Data from: Synergistic effects of fire and elephants on arboreal animals in an African savannah

Patch-scale summary dataContains data for each 900 square-meter patch (patches were the primary units of analysis in the study). These data are the basis of Figures 1 and 2, and Tables 1 and S1, in the paper. Data include the experimental treatment of each patch; gecko (lizard) abundances and densities in July 2013, March 2014, and July 2014; the number and density of trees per patch; mean tree height and basal circumference; abundance and length of insects (gecko prey) captured in sticky traps within each patch; number and density of elephant damaged trees in each patch; and number of trees in each patch occupied by four different symbiotic acacia-ant species (along with unoccupied trees and trees other than Acacia drepanolobium, which do not have ants).July 2013 gecko habitat selection dataContains attribute data for each of 559 unique Acacia drepanolobium trees surveyed in July 2013. These data are the basis for Tables 2 and S2 in the paper. Attributes included are: (A) presence/absence of geckos (0,1); (B) presence/absence of elephant damage (0,1); (C) species of symbiotic ant occupant (categorical, with 6 categories); and (D) tree basal circumference.