Climate change impacts on California's foundational trees: demographic shifts are already underway

This dataset supports a scoping review of peer-reviewed and grey literature (1971–2023) on climate change impacts on 31 endemic and near-endemic foundational tree species in California. The dataset consists of three tables. Table S1 is a comprehensive bibliography of literature consulted for each species, organized by common name, scientific name, publication title, and full APA citation. Table S2 summarizes, for each species, the number of available range projection studies and spatio-temporal demographic analyses, along with species range areas within and outside California. Table S3 synthesizes the results of demographic studies for each species, recording the direction of change in recruitment, mortality, and density in response to water availability and temperature, as reported across individual studies. These data can be used to assess the state of climate change research on California's foundational tree species, identify research gaps, and support conservation planning and prior..., , # Climate change impacts on California's foundational trees: demographic shifts are already underway

Dataset DOI: [10.5061/dryad.m0cfxppjm](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.m0cfxppjm)

## Description of the data and file structure

### Files and variables

#### File: Table_S1.csv

**Description:** A comprehensive bibliography of peer-reviewed and grey literature consulted for each tree species included in the study. Complete citations for studies referenced in Table_S3.csv are also included here.

##### Variables

* Table S1:
* Common name: Categorical. Common name of the tree species
* Scientific Name: Categorical. Latin binomial of the tree species
* Title: Text. Title of the cited publication
* APA Citation: Text. Full citation in APA format

#### File: Table_S2_.csv

**Description:** Summary of available range projection and spatio-temporal demographic analyses for each study species, including species range areas within and outside California.

##### Variables

* Table S2:
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