Data for: From pixels to plants: linking remotely sensed habitat data to roe deer diet from DNA metabarcoding in Scottish forest landscapes

Data for: From Pixels to Plants: Habitat-Based Predictions of Roe Deer Foraging Hirst, C., Shaw, D.J., Putman, R.J., Glendinning, L., Gill, R., Ennos, R.A.,McLachlan, G., Ogden, R. CONTENTS metadata_and_habitat.csv Sample metadata and habitat composition of localities diet_rbcL_genus_RRA.csv Genus-level relative read abundance, rbcL marker diet_ITS2_genus_RRA.csv Genus-level relative read abundance, ITS2 marker OMITTED DATA Precise cull locations (grid references and eastings/northings) are withheld to protect landowner interests and reduce the risk of misuse. Habitat variables in metadata_and_habitat.csv are derived from those locations (proportional area of each EUNIS level 2 habitat type within a 500 m buffer), so all analyses in the paper can be reproduced without them. Requests for coordinates may be made to the corresponding author. metadata_and_habitat.csv Sample.ID Sample identifier, matching column names in the diet files Site Sampling site (Abernethy, Glenfeshie, Glen Finglas, Trossachs Forests, Craik, Glentress) Region Cairngorms, Trossachs or Borders Sex M or F, recorded at culling Season of culling and derived fields <habitat> Count of 20 x 20 m cells of each EUNIS level 2 habitat type within the 500 m buffer <habitat>_prop Proportional area of each habitat type within the buffer diet_rbcL_genus_RRA.csv and diet_ITS2_genus_RRA.csv Rows are plant genera, columns are samples. Values are relative read abundances: read counts normalised within each sample, so each sample column sums to 1. Genera representing <1% of reads in a sample were removed before normalisation, so a value of 0 means the genus was not detected above that threshold in that sample. NOTES - 200 deer were sampled; libraries were successfully constructed for 198. - Habitat data are available for the 190 individuals with recorded cull locations. LICENCE [e.g. CC-BY-4.0]