This data set is shared publicly on Dryad. However, it is still in use by Dr. Youbing Zhou for analyses and publications. Please contact Dr. Zhou (zhouyb@ibcas.ac.cn) or Dr. Chen (cwwahnu@126.com) before conducting new analyses, to make sure you are not replicating some work already being prepared for publication. This file explains all of the variables in each of the datasets that accompany: Chen W, Zhong J, Carson W, Tang Z, Xie Z, Sun S, Zhou Y. Proximity to roads disrupts rodents¡¯ contributions to seed dispersal services and subsequent recruitment dynamics. dataset: Rodent community.xlsx AC: number of captured Apodemus chevrieri AD: number of captured Apodemus draco LE: number of captured Leopoldamys edwardsi NA: number of captured Niviventer andersoni NC: number of captured Niviventer confucianus NF: number of captured Niviventer fulvescens RN: number of captured Rattus nitidus TC: number of captured Typhlomys cinereus Road: road use type, 1 = heavily trafficked, 2 = seldom trafficked, 3 = reference dataset: Seed fate.xlsx This dataset contains 5 sheets named ¡®Proportion¡¯, ¡®RemDis¡¯, ¡®C1Dis¡¯, ¡®C2Dis¡¯ and ¡®LarSeeNum¡¯. Proportion sheet is used for analysis of proportional data; RemDis, C1Dis and C2Dis sheets contain data for analysis of dispersal distance; LarSeeNum sheet is used for analysis of the number of seeds per larder-hoarding site. Year: either 2009 or 2010 Road: road use type, 1 = heavily trafficked, 2 = seldom trafficked, 3 = reference Section: forest stand ID Site: seed provisioning station ID HRProportion: proportion of seeds removed from provisioning station C1Proportion: proportion of seeds cached after removal C2Proportion: proportion of seeds re-cached from the primary caches ProLarCac: proportion of larder-hoarding sites ProLarSeed: proportion of seeds larder-hoarded ProSP: proportion of seeds eaten from seed placement to primary caches ProC1P: proportion of seeds eaten from primary caches to secondary caches DisRem: dispersal distance of seeds removed from provisioning station DisPri: dispersal distance of seeds at primary caches DisSec: dispersal distance of seeds at secondary caches SeedNumber: Number of seeds per larder-hoarding site dataset: Recruitment dynamics.xlsx This dataset contains 2 sheets named ¡®Recruitment¡¯ and ¡®Age¡¯. Recruitment sheet is used for analysis of recruitment dynamics; Age sheet contains data of adult tree ages. Road: road use type, 1 = heavily trafficked, 2 = seldom trafficked, 3 = reference Section: forest stand ID Plot: 10 ¡Á 10 m plot ID Seedling: number of seedlings Sapling: number of saplings Juvenile: number of juveniles Adult: number of adults RateSS: seedling-to-sapling transition rate RateJS: sapling-to-juvenile transition rate Plot20: 20 ¡Á 20 m plot ID AdultAge: adult tree ages