DOI: 10.5061/dryad.hhmgqnkq6
title: Supplementary material: Mammal diversity responses to anthropic, environmental, and seasonal changes within Caatinga seasonal dry forest landscapes

description: Caatinga’s conservation and biodiversity are threatened due to the
 intensification of anthropic activities and climate change. The mammals
 have different responses to seasonal and anthropic changes, however
 particularly in Caatinga, these effects are still poorly understood. We
 assessed the influence of anthropic (distance from urban areas and wind
 farms), environmental (distance from water), and seasonal (Normalized
 Difference Vegetation Index – NDVI and land surface temperature - LST)
 variables on the number of records and richness of medium and large-sized
 mammals in Brazilian Caatinga. We used camera traps in 2016/2017 and
 2018/2019, estimated the variation (cv) of NDVI and LST, and generated
 Euclidean distance maps to anthropic and environmental variables at 250,
 500, and 1000 m spatial scales. We performed Generalized Linear Models,
 used the Akaike information criterion, and calculated model averaging to
 assess the strength and direction of effect and the uncertainties of the
 winner models, respectively. The distance from wind farms and maximum LST
 had a noticeable effect on the number of records and total richness. The
 distance from wind farms had a negative effect on the records of Dicotyles
 tajacu and a positive effect on the records of Leopardus
 pardalis and richness. The maximum LST had a negative effect on
 the records of Leopardus pardalis and a positive effect
 on the records of Puma concolor and Cerdocyon thous. Our results
 emphasize that an unsustainable expansion of wind farms is likely to
 compromise mammal diversity. We found an opposite pattern for some species
 regarding LST. However, it is important to highlight that the conservation
 of vegetation areas on the top of mountains and springs, and the
 installation of artificial water sources are important strategies to
 mitigate the impacts of high temperatures on mammals' biodiversity in
 Caatinga.
description: # Supplementary material - Mammal diversity responses to anthropic,
 environmental, and seasonal changes within Caatinga seasonal dry forest
 landscapes
 [https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.hhmgqnkq6](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.hhmgqnkq6) Main data used to perform the analyses of this study and additional information of methods.  ## Description of the data and file structure The file "SM1_methods_description_2024_04_19d.docx" has additional information about the Material and methods topic. The file "SM2_raw_data_statistical_results_2024_04_19d.xls" has the set of raw data used to perform the statistical analyses and the results of some additional statistical analyses. Below, we described each spreadsheet: Table 1 - season per site: this table has the description of camera trap data and efforts of the study Table 2 - Data: this table has all the data used to perform the manuscript analyses, including explanatory and response variables at different spatial scales Table 3 - Multifit: this table has the results of multi scale analyses Table 4 - VIF: this table has the results of multicollinearity analyses between explanatory variables Table 5 - Moran: this table has the results of spatial autocorrelation analyses Table 6 - species_each_year: this table has the species name that were recorded in each period Table 7 - AIC_results: this table has the results of models selection, including winner and loser models. We also included the results of model averaging analyses and variable weights. Table 8 - Habitat_amount: this table has the percentage of natural vegetation (habitat amount) areas calculated at multi scale to each landscape We assessed a different number of landscapes per period. So, in the spreadsheets "Table 2 - Data" and "Table 8 - Habitat_amount" the cells with "No landscape" refers to absence of one landscape in the period 2016/2017. Any sheet with N/A correspond to no effect or absence of data.