Vegetative cover, light availability, and Buckthorn performance in five forest revegetation treatments

Data describing the cover, light availability, and buckthorn performance of five forest revegetation treatments (passive restoration, herbaceous seeding, sedge planting, shrub planting, and tree planting). 

Methods
Methods described in "Using plants to control buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica): Improved biotic resistance of forests through revegetation" published in Ecological Engineering.

Abbreviations:

Small_Treatment 
Description
Seeded?
Fenced?

SF
Seeded
Yes
Yes

F
Control
No
Yes

T
Tree
Yes
Yes

W
Shrub
Yes
Yes

S
Sedge
Yes
Yes

NA = "Not Available" or "Not Applicable" - Values were not measured

Focal_plant_found (Phytometers_Standing)
description

F
marked focal seedling found

NF
marked focal seedling not found (marker found, but no seedling was present - presumed dead)

leaf_status (Phytometers_Standing)
description

LI
Leaves intact

LD
Leaves damaged (more than 25% of leaf area missing)

DEAD
No leaves present, plant presumed dead

Exclude_after_this = whether plants were excluded from later calculations either because it was used for allometry, damaged by a falling tree, or otherwise no longer informative (1=yes)