Bird species trait data in Kilimanjaro

<p>This dataset was compiled by Stefan Ferger based on own observations and a literature survey. The dataset lists all bird species that have been observed by Stefan Ferger at Mount Kilimanjaro and/or of which published records are available. It further lists some of the species' traits that have also been extracted from the literature. The literature survey (and therefore the species list) is, however, incomplete, as several publication have not been screened yet.</p> <p>The KiLi project (2010-2018) is a German Science Foundation (DFG) funded research unit (DFG research unit FOR1246) that focuses on biodiversity and ecosystem processes along altitudinal and disturbance gradients on Mt. Kilimanjaro (Tanzania, Africa), capitalizing on its world-wide unique range of climatic and vegetation zones. The research unit comprises 2 central projects and 7 subprojects from various disciplines. On a total of 60 study sites in both natural and human-disturbed ecosystems biodiversity (e.g. plants, soil arthropods, ants, bees, frogs, lizards, bats, birds), related ecosystem processes (decomposition, seed dispersal, pollination, herbivory, predation), and biogeochemical processes and properties of ecosystems (climate, soil properties and nutrient status, regulation of water and carbon fluxes, trace gas emissions, primary productivity, functional diversity) are analyzed.</p>