Shrubs, consumer pressure, and exotic plant impacts on native forb establishment in California, USA.

PurposeTo explore key drivers of native seed and seedling establishment in drylands - specifically California Deserts. PublicationData supporting the publication entitled 'Shrubs facilitate native forb re-establishment in an invaded arid shrubland' in The Journal of Arid Environments.https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0140196318303938MetadataFull methods described in paper and within each 'year_metadata.csv' file provided.Across years, key factors are consistent and include the vectors/cols plot, year, microsite, exclosure, seed_treatment, and annual_treatment for the five native forbs tested. Each year also includes abundance, but other variables varied to a limited extent.