Short-term trends in great ape density in a community-based conservation area in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Provided are the following supporting data and R script for "Short-term trends in great ape density in a community-based conservation area in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo": A dataset with summarized transect-based ape sign data, SupportingInformation_ApeSigns.xlsx, with coordinates made approximate. A randomized dataset, RandomizedData_INLA.csv, derived from the original, used as INLA-modeling input. A reproducible R script as used to generate the INLA models: SSupporting_Information_exampleINLA_Rscript_new.doc