Ungulate responses to roads and traffic in South African Protected Areas

Data and R scripts related to publication “Duffett, D; D’Amico, M; Mulero-Pázmány, M; González-Suárez, M (2020) Species' traits as predictors of avoidance towards roads and traffic. Ecological Indicators” https://doi.org/10.​1016/​j.​ecolind.​2020.​106402"<br><b>ReadME</b> pdf file includes detailed description of the field methods to obtain the data and the steps of the data analysis.<br> <b>Data</b> include: - 513 observations of sighted ungulate species, hoofed mammals, near paved and unpaved roads in three protected areas in South Africa. Data obtained during October 2016. File “Transect_records.csv”. File “Transect_characteristics.csv” provides summary data for each sampled transect including location, weather, and traffic. - Trait data for the 18 species represented in the dataset including information on morphology, reproduction, longevity, foraging habits, and social structure. File “Trait_data.csv”.- Phylogenetic tree as obtained from Fritz, S.A., Bininda‐Emonds, O.R. and Purvis, A., 2009. Geographical variation in predictors of mammalian extinction risk: big is bad, but only in the tropics. <i>Ecology letters</i>, <i>12: </i>538-549. File "Fritz_tree.nex"<br> The <b>R script</b> ("Duffett_et_al_Ecol_Indic_Data_Analysis.Rmd") shows all analyses and how the figures for the manuscript were generated.<br>