Ungulate responses to roads and traffic in South African Protected Areas

Data and R scripts related to publication “Duffett, D; D’Amico, M; Mulero-Pázmány, M; González-Suárez, M (2020) Species' traits as predictors of avoidance towards roads and traffic. Ecological Indicators” doi.org"
ReadME pdf file includes detailed description of the field methods to obtain the data and the steps of the data analysis.
Data include: - 513 observations of sighted ungulate species, hoofed mammals, near paved and unpaved roads in three protected areas in South Africa. Data obtained during October 2016. File “Transect_records.csv”. File “Transect_characteristics.csv” provides summary data for each sampled transect including location, weather, and traffic. - Trait data for the 18 species represented in the dataset including information on morphology, reproduction, longevity, foraging habits, and social structure. File “Trait_data.csv”.- Phylogenetic tree as obtained from Fritz, S.A., Bininda‐Emonds, O.R. and Purvis, A., 2009. Geographical variation in predictors of mammalian extinction risk: big is bad, but only in the tropics. Ecology letters, 12: 538-549. File "Fritz_tree.nex"
The R script ("Duffett_et_al_Ecol_Indic_Data_Analysis.Rmd") shows all analyses and how the figures for the manuscript were generated.