Data from: Habitat use and seed removal by invasive rats (Rattus rattus) in disturbed and undisturbed rainforest, Puerto Rico ...
Despite frequent occurrences of invasive rats (Rattus spp.) on islands, their known effects on forests are limited. Where invasive rats have been studied, they generally have significant negative impacts on native plants, birds, and other animals. This study aimed to determine invasive rat distribut...
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ftdatacite:10.5061/dryad.tf806g8 2024-06-09T07:49:14+00:00 Data from: Habitat use and seed removal by invasive rats (Rattus rattus) in disturbed and undisturbed rainforest, Puerto Rico ... Shiels, Aaron B. Ramírez De Arellano, Gabriela E. 2020 https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.tf806g8 https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.tf806g8 en eng Dryad https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/btp.12640 Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode cc0-1.0 Montane forest ground and understory foraging pre-hurricane frugivory Luquillo Experimental Forest Guarea guidonia Buchenavia capitata rodent seed predation forest gaps Rattus rattus Tetragastris balsamifera native tree vulnerability present Prestoea acuminata Holocene Dataset dataset 2020 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.tf806g810.1111/btp.12640 2024-05-13T11:05:56Z Despite frequent occurrences of invasive rats (Rattus spp.) on islands, their known effects on forests are limited. Where invasive rats have been studied, they generally have significant negative impacts on native plants, birds, and other animals. This study aimed to determine invasive rat distribution and effects on native plant populations via short-term seed removal trials in tropical rain forest habitats in the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico. To address the first objective, we used tracking tunnels (inked and baited cards inside tunnels enabling animal visitors’ foot prints to be identified) placed on the ground and in the lower canopy within disturbed (treefall gaps, hurricane plots, stream edges) and undisturbed (continuous forest) habitats. We found that rats are present in all habitats tested. Secondly, we compared seed removal of four native tree species (Guarea guidonia, Buchenavia capitata, Tetragastris balsamifera, and Prestoea acuminata) between vertebrate-excluded and free-access ... : Shiels_Seed removal Open vs Closed PR Summer REU 20172 tabs of data in Excel: "Seeds" tab is the seed removal data, and "Tunnels" tab is the tracking tunnel dataShiels_Seed removal and Tracking tunnel data Dryad PR Summer REU 2017.xlsx ... Dataset Rattus rattus DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) Reu ENVELOPE(65.600,65.600,-71.142,-71.142) |
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Montane forest ground and understory foraging pre-hurricane frugivory Luquillo Experimental Forest Guarea guidonia Buchenavia capitata rodent seed predation forest gaps Rattus rattus Tetragastris balsamifera native tree vulnerability present Prestoea acuminata Holocene |
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Montane forest ground and understory foraging pre-hurricane frugivory Luquillo Experimental Forest Guarea guidonia Buchenavia capitata rodent seed predation forest gaps Rattus rattus Tetragastris balsamifera native tree vulnerability present Prestoea acuminata Holocene Shiels, Aaron B. Ramírez De Arellano, Gabriela E. Data from: Habitat use and seed removal by invasive rats (Rattus rattus) in disturbed and undisturbed rainforest, Puerto Rico ... |
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Montane forest ground and understory foraging pre-hurricane frugivory Luquillo Experimental Forest Guarea guidonia Buchenavia capitata rodent seed predation forest gaps Rattus rattus Tetragastris balsamifera native tree vulnerability present Prestoea acuminata Holocene |
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Despite frequent occurrences of invasive rats (Rattus spp.) on islands, their known effects on forests are limited. Where invasive rats have been studied, they generally have significant negative impacts on native plants, birds, and other animals. This study aimed to determine invasive rat distribution and effects on native plant populations via short-term seed removal trials in tropical rain forest habitats in the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico. To address the first objective, we used tracking tunnels (inked and baited cards inside tunnels enabling animal visitors’ foot prints to be identified) placed on the ground and in the lower canopy within disturbed (treefall gaps, hurricane plots, stream edges) and undisturbed (continuous forest) habitats. We found that rats are present in all habitats tested. Secondly, we compared seed removal of four native tree species (Guarea guidonia, Buchenavia capitata, Tetragastris balsamifera, and Prestoea acuminata) between vertebrate-excluded and free-access ... : Shiels_Seed removal Open vs Closed PR Summer REU 20172 tabs of data in Excel: "Seeds" tab is the seed removal data, and "Tunnels" tab is the tracking tunnel dataShiels_Seed removal and Tracking tunnel data Dryad PR Summer REU 2017.xlsx ... |
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Shiels, Aaron B. Ramírez De Arellano, Gabriela E. |
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Data from: Habitat use and seed removal by invasive rats (Rattus rattus) in disturbed and undisturbed rainforest, Puerto Rico ... |
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Data from: Habitat use and seed removal by invasive rats (Rattus rattus) in disturbed and undisturbed rainforest, Puerto Rico ... |
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Data from: Habitat use and seed removal by invasive rats (Rattus rattus) in disturbed and undisturbed rainforest, Puerto Rico ... |
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Data from: Habitat use and seed removal by invasive rats (Rattus rattus) in disturbed and undisturbed rainforest, Puerto Rico ... |
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Data from: Habitat use and seed removal by invasive rats (Rattus rattus) in disturbed and undisturbed rainforest, Puerto Rico ... |
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data from: habitat use and seed removal by invasive rats (rattus rattus) in disturbed and undisturbed rainforest, puerto rico ... |
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Rattus rattus |
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https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.tf806g810.1111/btp.12640 |
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