DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6998189
title: Fruit, seed dispersal, and life history traits of tropical rainforest trees of the Anamalai Hills, Western Ghats, India

description: This dataset contains compiled Fruit, seed dispersal, and life history traits of tropical rainforest trees of the Anamalai Hills, Western Ghats, India. The list of species included are from the following two related publications:<br> - Muthuramkumar, S., Ayyappan, N., Parthasarathy, N., Mudappa, D., Raman, T.R.S., Selwyn, M.A. and Pragasan, L.A. (2006), Plant Community Structure in Tropical Rain Forest Fragments of the Western Ghats, India. <em>Biotropica</em>, 38: 143-160. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7429.2006.00118.x<br> - Osuri, A., Chakravarthy, D., Mudappa, D., Raman, T., Ayyappan, N., Muthuramkumar, S., & Parthasarathy, N. (2017). Successional status, seed dispersal mode and overstorey species influence tree regeneration in tropical rain-forest fragments in Western Ghats, India. <em>Journal of Tropical Ecology</em>, 33(4), 270-284. doi:10.1017/S0266467417000219<br> The present dataset is an expanded and updated version of the related dataset available at https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.vd0nn<br> <br> Species traits information was collated from BIOTIK (http://www.biotik.org/), Flowers of India (http://www.flowersofindia.net/), India Biodiversity Portal (http://indiabiodiversity.org/), Global wood density database (https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.234/1) and Osuri et al. (2014): https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266467417000219. We also referred to the following previous studies that provided information on the successional status of rain-forest species in the Western Ghats (Chetana 2013, Pascal 1988, Raman et al. 2009, Sreejith 2005). <strong>References:</strong><br> CHETANA, H. C. 2013. Assessing the ecological processes in abandoned tea plantations and its implication for ecological restoration in the Western Ghats, India. PhD thesis, Manipal University.<br> OSURI, A. M., KUMAR, V. S. & SANKARAN, M. 2014. Altered stand structure and tree allometry reduce carbon storage in evergreen forest fragments in India’s Western Ghats. <em>Forest Ecology and Management </em>329: 375–383.<br> PASCAL, J. P. 1988. <em>Wet evergreen forests of the Western Ghats of India: Ecology, structure, floristic composition and succession</em>. Institut Français de Pondichéry, Pondicherry.<br> RAMAN, T. R. S., MUDAPPA, D. & KAPOOR, V. 2009. Restoring rainforest fragments: survival of mixed-native species seedlings under contrasting site conditions in the Western Ghats, India. <em>Restoration Ecology</em> 17:137–147.<br> SREEJITH, K. A. 2005. Ecological and ecophysiological studies on the successional status of tree seedlings in tropical wet evergreen and semi-evergreen forests of Kerala. PhD thesis, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun. <strong>Geographic Coverage:</strong><br> 1. Location/Study Area: Valparai Plateau, Tamil Nadu, India; Anamalai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu, India<br> 2. GPS coordinates: Valparai Plateau (10°15'- 10°22'N, 76°52' - 76°59'E); Anamalai Tiger Reserve (10°12' - 10°35'N, 76°49' - 77°24'E) <strong>Temporal Coverage:</strong><br> 1. Begins: 2003-03-01 (Year, Month, Day)<br> 2. Ends: 2022-08-16 (Year, Month, Day) Besides the <strong>README.txt</strong> file, the dataset includes two comma-delimited text (csv) files with the data in columns as explained below: <strong>Anamalai_tree_traits.csv</strong> <strong>gbif_namematch.csv</strong> <br> <strong>Anamalai_tree_traits.csv</strong><br> <strong>old_code: </strong>Species codes used at the time of data collection (manuscript Muthuramkumar et al. 2006: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7429.2006.00118.x)<br> <strong>osuri_code: </strong>Revised species codes if used in the Osuri et al. 2017 paper in <em>Journal of Tropical Ecology</em> 33:270-284 (https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266467417000219) and related dataset (https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.vd0nn) or else indicated as NA<br> <strong>current_code:</strong> Species codes used at present in relation to current taxonomy and name as in ‘species’ column<br> <strong>old_speciesName:</strong> Species names used at the time of data collection (Muthuramkumar et al. 2006: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7429.2006.00118.x)<br> <strong>verbatimScientificName: </strong>Revised species names used to match names to current taxonomy (next column)<br> <strong>species:</strong> Accepted species scientific name at present as determined by running the name in the previous column through the Global Biodiversity Information Facility lookup tool (GBIF: https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup)<br> <strong>family:</strong> Plant Family that the taxon belongs to<br> <strong>genus:</strong> Genus the taxon belongs to<br> <strong>fruit_type:</strong> Type of fruit<br> <strong>fleshy_dry:</strong> Whether fruit is a dry fruit or fleshy, with aril or other parts<br> <strong>seed_size:</strong> Species seed size: L = Large (&gt;3 cm); M = Medium (1-3 cm); S = Small (&lt;1 cm)<br> <strong>disperser: </strong>Categories indicating seed dispersal mode: Bird, mammal, bird and mammal (Mammal_bird), gravity, wind, or unknown<br> <strong>new_disp:</strong> Composite category based on disperser and seed size (taking seed size as S and L)<br> <strong>habitat: </strong>Habitat affinity category: EG_edg - evergreen forest edge; EG_for - evergreen forest; Dec_for - deciduous forest; Int – Introduced species; Unknown – Unknown<br> <strong>habt_new:</strong> Habitat affinity new category: Mature – mature forest; Secondary – secondary forest, Int - Introduced species; Unknown – unknown<br> <strong>ad_ht: </strong>Species maximum adult height (m)<br> <strong>wden:</strong> Species wood density (g cm^-3); NA - not available; sourced from Global wood density database (https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.234/1)<br> <strong>remarks:</strong> Notes or remarks<br> <br> <strong>gbif_namematch.csv</strong> <strong>verbatimScientificName:</strong> Scientific name as used for the GBIF lookup<br> <strong>scientificName:</strong> Name returned by GBIF species lookup tool (https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup)<br> <strong>key: </strong>GBIF key returned by the species lookup tool<br> <strong>matchType:</strong> Match type returned by the species lookup tool<br> <strong>confidence:</strong> Confidence returned by the species lookup tool<br> <strong>status:</strong> Indicates whether the verbatimScientificName is an Accepted name or a Synonym<br> <strong>rank:</strong> Indicates whether the taxon was identified to Family, Genus or species<br> <strong>kingdom</strong>: Kingdom of taxon<br> <strong>phylum:</strong> Phylum of taxon<br> <strong>class:</strong> Class of taxon<br> <strong>order:</strong> Order of taxon<br> <strong>family: </strong>Family of taxon<br> <strong>genus:</strong> Genus of taxon<br> <strong>species: </strong>Species name (accepted and current species name)<br> <strong>canonicalName:</strong> Canonical form of species name returned by species lookup tool<br> <strong>authorship:</strong> Author of taxon
description: The present dataset is an expanded and updated version of the related dataset available at https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.vd0nn
description: {"references": ["CHETANA, H. C. 2013. Assessing the ecological processes in abandoned tea plantations and its implication for ecological restoration in the Western Ghats, India. PhD thesis, Manipal University.", "OSURI, A. M., KUMAR, V. S. & SANKARAN, M. 2014. Altered stand structure and tree allometry reduce carbon storage in evergreen forest fragments in India's Western Ghats. Forest Ecology and Management 329:375\u2013383.", "PASCAL, J. P. 1988. Wet evergreen forests of the Western Ghats of India: Ecology, structure, floristic composition and succession. Institut Fran\u00e7ais de Pondich\u00e9ry, Pondicherry.", "RAMAN, T. R. S., MUDAPPA, D. & KAPOOR, V. 2009. Restoring rainforest fragments: survival of mixed-native species seedlings under contrasting site conditions in the Western Ghats, India. Restoration Ecology 17:137\u2013147.", "SREEJITH, K. A. 2005. Ecological and ecophysiological studies on the successional status of tree seedlings in tropical wet evergreen and semi-evergreen forests of Kerala. PhD thesis, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun."]}