Data from: Differential impacts of human land use on native and non-native fish in mountain watersheds
Data files
Jan 08, 2026 version files 39.68 KB
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RCode.R
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ReadME_submission.xlsx
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README.md
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trout_landscape_2.RData
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Abstract
Human activities increasingly affect cold-water specialists in mountain ecosystems, both through direct alteration of freshwater habitat and through indirect effects mediated by terrestrial ecosystem change. Using presence/absence data for three native and three non-native trout species in the Alberta Rocky Mountains, Canada, we model the change in occupancy probability across 20 years (2001 to 2020) in 74 watersheds and relate occupancy with habitat variables (i.e., elevation, tree coverage, and density of linear features). Native bull trout showed significant declines in HUC10 occupancy (-0.16 % year-1) while non-native trout showed stability. Native trout favoured areas of higher elevation and greater tree coverage in direct contrast to non-native trout. Bull trout were significantly negatively impacted by the density of linear features. Our analysis suggests that regulation of anthropogenic activities and restoration of the terrestrial environment are required to conserve native trout in sensitive mountain environments.
Dataset DOI: 10.5061/dryad.g1jwstr47
Description of the data and file structure
Fishing surveys.
Files and variables
File: RCode.R
Description: Code for analysing data
File: trout_landscape_2.RData
Description: Backpack electrofishing surveys for 2001-2020 including covariates
| Entry | Value | Unit | Explanation |
| Ysum | Integer | Matrix of the number of surveys at each site (1:74) where a fish (1:6) were either found (>0) or not (0) between 2001 and 2020 (1:20) | |
| nsite | Integer | The number of sites included in the analysis | |
| nyear | Integer | The number of years included in the analysis | |
| nrep | Numeric | Matrix of the total number of surveys at each site (1:74) between 2001 and 2020 (1:20) | |
| nspec | Integer | The number of species included in the analysis | |
| elev | Numeric | m | A list of the elevation at each site (stanadardised values) |
| tree | Numeric | Matrix of the proportional area of tree coverage for each site (1:74) between 2001 and 2020 (1:20) (standardised values) | |
| linear | Numeric | km/km2 | Matrix of the density of linear features for each site (1:74) between 2001 and 2020 (1:20) (standardised values) |
| range | Integer | Matrix of describing whether a site (1:74) was within the known range of each species (1:6) included in the analysis |
File: ReadME_submission.xlsx
Description: File containing metadata describing trout_landscape_2.RData file
