The Effect of Forest Modification on Ectoparasite Density and Diversity

<b>Description: </b><p>Leech survey data</p><p><b>Project: </b>This dataset was collected as part of the following SAFE research project: <a href="https://www.safeproject.net/projects/project_view/24"><b>The Effect of Forest Modification on Ectoparasite Density and Diversity</b></a></p><p><b>XML metadata: </b>GEMINI compliant metadata for this dataset is available <a href="https://www.safeproject.net/datasets/xml_metadata?id=69">here</a></p><p><b>Data worksheets: </b>There are 2 data worksheets in this dataset:</p><ol><li><p><b>Morphometrics</b> (Worksheet BodyLength)</p><p>Dimensions: 809 rows by 5 columns</p><p>Description: Measurements of body length</p><p>Fields: </p><ul><li><b>Locality</b>: SAFE Project sample site (Field type: Location)</li><li><b>Species</b>: Species ID (Field type: Taxa)</li><li><b>Body Length</b>: Body length (Field type: Numeric Trait)</li><li><b>Date1</b>: Date leech was collected (Field type: Date)</li></ul><br></li><li><p><b>Survey data</b> (Worksheet SurveyData)</p><p>Dimensions: 188 rows by 12 columns</p><p>Description: Leech abundances and site observations</p><p>Fields: </p><ul><li><b>Plot</b>: SAFE Project sample site (Field type: Location)</li><li><b>Type</b>: Habitat type (Field type: Categorical)</li><li><b>Densiometer</b>: Canopy cover (Field type: Numeric)</li><li><b>Ground.Cover</b>: Density of understorey vegetation (Field type: Numeric)</li><li><b>Tiger.Leech.Number.(Haemadipsa.picta)</b>: Number of individuals collected (Field type: Abundance)</li><li><b>Brown.Leech.Number.(Haemadipsa.zeylanica)</b>: Number of individuals collected (Field type: Abundance)</li><li><b>Temperature</b>: Air temperature (Field type: Numeric)</li><li><b>Humidity.(RH%)</b>: Relative humidity (Field type: Numeric)</li><li><b>Soil.Surface.Moisture</b>: Soil surface moisture (Field type: Ordered Categorical)</li><li><b>Time</b>: Time survey was conducted (Field type: Time)</li><li><b>Reserve.Width.(m)</b>: Width of riparian strip (riparian sites only) (Field type: Numeric)</li></ul><br></li></ol><p><b>Date range: </b>2012-05-05 to 2012-06-21</p><p><b>Latitudinal extent: </b>4.6353 to 4.7533</p><p><b>Longitudinal extent: </b>116.9477 to 117.6581</p><p><b>Taxonomic coverage: </b><br> All taxon names are validated against the GBIF backbone taxonomy. If a dataset uses a synonym, the accepted usage is shown followed by the dataset usage in brackets. Taxa that cannot be validated, including new species and other unknown taxa, morphospecies, functional groups and taxonomic levels not used in the GBIF backbone are shown in square brackets.</p><div>Animalia<br> - Annelida<br> - - Clitellata<br> - - - Arhynchobdellida<br> - - - - Haemadipsidae<br> - - - - - <i>Haemadipsa</i><br> - - - - - - <i>Haemadipsa zeylanica</i><br> - - - - - <i>Haemadipsa</i><br> - - - - - - <i>Haemadipsa picta</i><br></div><p>