Iberian Waterbird Communities in Lakes and Reservoirs

Four river basin matrices detail annual waterbird community composition across sites. Metadata includes wetland type, site characteristics, functional diversity metrics, and abiotic descriptors for each site-year record. Trait data provides morphological, ecological, and behavioral attributes for all species.

Use Cases

• Compare functional diversity metrics between reservoir and lagoon wetland types to assess habitat impact.
• Analyze temporal dynamics of species composition using annual records from the Guadiana, Guadalquivir, Júcar, and Segura river basin matrices.
• Model community changes against abiotic environmental descriptors and site characteristics like size and location.
• Correlate species' morphological, ecological, and behavioral attributes from the trait dataset with their presence in specific site-year communities.

Strengths

• Includes functional trait data covering morphological, ecological, and behavioral attributes for all bird species.
• Data spans four distinct Iberian river basins: Guadiana, Guadalquivir, Júcar, and Segura.
• Provides reproducible R scripts for processing data and calculating functional diversity metrics.
• Metadata file contains multiple variable types including wetland type, site characteristics, and abiotic descriptors.

Limitations

• Small dataset size of 1.1 MB suggests limited sample depth, potentially restricting complex modeling.
• Unknown row count for community matrices and metadata prevents assessment of statistical power.
• Temporal coverage and specific year ranges are not detailed in the provided description.

Provenance

Source

Vicente Garcia-Navas via figshare.

Collection Method

Annual records of waterbird community composition at sampling sites, associated with a published study.

Time Range

Annual records, but specific years not stated.

Freshness

Last updated March 2026.

Geography

Iberian Peninsula, covering four river basins.