DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14847790
Analysis of Differential effects on specialist vs generalist caterpillar abundance, richness, and diversity.
This project contains analysis of data on caterpillar abundances from 32 sites in Eastern Connecticut, USA, collected between 2017 and 2019. Each site had 12 25 m^2 plots with 3 accompanying vegetation survey plots (100 m^2). Data were also collected on the abundance and browsing damage by deer in each of the sites.
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Quantify the effects of fragment area on the relative abundances of dietary specialist and generalist caterpillars.
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Determine the contributions of altered host availability and deer browsing on shifts in caterpillar assemblages.
Data were analysed to determine
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Effects of fragment area on the relative abundances of specialist and generalist caterpillars.
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Effects of fragment area on the availability of host plants for the caterpillars
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Effects of deer prevalence and browsing on caterpillar abundances.
- Analyses are stored in the analyses directory.
- Data files are be stored inside the data directory.
- Figures are stored in figures directory.
- Tables are stored in tables directory.
- Fragmentation - Does fragment size differentially affect specialist abundance or richness?
- map Code to draw map of sites and plot layout.