Description of the tree growth data.

Description of the data used in this analysis, references, site location, site name, latitude and longitude in °, method of measurement, number of trees, follow-up type (b: Type 1: only mean and sd for the N trees of a site per month, Type 2: mean and sd by species for a site per month and Type 3: one observation by tree for a site per month.), follow-up duration and mean ± standard deviation of monthly diameter at breast height (dbh) growth.