Title: Dataset for “Does the use of nest materials in a ground-nesting bird result from a compromise between the risk of egg overheating and camouflage?”

File 1: textures.txt
Year: Year of data
Nest: Identification number of nest
Treatment: White, light grey, dark grey pebbles, or twigs
Picture: Original, immediately after treatment, or one week after treatment
ChiSq (Egg_Nest): Comparing histogram of textures between egg and nest using ?? 
ChiSq (Egg_Microhabitat): Comparing histogram of textures between egg and microhabitat using ??
ChiSq (Nest_Microhabitat): Comparing histogram of textures between nest and nest using ??
Border ratio: Proportion (%) of detected border

File 2: egg_temperatures.txt
Replicate: Ten replicates for each nest materials
Time (s): Time in seconds from the first measure of temperature
Egg temperature (ºC): Egg temperature in ºC
Material: White, light grey, dark grey pebbles, or twigs
Egg identity: Identification number of model egg (four different eggs)

File 3: lightness_txt
Year: Year of data
Nest: Identification number of nest
Egg lightness: In Lab colour space
Nest lightness: In Lab colour space
Microhabitat lightness: In Lab colour space

File 4: material_reflectances.txt
Replicate: Five replicates for each nest material
Nest material: White, light grey, dark, ochre grey pebbles, twigs or dry mud
R: Reflectance of nest material in channel R using the tool SpotEgg (Gómez and Liñán-Cembrano, 2017)
G: Reflectance of nest material in channel G using the tool SpotEgg (Gómez and Liñán-Cembrano, 2017)
B: Reflectance of nest material in channel B using the tool SpotEgg (Gómez and Liñán-Cembrano, 2017)
Total reflectance: Average reflectance of R, G, and B

File 5: material_temperatures.txt
Time (s): Time in seconds from the first measure
Replicate: Five replicates for each material
Nest material: White, light grey, dark, ochre grey pebbles, twigs or dry mud
Temperature (ºC): Temperature in ºC of the material measured with a thermal imaging camera

File 6: not_removed.txt
Treatment: White, light grey, dark grey pebbles, or twigs
% of experimental material remained in nest: Experimental material retained in the nest a weak after treatment in %