Data for: The importance of grass cover for mammalian diversity and habitat associations in a bush encroached savanna

Camera trap presence/absence data for 21 terrestrial mammal species detected in Mbuluzi Game Reserve and Mlawula Nature Reserve, Swaziland. Where columns represent each species detected and rows the survey plots sampled. Data includes covariates used in the Bayesian multi-species hierarchical abundance model used to examine the association of mammal local relative abundance and species richness with temporal and habitat covariates. Covariates used in the model are the following:
1. Year: indicates year of sampling each plot
2. Month: indicates month of sampling
3. Camera: indicates whether 1 or two cameras were used at each plot.
4. Shrub: average shrub cover per plot
5. Grass: average grass cover per plot
6. Tree: average tree cover per plot
7. Dwat: distance of plot center to nearest body of surface water
8. vo: Average measure of visual obstruction per plot

斯威士兰姆布卢齐野生动物保护区（Mbuluzi Game Reserve）与姆拉瓦拉自然保护区（Mlawula Nature Reserve）内监测到的21种陆生哺乳动物的红外相机存在/缺失观测数据，其中列对应各被监测物种，行对应所采样的调查样地。本数据集包含用于贝叶斯多物种层级丰度模型（Bayesian multi-species hierarchical abundance model）的协变量集，该模型旨在探究哺乳动物本地相对丰度与物种丰富度同时间及生境协变量之间的关联。本模型所使用的协变量如下：
1. 年份（Year）：标识每个样地的采样年份
2. 月份（Month）：标识采样发生的月份
3. 相机布设数量（Camera）：标识每个样地布设的相机为1台还是2台
4. 灌丛覆盖度（Shrub）：各样地的平均灌丛盖度
5. 草本覆盖度（Grass）：各样地的平均草本盖度
6. 乔木覆盖度（Tree）：各样地的平均乔木盖度
7. 距水体距离（Dwat）：样地中心到最近地表水体的距离
8. 视觉遮挡度（vo）：各样地的平均视觉遮挡度测量值