Greater landscape-scale forest cover and animal-mediated seed dispersal syndromes associate with faster recovery rates in restoring tropical Andean forests

Data on recovery rates of woody vegetation in five restoring areas in North-Western Ecuador. Datasets include 1) environmental and landscape variables, 2) trees measuring > 5 cm dbh [individuals and biomass], 3) naturally regenerated trees measuring 2-5 cm dbh [individuals, species richness, dispersal mode], and 4) woody saplings measuring ≥ 20 cm height and < 2 cm dbh [individuals, species richness, dispersal mode]. All data recovery values are presented as plot-level rates over time. For regenerated trees and saplings, datasets on their dispersal syndromes are also available. Environmental data includes elevation, mean annual temperature and precipitation extracted from the CHELSA extrapolated database. This file also contains land-cover data extracted using Sentinel 2 on the distance of each forest monitoring plot to a natural forest patch, and percentage of landscape-scale natural forest cover.
, , # Greater landscape-scale forest cover and animal-mediated seed dispersal syndromes associate with faster recovery rates in restoring tropical Andean forests

Dataset DOI: [10.5061/dryad.rxwdbrvp8](10.5061/dryad.rxwdbrvp8)

## Description of the data and file structure

Data collected in circular plots measuring 8 m radius in Andean montane restoring forests in NW Ecuador. Tree plantation efforts took place in 2011 and 2013, and monitoring took place in 2019. Trees above 2 cm dbh were measured. Saplings higher than 20 cm and less than 2 cm dbh were measured. 

### Files and variables

#### File: env_landscape_restor_plots.csv

**Description:** Environmental and landscape attribute variables used in the study.

#### File: rec_saplings_disp_mode.csv

**Description:** Number of individuals in the sapling category (20 cm height, < 2 cm dbh) according to their dispersal mode: zoochory or other.

#### File: rec_saplings_ind_sp.csv

**Description:** Number of individuals and of species in the ...,

厄瓜多尔西北部5个恢复区域内木本植被恢复速率相关数据集。本数据集包含四类内容：1）环境与景观变量；2）胸径（dbh，diameter at breast height）＞5cm的乔木数据[个体数与生物量]；3）胸径2~5cm的天然更新乔木数据[个体数、物种丰富度、传播方式]；4）株高≥20cm且胸径＜2cm的木本幼树数据[个体数、物种丰富度、传播方式]。所有数据的恢复速率均以样地水平的时间变化率呈现。针对天然更新乔木与幼树，还提供了其传播综合征相关数据集。环境数据包含海拔、年平均气温与年降水量，均取自CHELSA外推数据库。本文件还包含基于Sentinel 2影像提取的土地覆盖数据，具体为各森林监测样地与天然林斑块的距离，以及景观尺度天然林覆盖百分比。
# 更高景观尺度森林覆盖与动物介导的种子传播综合征与热带安第斯恢复森林更快恢复速率相关

数据集DOI：10.5061/dryad.rxwdbrvp8

## 数据与文件结构说明

本数据采集于厄瓜多尔西北部安第斯山地恢复森林中半径8米的圆形样地。人工造林活动开展于2011年与2013年，监测工作于2019年完成。胸径大于2cm的乔木均被测量；株高高于20cm且胸径小于2cm的幼树亦被测量。

### 文件与变量

#### 文件：env_landscape_restor_plots.csv
**描述：** 本研究使用的环境与景观属性变量数据集。

#### 文件：rec_saplings_disp_mode.csv
**描述：** 按传播方式（动物传播或其他）分类的幼树类群（株高≥20cm，胸径＜2cm）个体数量数据。

#### 文件：rec_saplings_ind_sp.csv
**描述：** [原文未完整给出后续内容]中的个体数量与物种数量数据。