Table 2 The attributes and description of the grazingData.csv file that has the extracted data from each study.
From: A global inventory of animal diversity measured in different grazing treatments
Attribute (column header) | Description of attribute |
|---|---|
UniqueID | A unique identifier given to each study that exists in all datasheets. |
HigherTaxon | Whether the responding species or specimen was a vertebrate, invertebrate, fungus, lichen, or plant. |
Kingdom | The kingdom that the target species or group of species belongs to within the study. |
Phylum | The phylum that the target species or group of species belongs to within the study. |
Class | The class that the target species or group of species belongs to within the study. |
Order | The order that the target species or group of species belongs to within the study. |
Family | The family that the target species or group of species belongs to within the study. |
Genus | Taxonomic genus of measured species or specimen. |
Species | Species of measured organisms. |
SiteID | Identifier given within the paper for a specific site studied. |
Year | The year the specific observation was surveyed. In instances where the observation was an average of multiple years, the year is either separated by a semi-colon for distinct years or a dash to indicate a range of years. |
Timeframe | Additional notes about the survey time period, such as month or season, were included in this column. |
Replicate | The number of replicates associated with the value calculated within a treatment or control. Left blank if there was a single observation, which would present a single count of an organism. |
GrazingCompare | Determination of the grazing contrast. Based on a gradient of intensity (e.g., stocking rate) or a contrast between ordinal groups such as grazed vs. ungrazed. |
GrazingLevel | Grazing categories or comparisons for ordinal contrasts. Only applicable for the ordinal/binary compare. |
GrazingEstimate | The estimate of grazing used in the study (e.g., number of animals per hectare). |
GrazingValue | The value of the grazing estimate used in the study. |
Estimate | The response variable used to measure the study species (e.g., abundance, diversity, behavioural, fitness). |
Statistic | The statistic used to summarize the response of the target specimen (e.g., mean, median, standard error). If listed as “count”, this represents the plot-level measurement of individuals. |
Value | The measured value of the responding specimen. |
