Data for “Cascading effects of a disease outbreak in a remote protected area”, by Monk, J.D., J.A. Smith, E. Donadio, P.L. Perrig, R.D. Crego, M. Fileni, O. Bidder, S.A. Lambertucci, J.N. Pauli, O.J. Schmitz and A.D. Middleton, 2022, Ecology Letters Julia D. Monk Yale University julia.monk@yale.edu Justine A. Smith Univerisity of California Davis justinesmith@ucdavis.edu Data collected in San Guillermo National Park (SGNP), Argentina, from 2000-2020 FILES: MonkSmith_Biomass.csv MonkSmith_condor_all_locations.csv MonkSmith_condor_foraging_locations MonkSmith_CoverHeight.csv MonkSmith_kill_locations.csv MonkSmith_puma_locations.csv MonkSmith_SeedSpike.csv MonkSmith_timeseries.csv MonkSmith_vicuna_locations.csv MonkSmith_VicunaDistanceData.csv *MonkSmith_Biomass.csv* Dataset used for analyzing field-measured biomass year: Year of sampling (2011 vs. 2019) Site_ID: ID of sampling plot habitat: Habitat of sampling plot (Plain = open plains refuge habitat, sparsely vegetated; Canyon = rocky canyons and mountain slopes, high-predation risk habitat, sparsely vegetated; Meadow = heavily vegetated wet meadow, high-predation risk habitat) treatment: Treatment type in original exclosure experiment from which 2011 data were sourced; for this analysis, only values from "Control" (unfenced and available for herbivory) plots were analyzed Biomass: standing green biomass (g/m^2) *MonkSmith_condor_all_locations.csv* Dataset used for analyzing all condor locations in SGNP Month: date of sampling (mm/d/yy) Ind: individual condor ID Prop: proportion of total locations for that month inside SGNP n.inside: number of locations inside SGNP for that month n: total number of locations detected for that month Period: time period in relation to mange outbreak *MonkSmith_condor_foraging_locations.csv* Dataset used for analyzing condor foraging locations in SGNP (subset of locations taken at midday when velocity was equal to 0) Month: date of sampling (mm/d/yy) Ind: individual condor ID Prop: proportion of total locations for that month inside SGNP n.inside: number of locations inside SGNP for that month n: total number of locations detected for that month Period: time period in relation to mange outbreak *MonkSmith_CoverHeight.csv* Dataset used for analyzing field-measured graminoid cover and height Site_ID: ID of sampling plot year: Year of sampling (2011 vs. 2019) habitat: Habitat of sampling plot (Plain = open plains refuge habitat, sparsely vegetated; Canyon = rocky canyons and mountain slopes, high-predation risk habitat, sparsely vegetated; Meadow = heavily vegetated wet meadow, high-predation risk habitat) treatment: Treatment type in original exclosure experiment from which 2011 data were sourced; for this analysis, only values from "Control" (unfenced and available for herbivory) plots were analyzed transect: number of the within-plot transect (5/plot) CoverGramin: Graminoid cover (%), determined by point-intercept method along each transect AvHeightGramin: mean height (in cm) of all graminoids intercepted using the point- intercept method along each transect NHeight: Number of graminoid plants intercepted along each transect (N for AvHeightGramin) *MonkSmith_kill_locations.csv* Dataset used for analyzing the proportion of puma kills in each habitat ID: individual puma ID timestamp: date and time of kill (yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ssZ) habclass: ID for habitat of location (1 = canyons, 2 = meadows, 3 = plains) *MonkSmith_puma_locations.csv* Dataset used for analyzing the proportion of puma locations in each habitat ID: individual puma ID timestamp: date and time of location record (yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ssZ) habclass: ID for habitat of location (1 = canyons, 2 = meadows, 3 = plains) *MonkSmith_SeedSpike.csv* Dataset used for analyzing field-measured seed spike prevalence Site_ID: ID of sampling plot year: Year of sampling (2011 vs. 2019) habitat: Habitat of sampling plot (Plain = open plains refuge habitat, sparsely vegetated; Canyon = rocky canyons and mountain slopes, high-predation risk habitat, sparsely vegetated; Meadow = heavily vegetated wet meadow, high-predation risk habitat) treatment: Treatment type in original exclosure experiment from which 2011 data were sourced; for this analysis, only values from "Control" (unfenced and available for herbivory) plots were analyzed ConEsp: Total number of individual grasses per plot with seed spikes (as determined by the point-intercept method along 5 transects in each plot) SinEsp: Total number of individual grasses per plot without seed spikes (as determined by the point-intercept method along 5 transects in each plot) ConSin: The total number of grasses intercepted per plot (ConEsp + SinEsp) PropWithSeed: The proportion of intercepted grasses with seed spikes (ConEsp/ConSin) *MonkSmith_time_series.csv* Dataset used for remotely-sensed SAVI and time series analyses date: date of sampling (mm/d/yy) precip: total monthly precipitation (mm) temp: mean monthly temperature (degrees Celsius) plainsSAVImean: monthly mean of the Soil-Adjusted Vegetation Index in plains meadowSAVImean: monthly mean of the Soil-Adjusted Vegetation Index in meadows canyonSAVImean: monthly mean of the Soil-Adjusted Vegetation Index in canyons *MonkSmith_vicuna_locations.csv* Dataset used for analyzing the proportion of vicuña locations in each habitat ID: individual vicuña ID timestamp: date and time of location record (yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ssZ) habclass: ID for habitat of location (1 = canyons, 2 = meadows, 3 = plains) *MonkSmith_VicunaDistanceData.csv* Dataset used for analyzing vicuña densities based on distance sampling id: observation ID Year: year of sampling Season: season in which sampling was conducted (Win = Winter, Fall=Fall, Sum = Summer) Site: site of sampling (LCAS = Llano de Caserones, LL = Llano de los Leones, LSG = Llano de San Guillermo) Long_km: length of the transect (km) SP: species (V = vicuña) Angle: angle to the center of the group of animals, from the observer Dist_m: distance to the center of the group, from the observer (using laser rangefinder) GroupSize: size of the group of vicuñas