Dataset: Recruitment responses of shade-tolerant and heliophilous trees in human-degraded areas: the necessity of knowing the recruitment autecology of species for making reforestation decisions

This repository contains the files associated with the following article: Croce J, EI Badano & A Tálamo (2024) Recruitment responses of shade-tolerant and heliophilous trees in degraded areas: the necessity of knowing the recruitment autecology of species for effective reforestation decisions. Land Degradation & Development, 35, pp. 4637-4647. https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.5246 The first Microsoft Excel file (Dataset 01 - Microclimate.xlsx) contains two sheets with the microclimatic data (average, maximum and minimum soil temperatures, and volumetric soil water content) measured in Cerro Chachapoyas and Cerro Fachacano. These measurements were performed on three plots of each trearment, including shrub-protected treatment with high shade, shrub-protected treatment with medium shade, sunny treatment with high herbaceous cover, sunny treatment with medium herbaceous cover and controls. The second Microsoft Excel file (Dataset 02 -Plant responses.xlsx Dataset 02 - Plant responses.xlsx) contains three sheets with the data used to estimate the seedling emergence rates, plant survival rates and net aboveground growth rates of the tree species, including Anadenanthera colubrina and Ceiba chodatii in Cerro Chachapoyas, and Jacaranda mimosifolia in Cerro Fachacano.