Data from: General patterns of beavers' selective foraging: How to evaluate the effects of a re-emerging driver of vegetation change along Central European small watercourses

<p>This Excel table contains information about the woody plant supply and its utilization by the Eurasian beaver at 11 study sites along small watercourses located in Hungary. The following data&nbsp;are provided about each woody plant unit (trunk&nbsp;or branch): taxon group, genus, diameter class, and&nbsp;type of utilization.&nbsp;Two taxon groups were differentiated:&nbsp;softwood species (<em>Salix</em> and <em>Populus</em> spp.) and other species. The units were categorized into six diameter classes (d1-d6).&nbsp;Thin branches with a diameter of 0.8&ndash;4.9 cm were classified into the first one (d1), and five more diameter classes (d2&ndash;d6) were defined using Jenks natural breaks method: d2 &ndash; 5&ndash;9 cm, d3 &ndash; 10&ndash;18 cm, d4 &ndash; 19&ndash;32 cm, d5 &ndash; 33&ndash;54 cm, d6 &ndash; 55&ndash;146 cm.&nbsp;Three types of utilization were defined: <em>cutting</em>, <em>carving</em>, and <em>debarking</em>.&nbsp;We refer to trunks and branches not utilized by beavers as intact units. We also distinguished between fresh and old signs of utilization. In addition, a fresh dataset was defined, which consists of intact units, units with fresh signs of utilization, and formerly beaver-harmed but living trees.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>