This DATSETNAMEreadme.txt file was generated on [20191001] by Jake Bicknell ------------------- GENERAL INFORMATION ------------------- 1. Title of Dataset: Quantifying the impacts of defaunation on natural forest regeneration in a global meta-analysis 2. Author Information Principal Investigator Contact Information Name: Charlie Gardner Institution: Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE), Address: School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, UK Email: C.Gardner-399@kent.ac.uk Associate or Co-investigator Contact Information Name: Jake Bicknell Institution: Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE), Address: School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, UK Email: J.E.Bicknell@kent.ac.uk 3. Date of data collection (single date, range, approximate date): 2017-2018 4. Geographic location of data collection (where was data collected?): Global scope, collated from peer-reviewed literature 5. Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data: WWF-UK --------------------- DATA & FILE OVERVIEW --------------------- 1. File List A. Filename: Gardner_et_al_data_KAR.csv Short description: Data used in "Gardner, C.J., Bicknell, J.E., Baldwin-Cantello, W. Struebig M.J., Davies Z.G. (2019) Quantifying the impacts of defaunation on natural forest regeneration in a global meta-analysis. Nature Communications. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12539-1" 2. Relationship between files: 3. Additional related data collected that was not included in the current data package: 4. Are there multiple versions of the dataset? No If yes, list versions: Name of file that was updated: i. Why was the file updated? ii. When was the file updated? Name of file that was updated: i. Why was the file updated? ii. When was the file updated? -------------------------- METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION -------------------------- 1. Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: See publication 2. Methods for processing the data: See publication 3. Instrument- or software-specific information needed to interpret the data: See publication 4. Standards and calibration information, if appropriate: 5. Environmental/experimental conditions: See publication 6. Describe any quality-assurance procedures performed on the data: See publication 7. People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission: See publication ----------------------------------------- DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: [FILENAME] ----------------------------------------- 1. Number of variables: 12 2. Number of cases/rows: 107 3. Variable List A. Name: Reference Description: Publication citation of the data used in the meta-analysis B. Name: Region Description: Region data were collected C. Name: Study design Description: Whether the experimental design of that study was experimental or manipulated (see paper D. Name: Fauna Description: Taxonomic group E. Name: Interaction Description: Type of ecological interaction between the fauna and vegetation F. Name: Vegetation response Description: Vegetation metric calculated in that paper G. Name: Mean value at 'High fauna' Description: Mean of the metric (e.g. richness, abundance etc) of that species/taxa in the high fauna sites H. Name: SD at 'High Fauna' Description: Standard deviation of the metric (e.g. richness, abundance etc) of that species/taxa in the high fauna sites I. Name: 'High Fauna' N Description: Sample size in the high fauna sites J. Name: Mean value at 'Low Fauna' Description: Mean of the metric (e.g. richness, abundance etc) of that species/taxa in the low fauna sites K. Name: SD at 'Low Fauna' Description: Standard deviation of the metric (e.g. richness, abundance etc) of that species/taxa in the low fauna sites L. Name: 'Low Fauna' N Description: Sample size in the low fauna sites