Anthropogenic landscape features affect the ground habitat use of Penelope superciliaris (Cracidae), a large seed disperser bird in southeastern Brazil

The expansion of agriculture and forest plantations over tropical biomes has caused significant species loss, while others persist in remnant native areas and anthropogenic lands. Penelope superciliaris, a large seed disperser bird, inhabits human-modified landscapes; however, its habitat use is poorly known. We investigated how native land covers, distance to water sources, and anthropogenic landscape features affect the species’ ground habitat use in disturbed and undisturbed areas of three landscapes in Southeastern Brazil. We expected the species to use the ground more in native areas and near water sources because of the higher habitat quality. We collected presence-absence data during two dry seasons at 205 sampling stations with camera traps. Using occupancy models, we calculated the cumulative AICc weights of covariates for occupancy (interpreted as probability of use, Ψ) and detection (interpreted as frequency of use, p) parameters. The proportion of managed forests negatively ..., Rusty-margined guan (Penelope superciliaris) presence-absence data collected at 205 sampling stations located in southeastern Brazil with camera traps and covariates used to model species habitat use., , # Anthropogenic landscape features affect the ground habitat use of Penelope superciliaris(Cracidae),a large seed disperser bird in southeastern Brazil

[https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.kprr4xhdj](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.kprr4xhdj)

## Description of the data and file structure

Detection data of the rusty-margined guan (*Penelope superciliaris*) collected from 205 sites located in southeastern Brazil, along with covariates used to model the species' habitat use through occupancy models. One camera trap was placed at each site.

### Files and variables

#### File: Rusty-margined\_guan\_data\_covariates.csv

**Description:** 

##### Variables

sites;c1;c2;c3;c4;c5;c6;EdgeDist;Sug_12_5ha;ManF_12_5ha;OpenNat_25ha;ClosedNat_200ha;Edist;landscape;UnpRoad;DistW;InOut

The dataset (.csv file) contains 206 lines. The first line includes the column names, and the remaining 205 lines represent the information from each sampled site. Columns c1, c2, c3, c4, c5, and c6 represent sampling occasi...