Manuscript title: Phylogenetic and morphological relationships between non-volant
small-mammals reveal assembly processes at different spatial scales.
Journal: Ecology and Evolution (Manuscript accepted)
Authors: André Luís Luzaa *, Gislene Lopes Gonçalvesb,c, Sandra Maria Hartza
a
- Programa de Pós Graduação em Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do
Sul, Av. Bento Gonçalves 9500, CEP: 91501-970 - Post-Office Box: 15007. Porto
Alegre - Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Fax: +55 51 3308-7626, Phone: +55 51 3308-7623;
b
- Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Bento
Gonçalves 9500, CEP: 91501-970, Porto Alegre - Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil;
c
- Instituto de Alta Investigación, Universidad de Tarapacá, Antofagasta 1520, Arica,
Chile.
* Corresponding author: luza.andre@gmail.com
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Data is organized in dynamic spreadsheets. Basic trapping unity was a sampling point
composed by two traps (See Sampling of non-volant small mammals on Material and
methods). Sampling unities used in data analysis were transects composed by eight
trapping points. The file “Data_bank_Luza_et_al.” is composed by two spreadsheets:
Occurrence_data and Individual_traits.
Spreadsheet: Occurrence_data
Column 1: Code_region_scale (See Figure 1 in manuscript).
Description: Southern Brazil regions where data sampling occurred.
Arauc
Araucaria forest region
Serras
Serra do Sudeste region
Campanha
Campanha region
Column 2: Code_Landscape_scale (See figures 1, 3, 4 and 5 in manuscript).
Description: Nomenclature following Azpiroz et al. (2012) and Overbeck et al. (2007).
Ecotones Between Brazilian Upland Grasslands And
Landscape D E_CAL
Araucaria Forest
Ecotones Between Pampa Grasslands (Northern Campos)
Landscape H E_CAR1
And Seasonal Forest
Ecotones Between Pampa Grasslands (Northern Campos)
Landscape E E_CAR2
And Seasonal Forest
Ecotones Between Pampa Grasslands (Northern Campos)
Landscape B E_CAR3
And Seasonal Forest
Ecotones Between Pampa Grasslands (Northern Campos)
Landscape I
E_CCB
And Seasonal Forest
Ecotones Between Pampa Grasslands (Northern Campos)
Landscape F E_CSR
And Seasonal Forest
Ecotones Between Brazilian Upland Grasslands And
Landscape A E_FAR
Araucaria Forest
Ecotones Between Pampa Grasslands (Northern Campos)
Landscape C E_FSI
And Seasonal Forest
Ecotones Between Brazilian Upland Grasslands And
Landscape G E_FTR_FAR Araucaria/Atlantic Forest
Column 3: Code_transect_scale_sampling_unity.
Description: Basic sampling unity used in data analysis. Two numbers and one letter.
First number equals to transect (1 (grassland interior) to 8 (forest interior); Figure S1);
second number equals to grid replica within landscape (1 and 2). Letter equal to
Landscapes described in Column 2. Example: 11D - transect 1 on grid 1 from landscape
D.
Fig. S1: Schematic figure of the sampling grid utilized. Full circles represent the capture
points. The numbers of the transects (T) and points (P) are shown on the left and at the
top. The distances between transects and the length of the grid are shown on the right
side. The distance between points and the width of the grid are shown below. The wavy
horizontal line in the middle represents the forest edge.
Column 4: Sampling_point
Description: Most basic information concerning the occurrence of species and
individuals. Each point was composed by Tomahawk trap and one Sherman trap. The
union of eight points formed a transect (Figure S1). Legend: t = transect; p = point.
Example: t1p1 = point 1 from transect 1; t1p2 = point 2 from transect 1.
Column 5: Order
Description: Taxonomic order following Wilson & Reeder (2005).
Column 6: Family
Description: Taxonomic family following Wilson & Reeder (2005).
Column 7: Tribe
Description: Taxonomic tribes following Wilson & Reeder (2005) and Voss & Jansa
(2009).
Column 8: Species_presence_code
Description: Species identity.
Column 9: Individual_code
Description: Individual identity. Example: individual D52akpa - landscape (D),
individual number (52), species abbreviation (akpa).
Species abbreviation
Akodon azarae
akaz
Akodon montensis
akmo
Akodon paranaesis
akpa
Akodon reigi
akre
Akodon serrensis
akse
Akodon sp.
aksp
Brucepattersonius iheringi
brih
Dasyprocta azarae
daaz
Delomys dorsalis
dedo
Deltamys sp.
desp
Didelphis albiventris
dial
Didelphis aurita
diau
Gracilinanus microtarsus
grmi
Monodelphis dimidiata
modi
Necromys lasiurus
nela
Nectomys squamipes
nesq
Oligoryzomys nigripes
olni
Oxymycterus nasutus
oxna
Oxymycterus sp.
oxsp
Scapteromys meridionalis
scme
Sooretamys angouya
soan
Thaptomys nigrita
thni
Column 10: Presence/absence
Description: Presence of species and individuals in each sampling point.
Observations: Other data relevant to data analysis are available at online version of
manuscript. These includes Table S1 (Mean values of non-volant small-mammal
functional traits from grassland-forest ecotones in southern Brazil) and Appendix S1
(List of species, genes and the correspondent GenBank acession numbers included in
the sequence dataset used to perform phylogenetic reconstruction).
Spreadsheet: Individual_traits
Column 1: Species
Description: Species which individuals belong.
Column 2: Individual_code
Description: Individual identity. Example: individual D52akpa - landscape (D),
individual number (52), species abbreviation (akpa).
Column 3: Tail length
Description: Individual tail length, in millimeters. Tail length was measured from the
beginning (near to anus) to the end of the tail.
Column 4: Body length
Description: Individual body length, in millimeters. Body length was measured from
snout to the beginning of the tail.
Column 5: Foot length
Description: Foot length, in millimeters. Foot length was measured from heel to the
point of toes.
Column 6: Claw size
Description: Claw size, in millimeters. Initially we measured foot length without claw
(as descripted above) and total foot length (including the claw). Claw size was the
subtraction of the two measurements.
Column 7: Ear size
Description: Ear size, in millimeters. Ear size (auricle) was measured from beginning of
ear canal (in the bottom region of concha and between tragus and anti-tragus) to the top
of helix.
Column 8: Body mass
Description: Body mass, in grams.
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