Partial recovery of large seed arrival following ecological restoration in fragmented tropical rainforests

Forest restoration success depends crucially on the reinitiation of ecological processes such as seed arrival that drive natural regeneration. We know little about whether, by increasing and diversifying local seed sources to alleviate seed limitation, and attracting animal frugivores to alleviate dispersal limitation, restoration could shift seed arrival rates and species composition in the direction of mature rainforests, particularly for large-seeded species in degraded fragments. We tested this by examining seed arrival in 189 1 m2 seed fall traps within 63 seed trapping stations across sites ecologically restored (through maximum diversity mixed-native species planting 13-21 years ago) and those left unrestored within degraded rainforest fragments, and in mature “benchmark” rainforests, in India’s Western Ghats. We found that overall, large-seeded species arrival rates in restored sites was comparable with the benchmark, and was higher than unrestored sites. Seeds arriving through ..., , # Partial recovery of large seed arrival following ecological restoration in fragmented tropical rainforests

Dataset DOI: [10.5061/dryad.547d7wmmj](10.5061/dryad.547d7wmmj)

## Description of the data and file structure

Data from: Partial recovery of large seed arrival following ecological restoration in fragmented tropical rainforests

Data sets included:

* all_tree_seed_dat.csv: data of all-seed arrival
* disp_tree_seed_dat.csv: data of dispersed-seed arrival
* location_attributes_final.csv: data associated with trap locations
* species_traits_final.csv: data of species traits

### Files and variables

#### File: MetaData.txt

**Description:** Description of the datasets

#### File: Krishnan_et_al_R_script.R

**Description:** R scripts used for analysing the data and making plots

#### File: species_traits_final.csv

**Description:** Species traits

##### Variables

* Final_species_name: Species name
* seed_length_cat: Seed size category-- Large > 1 cm and Small <= 1 cm
* Funct...,