The interplay of traits, phylogeny, and abundance shapes spatial mammal diversity patterns

Terrestrial mammal communities are crucial indicators of the health and sustainability of tropical ecosystems. Consequently, understanding the mechanisms of community assembly and the population dynamics that determine the structure and composition of these communities across spatial and temporal scales is crucial, yet these factors are often overlooked when identifying conservation hotspots. This study aims to evaluate the relative importance of environmental filtering processes in shaping mammal communities at different spatial scales and understand how these processes are influenced by species traits, phylogenetic relationships, and abundances. Ultimately, high mammal diversity areas reflecting underlying assembly mechanisms are identified as conservation hotspots. We analyzed the occurrence data of 44 terrestrial mammal species, collected over six years from 936 camera trap stations in the Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspot, including Upper Myanmar and Xishuangbanna, China, using commu..., , , # Data from: The interplay of traits, phylogeny, and abundance shapes spatial mammal diversity patterns

 This dataset accompanies the publication:

Than, K. Z., Hughes, A. C., Wang, L., Zaw, Z., & Quan, R.-C. (2025). The interplay of Traits, Phylogeny, and Abundance shapes Spatial Mammal Diversity Patterns. Global Ecology and Biogeography.

**1. Study Overview**

The dataset contains camera-trap detection data, environmental and trait covariates, and R scripts used to model mammal richness, occupancy, abundance, and community assembly across Myanmar and southern Yunnan, China.

**Objectives:**

1\. Evaluate the relative importance of ecological assembly processes that sustain terrestrial mammal communities across tropical forest landscapes.

2\. Examine trait- and phylogeny-based community responses to environmental and climatic gradients.

3\. Generate baseline diversity maps that reflect assembly processes, species’ ecological niches, and population sizes to inform regional conservat...,