V_heath_vascular_plant_abundance_observational

Abundance of vascular plants measured using point intercept frequency. The datasets contains point frequency data (which can be converted to biomass estimates) of the following functional groups and species: * Betula nana * Broad leaved grasses * Calamagrostis phragmitoides * Deciduous dwarf shrubs * Deciduous vascular cryptogams * Deschampsia cespitosa * Empetrum nigrum * Equisetum sp * Evergreen dwarf shrubs * Evergreen non woody * Green willows * Grey willows * Hemiparasites * Nardus stricta * Narrow leaved grasses * Prostrate willows * Rumex acetosa * Salix herbacea * Sedges and rushes * Small forbs * Tall forbs * Vaccinium myrtillus The dataset includes three different types of files and all files (except the readme) are saved as ;-separated txt-files: * One data file per year (_YEAR.txt) * One coordinate file with coordinates of all sites included in the dataset (_coordinates.txt) * One auxiliary file with information about which sites are included in the dataset and when (_aux.txt) * One readme file with additional information about the variables included in the study design (_readme.pdf) The dataset has a two-year embargo, older versions of the dataset are publicly available for download.