gabon_diversity dataset

Data on relative animal abundances in Gabon

Data on the relative abundance (proportion of total observations) of a variety of animal groups as recorded on a network of transects in NE Gabon. A variety of land use variables are also recorded. data

data("gabon_diversity")

Format

A data frame with 24 observations on the following 14 variables.

• TransectID: Identifier for each transect
• Distance: Distance from the nearest village in Km
• HuntCat: Estimate of the intensity of hunting
• LandUse: What the land is used for
• NumHouseholds: Number of households in the nearest village
• Veg_Rich: Vegetation species richness measured as the number of tree species present in a series of plots along the transect
• Veg_Canopy: Canopy cover as the percentage of the sky blocked by canpoy in each plot, scored as 1 = 0-25, 2 = 26-50, 3 = 51-75, 4 = 76-100
• Veg_Understory: Understory cover as the percentage of the ground covered, scored as for canopy cover
• RA_Apes: Relative abundance of apes
• RA_Birds: Relative abundance of birds
• RA_Elephant: Relative abundance of elephants
• RA_Monkeys: Relative abundance of monkeys
• RA_Rodent: Relative abundance of rodents
• RA_Ungulate: Relative abundance of ungulates

Source

Koerner, Sally E. et al. (2017), Data from: Vertebrate community composition and diversity declines along a defaunation gradient radiating from rural villages in Gabon, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.vs97g

References

Koerner, S.E., Poulsen, J.R., Blanchard, E.J., Okouyi, J. & Clark, C.J. (2017) Vertebrate community composition and diversity declines along a defaunation gradient radiating from rural villages in Gabon (ed S Cheyne). The Journal of applied ecology, 54, 805-814.

Examples

data(gabon_diversity)
## maybe str(gabon_diversity)