The joint effects of forest habitat area and fragmentation on Dung beetles

# The joint effects of forest habitat area and fragmentation on Dung beetles ## Columns A to AA contain the covariates associated with each plot (plotID) Each row represents a plot, 5 pitfalls combined constituting one visit to one sampling station on one of the six sampling periods All data are original measurements, i.e. not transformed for normality. * abdist2matrix.m, Distance of the plot to the matrix in meters * allIndividuals, sum of all individuals of all species in the five pitfalls from the same plot * asy.Hill.q0, asymptotic species richness for this plot * asy.Hill.q1, asymptotic Shannon diversity for this plot * basA, basal area of trees in the plot in square centimeters * cent2matrix, centrod distance to matrix in meters * colo.mang.grp, colobus and mangabey groups in the forest where this plot was located * colo.mang.inds, number of colobus and mangabeys in the forest where this plot was located" * comb.area, area of forest fragment (m2) * comb.area.perim, area-perimeter ratio * comb.perim, perimeter of forest fragment (m) * cutbasA, basal area of cut stems in the plot in square centimeters * east.west, location of plot on the east or west bank of the Tana River * forest, an identifier-name-for each forest fragment * Hill.q0, species richness (reference sample) * Hill.q1, exponential of Shannon diversity index (reference sample)) * larg.mg, mass of large sized beetles in this plot in milligrams * mang.grp, number of mangabey groups in the forest where this plot was located * mang.inds, number mangabeys in the forest where this plot was located * med.mg, mass of medium beetles (milligrams) * NA, stands for ""Not Available"" representing a missing value * plotID, beetle sampling plot accounting for year and month sampled * samp.month, an identifier for the month samples were taken * transectID, an identifier for each transect in each forest fragment * tunn.mg, mass of tunnelling beetles (milligrams) * utm.x, eastings UTM coordinates of forest fragment * utm.y, northings UTM coordinates for forest fragment * year, an identifier for the year the samples were taken