Microhabitat selection data for the lesser hairy-footed dunnart and wolf spiders in the Simpson Desert, Australia. The dataset includes percentage cover of seven microhabitat variables and distances to nearest cover measured along individual trails and control trails. Data was collected across 16 trapping grids at Main Camp during July and October 2017.
Use Cases
- Modeling predator-prey encounter rates based on microhabitat overlap.
- Comparing microhabitat use between species using NMDS and PERMANOVA analyses.
- Assessing microhabitat availability by comparing actual animal trails to random control trails.
Strengths
- Data collected across 16 trapping grids, providing spatial replication.
- Includes control trails for each actual trail to measure local microhabitat availability.
- Data collected in two distinct seasons (winter and spring) in 2017.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to the single study site and year.
Provenance
- Source
- Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
- Collection Method
- Field measurements of microhabitat variables along animal trails and randomly orientated control trails.
- Time Range
- July and October 2017
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-06-10 20:04:30.531252; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Simpson Desert, south-western Queensland, Australia