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

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

Dataset consists of two excel files:

a. Bird Checklist, and

b. Wetland Data

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:

1. Scientific name

2. Common name

3. IUCN status

4. Abundance in natural wetlands

5. Abundance in artificial wetlands

6. Abundance in year 2009

7. Abundance in year 2011

8. Abundance in year 2011

1. Site Number

2. Site Name

3. Type (i.e., whether artificial or natural)

4. Description (e.g., whether dam, salt lake, etc.)

5. Conservation status (e.g., whether an Important Bird Area or a Ramsar Wetland)

6. X coordinate of the centroid (GCS_WGS_1984)

7. Y coordinate of the centroid (GCS_WGS_1984)

8. Bird species richness in 2009

9. Bird species richness in 2010

10. Bird species richness in 2011

11. Bird diversity (Fisher's alpha diversity index) in 2009

12. Bird diversity (Fisher's alpha diversity index) in 2010

13. Bird diversity (Fisher's alpha diversity index) in 2011

14. Maximum depth (in meters)

15. Salinity (in practical salinity unit)

16. Salinity (categories)

17. Total area (in km2)

18. Total area of the surrounding "250 meter buffer" (in km2)

19. Total length of roads within the buffer (in km)

20. Total road density (in km/km2)

21. Total area of hunting reserves (i.e., areas where hunting is prohibited) within the buffer (in km2)

22. Percentage of the buffer area covered by hunting reserves

For any questions regarding the dataset please contact Christos Mammides at cmammides@outlook.com