Data for "Simpler is better: Taxonomic diversity outperforms functional indices as a surrogate for ecosystem services diversity provided by mammals"

This dataset accompanies the study “Simpler is better: Taxonomic diversity outperforms functional indices as a surrogate for ecosystem services diversity provided by mammals.” The dataset contains information on mammal species composition, functional traits, and ecosystem services used to evaluate the relationships between taxonomic and functional diversity and ecosystem services diversity.

The data are provided in a single Excel workbook organized into the following sheets:

• Metadata: descriptions of the variables, data structure, units, and coding information necessary to interpret the dataset and reproduce the analyses.
• Species_Composition: species composition data used to characterize mammal assemblages across the sampled sites.
• Functional_Traits: functional trait information for the mammal species included in the study, used to calculate functional diversity indices.
• Species_ES: information on the ecosystem services associated with each mammal species.
• ES_Composition: ecosystem services composition data used to characterize the diversity of ecosystem services provided by mammal assemblages across the sampled sites.