Urban bird models data package ==================================================================================================== Kate E Plummer (kate.plummer@bto.org) 2020-04-15 The file describes the derived datasets and R code that accompany: Plummer KE, Gillings S, Siriwardena GM 2020. Evaluating the potential for bird-habitat models to support biodiversity-friendly urban planning. Journal of Applied Ecology ==================================================================================================== DATASET: Urban_metrics_per_site.csv Size: 483 rows (including header) x 41 columns Description: The characteristics of urban sites, derived from Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) monitoring locations, used in the analysis presented in the paper. VARIABLE DESCRIPTION sid Urban site identity easting Easting (x-coordinate) using British National Grid northing Northing (y-coordinate) using British National Grid grid100 100-km grid square where site is situated using British National Grid areakm2 Site area (km2) xval_block Spatial block where site is situated used for cross-validation xval_fold Data 'fold' the site was randomly assigned to for cross-validation pc_building % of site covered by buildings pc_built % of site covered by built surfaces pc_roads % of site covered by roads and tracks pc_rail % of site covered by railway pc_otherman % of site covered by other human surfaces pc_grassrough % of site covered by grassland, rough pc_grassmanaged % of site covered by grassland, managed pc_verge % of site covered by verges pc_natural % of site covered by natural surfaces pc_gardens % of site covered by residential gardens pc_scrub % of site covered by scrub pc_trees % of site covered by trees/parkland pc_woodbroad % of site covered by woodland, broadleaf pc_woodconifer % of site covered by woodland, conifer pc_woodmix % of site covered by woodland, mixed pc_waterinland % of site covered by water, inland pc_arable % of site covered by arable den_woods Density of woodland patches per site den_waterbodies Density of waterbodies per site sz_buildings Mean size of buildings per site sz_woods Mean size of woodland patches per site sz_waterbodies Mean size of waterbodies per site sz_gardens Mean size of gardens per site nn_buildings Mean nearest neighbour distance for buildings per site nn_woods Mean nearest neighbour distance for woodland patches per site nn_waterbodies Mean nearest neighbour distance for waterbodies per site ric_greenspace Number of greenspace habitat types per site den_greenspace Density of all individual greenspace patches per site sz_greenspace Mean size of all individual greenspace patches per site buf_urban % of 2x2 km buffer around site covered by urban habitats buf_wood % of 2x2 km buffer around site covered by woodland habitats buf_grass % of 2x2 km buffer around site covered by grassland habitats buf_coast % of 2x2 km buffer around site covered by coastal habitats climate Mean annual temperature in 5 x 5 km around site ==================================================================================================== DATASET: Birds_per_site.csv Size: 483 rows (including header) x 58 columns Description: The abundances of 57 bird species per urban site, derived from Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) monitoring, used in the analysis presented in the paper. 5-letter codes are used for species names, as described in the Bird_species_list.csv dataset (below). VARIABLE DESCRIPTION sid Urban site identity BLABI Blackbird abundance per site ... ... ... ... SPARR Sparrowhawk abundance per site ==================================================================================================== DATASET: Bird_species_list.csv Size: 58 rows (including header) x 8 columns Description: Species-specific information for the 57 bird species included in the analysis presented in the paper. VARIABLE DESCRIPTION species Species 5-letter code (used in Birds_per_site.csv) code2 BTO 2-letter code sp_name Common name sci_name Scientific name dom_habitat Dominant habitat type, derived from Johnston et al 2014, Bird Study, 61:340 site_freq Occurence frequency: number of unban sites where the species was present abund_av Mean abundance within sites where the species was present abund_sd Standard deviation of the mean within sites where the species was present ==================================================================================================== DATASET: Bird-habitat_model_results.xlsx Size: 37 rows (including header) x 232 columns Description: Summary statistics and species-specific parameter estimates and significance levels resulting from all univariate modelling of bird-habitat relationships presented in the paper. VARIABLE DESCRIPTION metric Urban metric names wtd_mean Mean effect size across all species, using inverse variance weighting wtd_se Mean standard error across all species, using inverse variance weighting wtd_95ci Mean 95% confidence across all species, using inverse variance weighting BLABI_est Blackbird density v single metric GLMM - parameter estimate BLABI_sterr Blackbird density v single metric GLMM - parameter estimate standard error BLABI_zvalue Blackbird density v single metric GLMM - Z value BLABI_p Blackbird density v single metric GLMM - p value ... ... ... ... SPARR_est Sparrowhawk density v single metric GLMM - parameter estimate SPARR_sterr Sparrowhawk density v single metric GLMM - parameter estimate standard error SPARR_zvalue Sparrowhawk density v single metric GLMM - Z value SPARR_p Sparrowhawk density v single metric GLMM - p value ==================================================================================================== TEXT FILE: Rcode_for_bird-habitat_modelling.txt Size: 639 rows (including headers) Description: R code used to develop, run and evaluate the bird-habitat models presented in the paper. ==================================================================================================== END ====================================================================================================