### Jones_et_al_2025_README

Overview of data associated with Jones, B.D., Falvo, C.A., Burwell, C. et al. Asynchronous seasonal dynamics of nycteribiid bat flies and Bartonella spp. in Australian flying foxes (Pteropus spp.).

This readme file was generated on 2025-11-19 by Brent Jones


GENERAL INFORMATION

Title of Dataset: Data from: Asynchronous seasonal dynamics of nycteribiid bat flies and Bartonella spp. in Australian flying foxes (Pteropus spp.).

Authors:
Brent D. Jones (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4256-3664), University of Sydney, AU
Caylee A. Falvo (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1520-137X), Cornell University, US
Chris Burwell, Queensland Museum, AU
Tamika J. Lunn (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4439-2045), University of Georgia, Athens, US
Devin N. Jones-Slobodian (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9215-2930), Montana State University, US
Adrienne S. Dale (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8991-4308, Texas Tech University, US
Maureen K. Kessler (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5380-5281), University of Michigan–Ann Arbor: Ann Arbor, US 
Daniel Crowley (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4262-253X), Cornell University, US
Evelyn Benson, Montana State University, US
Clifton D. McKee (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6149-0598), Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, US
Agnieszka Rynda-Apple (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4333-9971), Montana State University, US
Raina K. Plowright (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3338-6590), Cornell University, US
Daniel J. Becker (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4315-8628), University of Oklahoma, US
Kerry L. Clark (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3095-0184), University of North Florida, US
Hamish McCallum (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3493-0412), Griffith University, AU
Nicholas J. Clark (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7131-3301), University of Queensland, AU
Alison J. Peel (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3538-3550), University of Sydney, AU

Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data: 
The project was supported by the National Science Foundation (DEB1716698, EF2133763, EF-2231624), and the DARPA PREEMPT program Cooperative Agreement # D18AC00031. The content of the information does not necessarily reflect the position or the policy of the U.S. government, and no official endorsement should be inferred.
AJP was supported by an ARC DECRA fellowship (DE190100710) and a University of Sydney Horizons Fellowship.
BDJ was supported by an Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarship.


SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION

Licenses/restrictions placed on the data: 
This dataset is shared under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The material can be shared and built upon, but attribution to the original authors and a statement of changes made is required.

Links to publications that cite or use the data: 


Links/relationships to ancillary data sets: 


Recommended citation for this dataset: 
Brent D Jones, Caylee A Falvo, Chris Burwell, Tamika J Lunn, Devin N Jones-Slobodian, Adrienne Dale, Maureen Kessler, Daniel E Crowley, Evelyn Benson, Clifton D McKee, Agnieszka Rynda-Apple, Raina K Plowright, Daniel J Becker, Kerry L Clark, Hamish McCallum, Nicholas J Clark, Alison J. Peel. (2025) Data from: Asynchronous seasonal dynamics of nycteribiid bat flies and Bartonella spp. in Australian flying foxes (Pteropus spp.).


METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION

For a description of methods used for collection/generation of data, please see "Links to publications that cite or use the data" section above. 

People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission are acknowledged accordingly in the publication, please see "Links to publications that cite or use the data" section above. 


DATA & FILE OVERVIEW

File List:
detection_data_20250827.csv - metadata and parasite and PCR screening results from individual bats
nyct_morphology_20250827.csv - metadata, species, and sex data from collected nycteribiid parasites
session_abiotics_20250827.csv - abiotic data and nycteribiid prevalence for each sampling session


DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: detection_data_20250827.csv

Dataset containing metadata and parasite and PCR screening results from individual bats. 

Number of variables: 14

Number of cases/rows: 2245

Columns include:
- accession: Key for each sampling session. This variable is a combination of sampling country (A, for Australia), sampling type (C, for catching), location (three letter site code), and sampling instance at a location (three character numeric count).
- accession_id: Key for each individually sampled bat. This variable is a combination of the accession code above and the order each individual was sampled in separated by an underscore (ACRED001_3 refers to the third individual sampled in session ACRED001).
- site: Name of roost.
- ONI: Oceanic Nino Index as defined by the 3-month running average of sea surface temperature anomalies in the Nino 3.4 region.
- date_start: Date sampling session started (dd/mm/yyyy).
- bat_species: bff (for black flying fox; Pteropus alecto) and ghff (for grey-headed flying fox; Pteropus poliocephalus).
- bat_sex: male or female.
- bat_age: Age category of bat, classified as juvenile (juve), subadult (sub_adult), or adult (adult). See associated publication for definitions.
- bat_repro: Reproduction status of bat, classified as non-reproductive (non_repro), reproductive (repro), pregnant (preg), and lactating (lact). See associated publication for definitions.
- bat_weight: Weight of bat in grams.
- ecto_pos: Binary indicator of nycteribiid parasite presence (1 = nycteribiids present, 0 = nycteribiids absent, NA = presence not recorded).
- ecto_burden: Count of nycteribiids present on individual bat (NA = count not recorded).
- bartonella: Binary indicator of PCR result for Bartonella spp. DNA (1 = PCR positive, 0 = PCR negative, NA = sample not screened).
- borrelia: Binary indicator of PCR result for Borrelia spp. DNA (1 = PCR positive, 0 = PCR negative, NA = sample not screened).


DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: nyct_morphology_20250827.csv

Dataset containing metadata, species, and sex data from collected nycteribiid parasites. 

Number of variables: 7

Number of cases/rows: 531

Columns include:
- accession: Key for each sampling session. This variable is a combination of sampling country (A, for Australia), sampling type (C, for catching), location (three letter site code), and sampling instance at a location (three character numeric count).
- accession_id: Key for each individually sampled bat. This variable is a combination of the accession code above and the order each individual was sampled in separated by an underscore (ACRED001_3 refers to the third individual sampled in session ACRED001).
- site: Name of roost.
- date_start: Date sampling session started (dd/mm/yyyy).
- species: Nycteribiid species identified (Cyclopodia albertisii or Cyclopodia australis).
- male: Count of male parasites sampled (NA = no male parasites sampled).
- female: Count of female parasites sampled (NA = no female parasites sampled).


DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: session_abiotics_20250827.csv

Dataset containing abiotic data and nycteribiid prevalence for each sampling session. 

Number of variables: 8

Number of cases/rows: 42

Columns include:
- accession: Key for each sampling session. This variable is a combination of sampling country (A, for Australia), sampling type (C, for catching), location (three letter site code), and sampling instance at a location (three character numeric count).
- site: Name of roost.
- prev: Prevalence of nycteribiid parasites determined by the number of sampled bats with parasites divided by the total number from the session which had parasite presence recorded.
- month_temperature: Mean monthly temperature in degrees Celcius. See associated publication for methods.
- month_humidity: Mean monthly relative humidity (%). See associated publication for methods.
- month_solar_radiation: Mean monthly solar radiation (J/m^2). See associated publication for methods.
- month_evaporation: Total monthly evaporation (m of water equivalent). See associated publication for methods.
- month_precipitation: Total monthly precipitation (m of water equivalent). See associated publication for methods.