Data and code from: Seed dispersal and seed predation networks highlight important dual roles for plants and vertebrates in a tropical forest

The dispersal and predation of seeds by animals are important, and inextricably linked, drivers of plant species diversity and ecosystem stability. Within tropical forests, these interactions involve diverse vertebrate communities with the same species often contributing to both processes. Yet, multi-level interactions are rarely examined at community-scales, limiting our ability to identify the most important species driving plant recruitment – a crucial aspect of demographic dynamics. Here, we build a multi-layered network of vertebrate seed dispersal and seed predation interactions from a tropical forest in Thailand, to identify important interactors and assess the plant and animal traits that influence species’ roles. The dataset encompassed interactions between 36 plant and 25 ground-foraging vertebrate species observed in camera-traps (>1000 camera-trap days). Over half the plant and animal species were involved in both dispersal and predation, with the dispersal network involv..., , # Data and code from: Seed dispersal and seed predation networks highlight important dual roles for plants and vertebrates in a tropical forest

Dataset DOI: [10.5061/dryad.2v6wwq01k](10.5061/dryad.2v6wwq01k)

## Description of the data and file structure

This data repository consists of the following files:

1. Information on data files, code, and how to replicate analysis (**\"ReadMe.docx\"** and \"**README.md**\")
2. Data files (“**Interaction data.xlsx**”, “**Animal traits.xlsx**”, “**Plant traits.xlsx**”)
3. R scripts to perform all data processing and analyses (“**prep-data.R**”, “**calc_network_metrics.R**”, “**multilayer_analysis.R**”, “**analyse_species_metrics.R**”)

To run the R script on your local machine, you will first need to specify your local working directory by setting the working directory to the folder containing all the files, using the setwd() function. Output will automatically be written into the defined working directory.

### Files and variables

#### File: anal...,