We designed an experiment to measure the relative importance of bottom-up forces (nutrient addition) and top-down forces (impairment of obligate scavenger and herbivore functional roles) generated by experimental carrion deployment to simulate mass mortality events on the local plant community. In our experimental plots, we measured changes in plant functional groups before and for three years after experimental carrion deployment. Additionally, we monitored cherrybark oak (Quercus pagoda) seedlings' growth and survival three years after being transplanted in the experimental plots. 

Details for each dataset are provided in the README file.

Datasets include:

1. Plant community transects run before carrion deployment, and one and two years after carrion deployment
   1. Experimental treatments of experimental plots
   2. Year of data collection
   3. Plant functional group abundance
2. Plant community quadrats run three years after carrion deployment
   1. Experimental treatments of experimental plots
   2. Plant functional group abundance
3. Growth of transplanted cherrybark oak seedlings three years after experimental carrion deployment
   
   1. Experimental treatments of experimental plots
   2. Length of cherrybark oak seedlings
4. Survival of transplanted cherrybark oak seedlings three years after experimental carrion deployment
   1. Experimental treatments of experimental plots
   2. Survival of cherrybark oak seedlings