Microspines in tropical climbing plants: a small-scale fix for life in an obstacle course

This dataset is associated to the original research article "Microspines in tropical climbing plants: a small-scale fix for life in an obstacle course" published in the Journal of Experimental Botany. Variable Description Type of variable Units sample Sample identifiier Nominal Variable sp_code Species identifier Nominal Variable sp Species latin name Nominal Variable direction Friction test direction Categorical variable static_force Force needed to induce motion of the stem segment Continuous variable mN sliding_force Force needed to maintain the stem segment in motion Continuous variable mN sliding_dist Distance spanned by the stem segment during test Continuous variable mm nPeaks Number of force peaks detected during test Discrete variable mN peak_frequ Peak frequency during sliding (NPeaks/sliding_dist) Continuous variable peaks.mm-1 diam Diameter of the tested segment Continuous variable mm