University of Minnesota Address: 2003 Upper Buford Circle, St. Paul, MN 55108 Email: izzyevavold@gmail.com ORCID: NA Associate or Co-investigator Contact Information Name: Austin T. Homkes Institution: University of Minnesota Address: 2003 Upper Buford Circle, St. Paul, MN 55108 Email: homkes@umn.edu ORCID: NA Associate or Co-investigator Contact Information Name: Joseph K. Bump Institution: University of Minnesota Address: 2003 Upper Buford Circle, St. Paul, MN 55108 Email: bump@umn.edu ORCID: NA 3. Date published or finalized for release: Accepted on May 24, publication in late 2024. 4. Date of data collection (single date, range, approximate date) 20190801-20220813 5. Geographic location of data collection (where was data collected?): Greater Voyageurs Ecosystem, Minnesota, US 6. Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data: Funding for this work was provided by the Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund, the University of Minnesota, Northern Michigan University, National Park Service, the Van Sloun Foundation, Voyageurs Conservancy, Rainy Lake Conservancy, Wolf Conservation Center, International Wolf Center, The 06 Legacy, the National Wolfwatcher Coalition, Big Bad Project, Wildlife Science Center, Arc’teryx, NatureSpy, Vectronic-Aerospace, and 6,067 individual donors who have supported the work of the Voyageurs Wolf Project. 7. Overview of the data (abstract): Wolves are opportunistic generalists that can respond quickly to new and unique food sources. Wolves in some ecosystems will consume berries and other fruits when they are abundant and available, however many aspects of this behavior remain unknown. In the Greater Voyageurs Ecosystem (GVE), Minnesota, USA, wolves consistently consume berries, particularly blueberries, when they are available. We deployed remote cameras in blueberry patches to record wolves foraging on berries over several years. We captured footage of wolves of all age-classes, social statuses, and sex foraging on blueberries alone or with other wolves. Our observations indicate berry consumption by wolves is a widespread behavior in the GVE and likely similar southern boreal ecosystems. We hope our work spurs researchers across wolf range to examine whether berry consumption by wolves is a widespread and ubiquitous behavior for wolves. -------------------------- SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION -------------------------- 1. Licenses/restrictions placed on the data: CC0 1.0 Universal (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) 2. Links to publications that cite or use the data: Pending 3. Terms of Use: Data Repository for the U of Minnesota (DRUM) By using these files, users agree to the Terms of Use. https://conservancy.umn.edu/pages/policies/#drum-terms-of-use --------------------- DATA & FILE OVERVIEW --------------------- 1. File List Filename: Evavold_Ecosphere_Data.csv Short description: Data on observations from trail cameras of wolves foraging on berries. -------------------------- METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION -------------------------- 1. Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: We opportunistically deployed Browning Spec Ops model trail cameras to opportunistically capture observations of wolves foraging on berries. 2. Methods for processing the data: We watched the video footage and extracted basic information from the videos to summarize the number and characteristics of wolves observed foraging. 3. Instrument- or software-specific information needed to interpret the data: No 4. People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission: All co-authors listed at the beginning of the manuscript ----------------------------------------- DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: Evavold_Ecosphere_Data.csv ----------------------------------------- 1. Number of variables: 10 2. Number of cases/rows: 22 3. Variable List A. Name: pack Description: wolf pack that a wolf belonged to. B. Name: date Description: date of observation C. Name: time Description: time of observation D. Name: malesObserved Description: number of male wolves observed in observation E. Name: femalesObserved Description: number of female wolves observed in observation F. Name: unkSexObserved Description: number of wolves observed for which we could not determine their sex G. Name: numWolvesObserved Description: total number of wolves observed in observation H. Name: numPupsPresent Description: number of observed wolves that were pups I. Name: taggedWolf Description: whether a wolf/wolves in an observation had been tagged for research J. Name: Wolf ID Description: the ID of tagged wolves observed foraging for berries NA = Not applicable, UNK = Unknown