Impacts of tropical rainforest disturbance on mammalian parasitism rates

• Main Authors: Ladds, Zosia, Chapman, Philip, Bernard, Henry, Ewers, Robert M, Knowles, Sarah
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2020
• Subjects: parasitism; faecal parasites; small mammal; gut parasites; Gemini; Rattus rattus
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3973691; https://zenodo.org/record/3973691

Description: Records of parasite and parasite egg counts from small mammal faecal samples Project: This dataset was collected as part of the following SAFE research project: Impacts of tropical rainforest disturbance on mammalian parasitism rates XML metadata: GEMINI compliant metadata for this dataset is available here Files: This dataset consists of 2 files: Template_Ladds.xlsx, ParasitePhotos.zip Template_Ladds.xlsx This file contains dataset metadata and 1 data tables: Small mammal parasite loads (described in worksheet Data)Description: Records of parasite identity and egg loads recorded from small mammal faecal samplesNumber of fields: 17Number of data rows: 276Fields: Microscopy_date : Date microscopy work was conducted (Field type: date) Microscopist : Name of microscopist (Field type: id) Sample_date : Date faecal sample was collected (Field type: date) Sample_Number : Unique reference code for specimen (Field type: id) Point : Trap location in SAFE gazeteer (Field type: location) Grid : Trapping grid in which trap was located (Field type: replicate) Trap_num : Unique trap code (Field type: replicate) host : Species of small mammal from which faecal sample was collected (Field type: taxa) AnimalID : PIT tag code for the small mammal (Field type: id) Anyparasites : Parasites detected? (Field type: categorical) parasite : Identity of parasite (Field type: taxa) Parasitecount : Number of parasites detected (Field type: numeric interaction) Countingscale : How much of the slide was sampled for counting? (Field type: categorical) Picturetaken : Picture taken of the parasite? (Field type: categorical) Pictureref : Was a photograph taken of the parasite? Images can be found in the zip file associated with this dataset. (Field type: comments) Sample_Weight : Weight of the faecal sample (Field type: numeric) Amountused : Confirmation that the entire faecal sample was used (Field type: comments) ParasitePhotos.zip Description: Photographs of parasites Date range: 2015-04-16 to 2015-07-10 Latitudinal extent: 4.6430 to 4.7519 Longitudinal extent: 116.9650 to 117.5898 Taxonomic coverage: All taxon names are validated against the GBIF backbone taxonomy. If a dataset uses a synonym, the accepted usage is shown followed by the dataset usage in brackets. Taxa that cannot be validated, including new species and other unknown taxa, morphospecies, functional groups and taxonomic levels not used in the GBIF backbone are shown in square brackets. - Animalia - - Nematoda - - - [nematode1] - - - [nematode2] - - - [nematode3] - - - [nematode4] - - - [nematode5] - - - [nematode6] - - - [nematode7] - - - [nematode8] - - - Secernentea - - - - Rhabditida - - - - - [oxyurid A] - - - - - Heteroxynematidae - - - - - - Aspiculuris - - - - - - - [aspiculuris] - - - - Spirurida - - - - - Spiruridae - - - - - - [spirurid A] - - - - - - [spirurid B] - - - - Ascaridida - - - - - Oxyuridae - - - - - - Syphacia - - - - - - - [syphacia1] - - - Adenophorea - - - - Trichocephalida - - - - - Capillariidae - - - - - - Capillaria - - - - - - - [capillaria1] - - - - - - - [capillaria2] - - - - - - - [capillaria3] - - - - - - - [extra long capillaria] - - - - - Trichinellidae - - - - - - Trichuris - - - - - - - [Trichuris] - - Chordata - - - Mammalia - - - - Rodentia - - - - - Muridae - - - - - - Maxomys - - - - - - - Maxomys rajah - - - - - - - Maxomys surifer - - - - - - - Maxomys baeodon - - - - - - Rattus - - - - - - - Rattus tiomanicus - - - - - - - Rattus exulans - - - - - - Niviventer - - - - - - - Niviventer cremoriventer - - - - - - Sundamys - - - - - - - Sundamys muelleri - - - - - - Chrotomys - - - - - - - Chrotomys whiteheadi (as homotypic_synonym: Maxomys whiteheadi ) - - - - - - Leopoldamys - - - - - - - Leopoldamys sabanus - - - - - Sciuridae - - - - - - Callosciurus - - - - - - - Callosciurus adamsi - - - - - - Sundasciurus - - - - - - - Sundasciurus lowii - - - - Scandentia - - - - - Tupaiidae - - - - - - Tupaia - - - - - - - Tupaia longipes - - - - - - - Tupaia tana - - - - - - - Tupaia gracilis - - Platyhelminthes - - - Cestoda - - - - [cestode1] - - - - [cestode2] - - - - [cestode3] - - - - [cestode4] - - - - [cestode5] - Chromista - - Myzozoa - - - Conoidasida - - - - Eucoccidiorida - - - - - Eimeriidae - - - - - - Eimeria - - - - - - - [Eimeria A] - - - - - - - [large eimeria]