Dataset for: "The importance of artificial wetlands for birds: A case study from Cyprus"

<div>Giosa E, Mammides C, Zotos S (2018) The importance of artificial wetlands for birds: A case study from Cyprus. PLOS ONE 13(5): e0197286. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0197286<br></div><div><br></div><div>Dataset consists of two excel files: </div><div>a. Bird Checklist, and </div><div>b. Wetland Data<br></div><div><br></div><div>The checklist contains the list of species recorded in all artificial and natural wetlands (n=19) during the years 2009-2011. For each species it includes the following information:</div><div>1. Scientific name</div><div>2. Common name</div><div>3. IUCN status</div><div>4. Abundance in natural wetlands</div><div>5. Abundance in artificial wetlands</div><div>6. Abundance in year 2009 </div><div>7. Abundance in year 2011 <br></div><div>8. Abundance in year 2011 <br></div><div><br></div>The wetland data include the following information:<div>1. Site Number</div><div>2. Site Name</div><div>3. Type (i.e., whether artificial or natural)</div><div>4. Description (e.g., whether dam, salt lake, etc.)</div><div>5. Conservation status (e.g., whether an Important Bird Area or a Ramsar Wetland)</div><div>6. X coordinate of the centroid (GCS_WGS_1984)</div><div>7. Y coordinate of the centroid (GCS_WGS_1984)</div><div>8. Bird species richness in 2009</div><div>9. Bird species richness in 2010<br></div><div>10. Bird species richness in 2011</div><div>11. Bird diversity (Fisher's alpha diversity index) in 2009</div><div>12. Bird diversity (Fisher's alpha diversity index) in 2010</div><div>13. Bird diversity (Fisher's alpha diversity index) in 2011</div><div>14. Maximum depth (in meters)</div><div>15. Salinity (in practical salinity unit)</div><div>16. Salinity (categories)</div><div>17. Total area (in km2)</div><div>18. Total area of the surrounding "250 meter buffer" (in km2)</div><div>19. Total length of roads within the buffer (in km)</div><div>20. Total road density (in km/km2)</div><div>21. Total area of hunting reserves (i.e., areas where hunting is prohibited) within the buffer (in km2)</div><div>22. Percentage of the buffer area covered by hunting reserves</div><div><br></div><div>For any questions regarding the dataset please contact Christos Mammides at [email protected]</div