Impacts of tropical rainforest disturbance on mammalian parasitism rates

Description:

Records of parasite and parasite egg counts from small mammal faecal samples

Project: This dataset was collected as part of the following SAFE research project: Impacts of tropical rainforest disturbance on mammalian parasitism rates

XML metadata: GEMINI compliant metadata for this dataset is available here

Files: This dataset consists of 2 files: Template_Ladds.xlsx, ParasitePhotos.zip

Template_Ladds.xlsx

This file contains dataset metadata and 1 data tables:

1. Small mammal parasite loads (described in worksheet Data)

   Description: Records of parasite identity and egg loads recorded from small mammal faecal samples

   Number of fields: 17

   Number of data rows: 276

   Fields:

   • Microscopy_date: Date microscopy work was conducted (Field type: date)
   • Microscopist: Name of microscopist (Field type: id)
   • Sample_date: Date faecal sample was collected (Field type: date)
   • Sample_Number: Unique reference code for specimen (Field type: id)
   • Point: Trap location in SAFE gazeteer (Field type: location)
   • Grid: Trapping grid in which trap was located (Field type: replicate)
   • Trap_num: Unique trap code (Field type: replicate)
   • host: Species of small mammal from which faecal sample was collected (Field type: taxa)
   • AnimalID: PIT tag code for the small mammal (Field type: id)
   • Anyparasites: Parasites detected? (Field type: categorical)
   • parasite: Identity of parasite (Field type: taxa)
   • Parasitecount: Number of parasites detected (Field type: numeric interaction)
   • Countingscale: How much of the slide was sampled for counting? (Field type: categorical)
   • Picturetaken: Picture taken of the parasite? (Field type: categorical)
   • Pictureref: Was a photograph taken of the parasite? Images can be found in the zip file associated with this dataset. (Field type: comments)
   • Sample_Weight: Weight of the faecal sample (Field type: numeric)
   • Amountused: Confirmation that the entire faecal sample was used (Field type: comments)

ParasitePhotos.zip

Description: Photographs of parasites

Date range: 2015-04-16 to 2015-07-10

Latitudinal extent: 4.6430 to 4.7519

Longitudinal extent: 116.9650 to 117.5898

Taxonomic coverage:
All taxon names are validated against the GBIF backbone taxonomy. If a dataset uses a synonym, the accepted usage is shown followed by the dataset usage in brackets. Taxa that cannot be validated, including new species and other unknown taxa, morphospecies, functional groups and taxonomic levels not used in the GBIF backbone are shown in square brackets.