Data from: Tree functional traits across Caribbean island dry forests are remarkably similar

Delineation of potential dry forest and estimated actual dry forest on Caribbean islands. Potential dry forest is delineated based on CHELSA climate data (www.chelsa-climate.org) and the FAO definition of dry forest. Estimated actual dry forest is corrected for land cover using data from Hansen et al. (2022) https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac46ec. Areas of potential dry forest, estimated actual dry forest, and area of built-up land covers are summarized by islands and joined to CHELSA bioclimatic variables for selected islands where data on functional traits are available. Trait values by sites are also included. The package consists of data outputs and R scripts to reproduce the data outputs from identified publicly available data sources.