Data from: Geographical and socioeconomic determinants of species discovery trends in a biodiversity hotspot

These data correspond to information on average description year of anuran, lizard, and snake species in multiple localities in the Atlantic Forest biodiversity hotspot, as well as data on geographic and socioeconomic variables that potentially explain species discovery trends. More specifically, we provided data on 376 species assemblages of anurans, 150 of lizards, and 235 of snakes. For each species assemblage, we present information on longitude, latitude, number of sampling years, number of survey methods applied, taxonomic group (anuran, lizard, or snake), species richness, average discovery trends (two metrics), and others 10 predictors related to human occupation, economic development, on-ground accessibility, biodiversity appeal (i.e. interest of first researching preserved areas), and expertise availability. The data format are csv files and R-scripts.

本数据集涵盖大西洋森林生物多样性热点（Atlantic Forest biodiversity hotspot）区域内多个样点的无尾目（anuran）、蜥蜴及蛇类物种的平均正式描述年份信息，同时包含可解释物种发现趋势的地理与社会经济变量数据。具体而言，本数据集包含376组无尾目物种集合、150组蜥蜴物种集合以及235组蛇类物种集合。针对每组物种集合，本数据集提供了经度、纬度、采样年数、所用调查方法数量、分类类群（无尾目、蜥蜴或蛇类）、物种丰富度、平均发现趋势（两项量化指标），以及另外10项与人类定居活动、经济发展水平、地面可达性、生物多样性吸引力（即优先开展保护区研究的相关研究兴趣）、专业科研资源可及性相关的预测因子。本数据集采用CSV文件与R脚本（R-scripts）格式存储。