Shrubs, consumer pressure, and exotic plant impacts on native forb establishment in California, USA.

<b>Purpose</b><br>To explore key drivers of native seed and seedling establishment in drylands - specifically California Deserts. <br><b>Publication</b><br>Data supporting the publication entitled '<i>Shrubs facilitate native forb re-establishment in an invaded arid shrubland</i>' in The Journal of Arid Environments.https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0140196318303938<b>Metadata</b><br>Full methods described in paper and within each 'year_metadata.csv' file provided.<br>Across years, key factors are consistent and include the vectors/cols plot, year, microsite, exclosure, seed_treatment, and annual_treatment for the five native forbs tested. Each year also includes abundance, but other variables varied to a limited extent.<br><br><br>