Seed dispersal interactions data, Canandé – Ecuador, 2022-2023.

Data collected in Chocó lowland, Northern Ecuador. The data consists of data sets with 1) plant species observed bearing fruits during fieldwork and their respective traits; 2) animal species observed via direct observations with binoculars interacting with the fruiting trees; 3) traits of the animals observed via binoculars; 4) seed-dispersal interactions observed via binoculars; 5) animal species observed via camera traps interacting with fruits; 6) traits of the animals observed via camera traps; 7) seed-dispersal interactions observed via camera traps; and 8) environmental variables collected in the plots.

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Data and Resources

Additional Info

Field Value
Geographic coverage
Geographic description The data was collected in the Chocó lowland forest in the North-West of Ecuador. It is a lowland rainforest (elevation 100 – 600 m a.s.l.) with a mean annual temperature of circa 24°C and annual precipitation of 2100 mm with weak seasonality.
Temporal coverage
Time period
Begin: March 24, 2022
End: June 2, 2022
Time period
Begin: October 5, 2022
End: December 8, 2022
Time period
Begin: March 24, 2023
End: May 28, 2023
Time period
Begin: October 3, 2023
End: October 1, 2023
Other info
Last Updated April 11, 2024, 12:27 (UTC)
Created April 11, 2024, 12:22 (UTC)

Responsible parties

Creator and point of contact
Name Anna Rebello Landim
Organization affiliations
Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F)
Goethe University Frankfurt

Associated party
Name Matthias Schleuning
Organization affiliations
Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F)
Role Principal investigator

Associated party
Name Eike Lena Neuschulz
Organization affiliations
Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F)
Role Principal investigator

Research data management planning

Types of data that will be / are / were created during the project Numeric (spreadsheet, measurements, etc.) , Interaction data
Estimated volume of created data <1GB
Data will be stored at (long-term archived) The data will be long-term archived in datadryad.org

Link to this dataset:

https://dataportal.senckenberg.de/dataset/561b38d3-a87f-4e0d-9595-b3b1af9d456c