Mammalian Turnover and Persistence Strategies in the Western Himalayas
by Parab·Updated 16d ago
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Description
Parab's dataset examines mammalian turnover across the Western Himalayas, structured by environmental persistence strategies rather than taxonomy alone. The dataset, last updated in May 2026, uses ζ diversity, retention–turnover metrics, and ecological archetypes to identify persistence syndromes linked to elevation, disturbance, and environmental breadth. It reframes Himalayan community change as a process of environmental persistence rather than simple species replacement.
Use Cases
Modeling ecological persistence pathways based on elevation gradients mentioned in the description.
Analyzing community turnover patterns based on environmental breadth and disturbance factors.
Identifying ecological archetypes and persistence syndromes across compressed mountain landscapes.
Strengths
Dataset is openly available under a CC-BY-4.0 license.
Analysis employs specific ecological metrics like ζ diversity and retention–turnover metrics.
Limitations
Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
The dataset is small at 176.0 KB, indicating a limited scope.
Provenance
Source
Parab
Freshness
Last updated 2026-05-23 06:26:08; freshness should be verified.
Geography
Western Himalayas
Data files are in CSV and R formats; users may need R for full analysis.