This ArancibiaMorin_NT_metapop_README.txt file was generated on 2021-12-15 by Paulina Arancibia GENERAL INFORMATION 1. Title of Dataset: Network topology and patch connectivity affect dynamics in experimental and model metapopulations 2. Author Information A. Name: Paulina A. Arancibia Institution: Rutgers University/University of Jyväskylä Email: pauli.arancibia@gmail.com B. Name: Peter J. Morin Institution: Rutgers University Email: peter.morin@rutgers.edu 3. Date of data collection: 2019 4. Geographic location of data collection: New Brunswick, NJ, USA. 5. Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data: Data collection was supported by small grants of the Graduate Program in Ecology & Evolution (Rutgers University). 6. Recommended citation for this dataset: Arancibia, Paulina; Morin, Peter (2021), Network topology and patch connectivity affect dynamics in experimental and model metapopulations, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.qbzkh18hg DATA & FILE OVERVIEW 1. File List: Exper_occupancy_2.csv -> experimental occupancy calculated at the network (i.e. plate) level, for two network realizations (block) per topology. full_dataset3.csv-> experimental dataset including abundance per patch (i.e. node) and node metrics. 2. Additional related data collected that was not included in the current data package: Code for the simulations was made available in the supporting information of the article. METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION 1. Methods for processing the data: The data presented in the occupancy file was calculated as the percentage of patches in occupied state (abundance > 0)per each collection date. The dull dataset file includes the raw counts of individuals in each patch, plus patch network metrics calculated in Igraph. 2. People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission: PA was responsible of data collection and data processing. DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: Exper_occupancy2.csv 1. Number of variables: 5 2. Number of cases/rows: 260 3. Variable List: block: temporal block or network realization (1 per topology) network: type of network topology plate: metapopulation identifier day: time of collection occupancy: % of patches occupied per plate (metapopulation) DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: full_dataset3.csv 1. Number of variables: 23 2. Number of cases/rows: 10788 3. Variable List: block: temporal block or network realization (1 per topology) network: type of network topology plate: metapopulation identifier day: time of collection abundance: number of individuals degree: number of connections per patch eccentricity: measure of node centrality closenesscentrality: measure of the average shortest distance between a target node and all other nodes. incidence: temporal occupancy measured at the patch level (i.e. proportion of time points a patch is in occupied state) logab: natural log (abundance + 1) logdeg: natural log (degree + 1) logecc: natural log (eccentricity + 1) logccn: natural log (closeness centrality + 1) loginc: natural log (incidence + 1) eigencentrality: FN_ext: focal node "extinction" (1- incidence) Mean_Abundance_of Neighbors: average abundance of organisms among neighbors of the target node Mean_degree_of_Neighbors:average degree calculated among direct neighbors of the target node Mean_Eccentricity_of_Neighbors: average eccentricity calculated among direct neighbors of the target node Mean_clos_cent_of_Neighbors: average closeness centrality calculated among direct neighbors of the target node Mean_incidence_of_Neighbors: average incidence of the direct neighbors of the target node Mean_eigencent_of_Neighbors: average eigencentrality calculated among neighbors of the target node Mean_PEXT_of_Neighbors: average "extinction" (1- incidence) calculated among the direct neighbors of the target node