Generating a simulated dataset for Community Ecology analyses

Tegan N. Barry and Jenny L. McCune

https://doi.org/10.37590/able.v46.sup19

Supplemental Materials

• Sample prep [xlsx]
  • A spreadsheet containing the raw data and data processing steps to create the emoji sampling packet. Sheet 1 [Raw] contains the ‘dune’ meadow plant dataset. Sheet 2 [Sorted] organizes the sample sites based on community similarity. Sheet 3 [Groups] subsets the dataset into five groups, duplicating one site in each group to bring the total sample size to 25. This sheet also contains conversion from species names to emoji animals, along with the total number of emoji individuals to be included with each sample. Sheet 4 [Total] contains the total number of each emoji animal needed for the sampling packet, while Sheet 5 [Check] confirms the number printed and allocated to each group.
• Emojis [pptx]
  • A completed emoji packet file for 25 students, with five groups of five. These emojis have been measured to fit in the pans listed in the Materials section of the manuscript.
• Class template [xlsx]
  • An example template for collecting student data at the end of the sampling exercise.
• Demo [txt]
  • A complete dataset from a previous iteration of the course, used to demonstrate upcoming techniques students will learn later in the term.
• Script [R]
  • An R script to walk students through a demonstration of common Community Ecology analyses (ordination, PERMANOVA).