Geographic variation in mammal and reptile responses to fire and livestock grazing regimes

Changes in land use and fire regimes are a major threat to species and ecosystems worldwide. Species’ responses to altered fire and livestock grazing likely vary depending on the local ecosystem and the attributes of the disturbance regimes. We used single-species, single-season occupancy modelling to investigate the responses of 15 commonly occurring mammal and reptile species to fire and grazing regime attributes in an Australian subtropical woodland. Thirty-one hypotheses were formed based on species’ responses to these regime attributes reported in other studies conducted in Australia. We expected that our hypotheses would be more likely to be supported when based on results from studies nearer to our study area. Of the 31 relationships we tested for, only six were consistent with the hypothesized responses for each species, and we were unable to discern any geographic patterns that made this consistency more likely. Seven mammal species’ occupancy changed in response to a fire or g..., , , # Geographic variation in mammal and reptile responses to fire and livestock grazing regimes

[https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.7d7wm385p](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.7d7wm385p)

## Description of the data and file structure

The following dataset consists of:

* Detection history for fauna species included in the study. Each file is named as each species common name eg. bearded_dragon.
* Trap response for species included in the study. Each file is named as each species common name and trap response eg. bearded*_*dragon_trapresponse.
* Variables_final: This file consists of the data recorded at each site including fire, grazing, vegetation, season.

Single-season single species occupancy analysis was done for each fauna species to determine responses to a range of fire and grazing variables. PLEASE NOTE: Data cells left blank within detection history and trap response csv files indicate that cameras were not operational for that full week period. Leaving these cells blank allows the *un...