Limited intraspecific variation in drought resistance along a pronounced tropical rainfall gradient

Assessing within-species variation in response to drought is crucial for predicting species responses to climate change and informing restoration and conservation efforts, yet experimental data are lacking for the vast majority of tropical tree species. We assessed intraspecific variation in response to water availability across a strong rainfall gradient for 16 tropical tree species using reciprocal transplant and common garden field experiments, along with measurements of gene flow and key functional traits linked to drought resistance., , , # Data from: Limited intraspecific variation in drought resistance along a pronounced tropical rainfall gradient These data were collected as part of a study of intraspecific variation in response to water availability across a strong rainfall gradient for 16 native tropical tree species using reciprocal transplant and common garden field experiments, along with measurements of gene flow, genetic diversity, and key functional traits linked to drought resistance. The study was conducted in tropical moist lowland forests spanning a rainfall gradient in central Panama. There are 8 data files and 6 files with R code used to analyze the data sets. The data files fall into 5 groups: Focal species information, Common Garden experiment, Reciprocal Transplant experiment, Functional trait measurements, and Genetic data NA is used to denote missing or unmeasured data in all files ## Description of the data and file structure ### Focal species information - data on the 16 focal species used in...