############################################################################### # @ William D. Aguado # 26 January 2022 ** this README explains the context for data files used for research article published in Biotropica titled: "Chimpanzees as ecosystem service providers: Seed dispersal of an economically important plant resource" by William Aguado, Haldre Rogers and Jill Pruetz. #### File 1: "Saba_cox_data_PUB.csv" # variables [1] "Tray" - identifier of the tray that seeds were placed in within makeshift greenhouse [2] "Row" - row number within seed starting tray [3] "Cell" - column identifier of seeds within seed starting tray [4] "Germinated" - date of germination in m/d/yy format [5] "DaystoGerm" - number of days seed was in trial before germinating [6] "Collected" - date the seed was collected in chimpanzee feces or when a fruit was collected [7] "Sown" - date seed was put in seed starting tray. Marks the beginning of the trial [8] "Sample" - ID of fruit or fecal sample from which seed originated [9] "Month" - month that the germination trial took place [10] "condition" - experimental condition of seed. "depulped" were seeds taken from fruits and manually depulped, "gutpassed" were extracted from chimpanzee feces and "pulp" were seeds taken from fruits with their pulp intact. [11] "GermBinary" - indicator variable indicating if seed germination occurred. 1 indicates germination [12] "time" - number of days that a seed was left in germination trial [13] "EndDate" - date at which a seed germinated, or if it didn't germinate, the end date of the trial. [14] "ID" - unique seed ID ## observations: 899 (individual seeds) #### File 2: "Saba_habitats_PUB.csv" # variable names and levels [1] "sample" - unique fecal sample ID containing Saba senegalensis seeds [2] "date" - date that fecal sample was found. format: d/m/yy [3] "datereturn" - date at which fecal sample was revisited to check for germination [4] "Nseeds" - number of seeds initially found in the fecal sample [5] "nfound" - number of seeds found when revisiting fecal sample [6] "C.C..Total" - percent canopy cover at site of fecal sample [7] "Habitat" - habitat type at location of fecal sample. "/" indicates that the habitat was transitional between the two listed [8] "germdummy" - indicator variable indicating whether germination had occurred [9] "ngerm" - number of seeds that were found with a radicle present, but no vertical stem or leaves [10] "nstems" - number of germinated seeds containing a vertical stem [11] "nleaves" - number of germinated seeds with a vertical stem and at least one pair of leaves [12] "ngermtotal" - total number of seeds that had at least a radicle present, with or without vertical stems or leaves [13] "DayNum" - day number of the sampling period. 1 is the date that samples were first collected. ## observations: 215 (fecal samples)