Microspines in tropical climbing plants: a small-scale fix for life in an obstacle course

<p>This dataset is associated to the original research article &quot;Microspines in tropical climbing plants: a small-scale fix for life in an obstacle course&quot; published in the Journal of Experimental Botany.&nbsp;</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>Variable</td> <td>Description</td> <td>Type of variable</td> <td>Units</td> </tr> <tr> <td>sample</td> <td>Sample identifiier</td> <td>Nominal Variable</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>sp_code</td> <td>Species identifier</td> <td>Nominal Variable</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>sp</td> <td>Species latin name</td> <td>Nominal Variable</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>direction</td> <td>Friction test direction</td> <td>Categorical variable</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>static_force</td> <td>Force needed to induce motion of the stem segment</td> <td>Continuous variable</td> <td>mN</td> </tr> <tr> <td>sliding_force</td> <td>Force needed to maintain the stem segment in motion</td> <td>Continuous variable</td> <td>mN</td> </tr> <tr> <td>sliding_dist</td> <td>Distance spanned by the stem segment during test</td> <td>Continuous variable</td> <td>mm</td> </tr> <tr> <td>nPeaks</td> <td>Number of force peaks detected during test</td> <td>Discrete variable</td> <td>mN</td> </tr> <tr> <td>peak_frequ</td> <td>Peak frequency during sliding (NPeaks/sliding_dist)</td> <td>Continuous variable</td> <td>peaks.mm^-1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>diam</td> <td>Diameter of the tested segment</td> <td>Continuous variable</td> <td>mm</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p>