######################################################### This is the README file of dryad dataset published alongside a research paper (details below) Contact: Malte Jochum (malte.jochum@idiv.de) ######################################################### Paper title: Earthworm invasion causes declines across soil fauna size classes and biodiversity facets in northern North American forests First author: Malte Jochum Journal: Oikos Year of publication: 2021 DOI: 10.1111/oik.07867 ######################################################### Content: 1. R Script to re-run the main analyses of the paper. - "Jochum_oikos_2021_dryad.r.r" 2. Data files loaded by the R Script: - "plotdata_macro_constrained_20210105.csv" - "plotdata_meso_constrained_20210105.csv" - "plotdata_nema_constrained_20210105.csv" To re-run main alayses of the paper and obtain main results, please use the R Script. Depending on your analysis of interest, the script will load the data sets and produce results. ######################################################### Definitions and units of columns in .csv files: plot: categorical, 80 levels, name combines plot number (1-20) in each of four forests, and the forest abbreviation worms: binary, 0=low invasion status; 1=high invasion status richness: count, taxonomic resolution depending on size group - see paper! forest: categorical, 4 levels, CAK, CAB, CAX (three Canadian forests, Alberta, Canada), USA (Minnesota, USA) year: categorical, 2 levels: sampled in 2016 or 2017 worm_biomass.m2: continuous, in g fresh weight, earthworm biomass assessed on 0.25 m², scaled to m² abundance.m2: continuous (as scaled up from smaller area), number of invertebrate ind per m² biomass.g.m2 (or similar name): continuous, in g fresh weight per m²; biomass of invertebrate ind per m² shannon: continuous, shannon index ######################################################### For further information, please contact the first author or check the methods section in the original publication.