Synergistic effect of land-use and vegetation greenness on vulture nestling body condition in arid ecosystems DATASET

Here we provide the final dataset used for analyses in the study Santangeli et al. 2018 Scientific Reports entitled "Synergistic effect of land-use and vegetation greenness on vulture nestling body condition in arid ecosystems".<br>The dataset contains observations from individual vulture nestlings (in each row) of two species in Namibia. The scaled mass index (in grams) is provided along with the year when the measurements for derived the index were taken. Five different NDVI values are also provided. Each refers to a different time lag period prior to nestling measurement, whereby NDVI was averaged across a radius of 50km around the nest (see associated study for more details). The % cover of protected areas within a 50km radius around the nest where the nestling was found and measured is also reported, as well as the identity of the region where the nest located and the species that was measured. Note that the X and Y coordinates of the nest location have been excluded from this dataset due to their sensitivity, therefore the analyses presented in Santangeli et al. cannot unfortunately be fully replicated.<br>

本研究提供了Santangeli等人2018年发表于《科学报告》（Scientific Reports）、题为"干旱生态系统中土地利用与植被绿度对秃鹫雏鸟身体状况的协同效应"的分析所用的最终数据集。
该数据集包含纳米比亚境内两个物种的秃鹫雏鸟个体观测数据，每行对应一只雏鸟。数据集提供了标准化体重指数（scaled mass index，单位：克），以及计算该指数所用测量数据的采集年份。此外还包含5组不同的归一化差异植被指数（Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, NDVI）值，每组对应雏鸟测量前的一个不同时滞期，其数值为对应鸟巢周边50公里半径范围内的NDVI平均值（详细信息请参见相关研究）。同时记录了雏鸟被发现并测量的鸟巢周边50公里半径范围内的保护区覆盖百分比，以及鸟巢所在区域的标识与被测物种信息。请注意，由于鸟巢位置的X、Y坐标涉及敏感信息，已从本数据集中移除，因此无法完全复现Santangeli等人研究中呈现的分析结果。