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* Dataset Title: Data for the article "Patterns of ferns community assemblages in some Malaysian and Nigerian tropical forests"

* Persistent Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8961

* Dataset Contributors:

  * Creators: Akomolafe, Gbenga; Rosazlina, Rusly; Rahmad, Zakaria; Oloyede, Fatai


* Date of Issue: 2022-06-03

* Publisher: Wiley Online Library

* License: The dna sequence data was gotten from the gene bank, and so can be reused.  As for the diversity data, please cite this article properly while using it.

* Suggested Citations:

  * Dataset citation:
    > Akomolafe, Gbenga; Rosazlina, Rusly; Rahmad, Zakaria; Oloyede, Fatai (2022), Patterns of ferns community assemblages in some Malaysian and Nigerian tropical forests, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.tx95x6b10

  * Corresponding publication:
    >Akomolafe, G. F., Rosazlina, R., Rahmad, Z., & Oloyede, F. A. (2022). Patterns of ferns community assemblages in some Malaysian and Nigerian tropical forests. Ecology and Evolution, 12(6), e8961.

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Acknowledgements
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* Funding sources: Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia through the Fundamental Research Grant (FRGS) awarded to Rosazlina Rusly


Dates and Locations
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* Dates of data collection: Field data collected between January and December in 2018 and 2019

* Geographic locations of data collection: Fieldwork conducted in Nigeria and Malaysia (see publication for more details)


Methodological Information
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* Methods of data collection/analyses: see manuscript for details

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Data and File Overview
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Summary Metrics
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* File count: 3
* Total file size: 15841 KB
* Range of individual file sizes: 198 KB - 11061 KB
* File formats: .txt

Table of Contents
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* DATA.txt
* Malaysian_sequence.txt
* Nigerian_sequence.txt

File/Folder Details
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Details for: DATA.txt
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* Description: a txt file containing the fern species abundance of Nigerian forests
* Format(s): .txt

* Size(s): 198 KB


Details for: Malaysian_sequence.txt
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* Description: a txt file containing the gene sequence for the fern general of Malaysian forests
* Format(s): .txt

* Size(s): 11035 KB

Details for: Nigerian_sequence.txt
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* Description: a txt file containing the gene sequence for the fern general of Nigerian forests
* Format(s): .txt

* Size(s): 4608 KB


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