Data package supporting manuscript "Widespread Heterogeneity in Density-Dependent Mortality of Nearshore Fishes"

This repository contains the complete data synthesis and analysis
pipeline for a global meta-analysis on density-dependent mortality
in reef fishes. We estimated mortality parameters (α and β) from
>30 ecological studies and explored how ecological traits,
experimental methods, and phylogenetic history explain variation
in density dependence. It comprises eight data tables in csv
format, three .tre files for phylogenetic trees (see method
document for data sources), and the zipped code folder (including
12 R scripts) to ensure transparent, end-to-end reproducibility of
data processing, analysis, and visualization. This package
supports the manuscript “Widespread Heterogeneity in
Density-Dependent Mortality of Nearshore Fishes” by Stier &
Osenberg ( Ecology Letters ).