Data from: DNA metabarcoding illuminates dietary niche partitioning by African large herbivores

Representation of trnL-P6 metabarcode sequences across samplesA matrix of samples by sequences reporting the count of sequence reads for each trnL-P6 sequence in each sample Column names refer to the sequence identities in the Supporting Information Appendix Table S3, where taxonomic information about each sequence is reported.P6_readcountclean.txtRepresentation of ITSpoa metabarcode sequences across samplesA matrix of samples by sequences reporting the count of sequence reads for each ITSpoa sequence (i.e., Poaceae-specific ITS marker) in each sample. Column names refer to the sequence identities in the Supporting Information Appendix Table S7, where taxonomic information about each sequence is reported.ITSpoa_readcountclean.txtRepresentation of ITSast metabarcode sequences across samplesA matrix of samples by sequences reporting the count of sequence reads for each ITSast sequence (i.e., Asteraceae-specific ITS marker) in each sample. Column names refer to the sequence identities in the Supporting Information Appendix Table S7, where taxonomic information about each sequence is reported.ITSast_readcountclean.txtRepresentation of ITScyp metabarcode sequences across samplesA matrix of samples by sequences reporting the count of sequence reads for each ITScyp sequence (i.e., Cyperaceae-specific ITS marker) in each sample. Column names refer to the sequence identities in the Supporting Information Appendix Table S7, where taxonomic information about each sequence is reported.ITScyp_readcountclean.txtDietary DNA metabarcode sequences in fasta formatAll DNA metabarcode sequences in the final dataset are given in fasta format. Each sequence identifier corresponds to a sequence ID listed in the Supporting Information Appendix Table S3 (for trnL-P6 sequences) or Table S7 (for family-specific ITS markers; poa=Poaceae, ast=Asteraceae, and cyp=Cyperaceae)metabarcode_sequences.fastaLocal plant DNA reference library informationThis file contains taxonomic information on the 1369 plant vouchers collected from Mpala Research Centre in Kenya that were used to produce the local plant DNA reference library for taxonomic assignation of dietary plant DNA sequences. The file includes (a) the project name and sample identifier required to access continuously updated data from the barcode of life datasystems (i.e., "BOLD") at boldsystems.org; (b) voucher locations and identifiers; and (c) the finest-level taxonomic identifications obtained to date. The DNA sequences associated with these specimens have been submitted to GenBank under the following accessions: KR737583 - KR738717 (trnL), KR733684 - KR734339 (ITS), KR736355 - KR737573 (rbcL), KR734343 - KR735185 (matK), and KR735186 - KR736041 (trnH-psbA). Sequence data associated with specific specimens may be obtained from GenBank by searching for the relevant BOLD Process Identifier.BOLDLibrary_2015PNAS_DRYAD.txt