Data collected on woody plant species found in faecal samples of gorillas and chimpanzees in 184 plots of 25 x 25 m in 2014.
Data description
1-a) Plot ID: The unique code for each plot
1-b) Longitude: the longitude component of the geographical coordinates of the plots, in UTM 33 N
1-c) Latitude: the latitude component of the geographical coordinates of the plots, in UTM 33 N
1-d) Habitat type: vegetation characteristics of each plot. Values: Old secondary forest, Near primary forest, Young secondary forest, Swamp, Riparian forest
1-e) Plant ID: the unique identification of each individual plant
1-f) Plant form: Tree, liana, strangler (Ficus spp)
1-g) Species traits: the plant consumption traits indicating whether the species is preferred or fallback (see the main article, Table 2). Values: Preferred gorilla (preferred by gorillas only), Preferred chimpanzee (preferred by chimpanzee only), Preferred apes (preferred by both gorillas and chimpanzees), Fallback gorilla (fallback for gorillas only), Fallback apes (fallback for both gorillas and chimpanzees), UC (unclassified), NA (no species was found in the plot)
1-h) Scientific names genus level: the scientific names of the species, determined at the genus level in faecal samples for genus with several species consumed by great apes
1-i) Scientific names species level: the scientific names of species, determined at the species level, excepted for unidentified species
1-j) Family: the family names of species
1-k) DBH: the diameter at breast height of the individual plant (in centimetre)