Fecal DNA metabarcoding-derived diets of deer in Sweden

The dataset comprises 2,568 diet samples from four deer species: 1,080 moose (Alces alces), 329 roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), 666 red deer (Cervus elaphus), and 493 fallow deer (Dama dama). These diets were analyzed using fecal DNA metabarcoding with the primer pair Sper01_F and Sper01_R, which amplify the P6-loop of the chloroplast trnL intron. Diet composition is represented by relative read abundances (RRA) across 210 molecular operational taxonomic units (MOTUs). Samples were collected from two landscapes in Sweden—BN (boreo-nemoral) and CB (coastal-boreal)—between 2015 and 2017. , , # Fecal DNA metabarcoding-derived diets of deer in Sweden Dataset DOI: [10.5061/dryad.0cfxpnwdd](10.5061/dryad.0cfxpnwdd) ## Description of the data and file structure This dataset contains 2,568 fecal DNA metabarcoding-derived diet profiles from four Swedish deer species—moose, roe deer, red deer, and fallow deer—collected between 2015 and 2017. Using primers Sper01_F/R, targeting the chloroplast trnL P6-loop, diets are represented as relative read abundances (RRA) across 210 MOTUs. Samples were collected from two landscapes: BN (boreo-nemoral) and CB (coastal-boreal). ### Files and variables #### File: CervidDiets_Sweden_fecDNAmb.xlsx **Description:** Diet data from four deer species in Sweden ##### Variables * Sample_No. (1 - 2,586) * Tract_ID (tract number where fecal samples were collected) * Area (BN: boreo-nemoral, CB: coastal-boreal) * Season * Month (collection month) * Year (collection year) * Deer_species (*Alces alces, Capreolus capreolus, Cervus elaphus, Dama dama*)...,本数据集包含2568份来自4种鹿类的饮食样本：其中驼鹿（Alces alces）1080份、狍（Capreolus capreolus）329份、马鹿（Cervus elaphus）666份、黇鹿（Dama dama）493份。所有饮食样本均采用粪便DNA宏条形码（fecal DNA metabarcoding）技术进行分析，所用引物对为Sper01_F与Sper01_R，该引物对可扩增叶绿体trnL内含子的P6环区域。饮食组成以210个分子操作分类单元（molecular operational taxonomic units, MOTUs）的相对读长丰度（relative read abundances, RRA）进行表征。样本采集于2015至2017年间，采集地为瑞典的两类生境：BN（北方针阔混交林带，boreo-nemoral）与CB（沿海寒带林带，coastal-boreal）。 # 瑞典鹿类粪便DNA宏条形码饮食数据集 数据集DOI：[10.5061/dryad.0cfxpnwdd](10.5061/dryad.0cfxpnwdd) ## 数据与文件结构说明 本数据集包含2015至2017年间采集的、来自瑞典4种鹿类（驼鹿、狍、马鹿、黇鹿）的2568份粪便DNA宏条形码饮食剖面数据。利用靶向叶绿体trnL内含子P6环区域的引物对Sper01_F/R，本数据集将饮食组成表征为210个分子操作分类单元（MOTUs）的相对读长丰度（RRA）。样本采集自两类生境：BN（北方针阔混交林带）与CB（沿海寒带林带）。 ### 文件与变量说明 #### 文件：CervidDiets_Sweden_fecDNAmb.xlsx **描述**：瑞典4种鹿类的饮食数据 ##### 变量说明 * Sample_No.（1 - 2586）：样本编号 * Tract_ID：粪便样本采集区域编号 * Area：生境类型（BN：北方针阔混交林带，CB：沿海寒带林带） * Season：采样季节 * Month：采样月份 * Year：采样年份 * Deer_species：鹿类物种（*Alces alces, Capreolus capreolus, Cervus elaphus, Dama dama*）...