Data and code for: Topography is a major determinant of forest–savanna distributions in mosaic landscapes in Central Africa

This directory contains data and code related to the article **Zwaan et al. (2026) Topography is a major determinant of forest–savanna distributions in mosaic landscapes in Central Africa** (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-026-01070-2). This repository provides data, model output and code used for the analysis and figures in our research article. We hope that these data can be useful for other researchers. Feel free to explore and analyze the data as needed. If you use these data in your own research, please cite our article. These data were derived from the following resources available in the public domain:- FABDEM ver. 1.2, https://data.bris.ac.uk/data/dataset/s5hqmjcdj8yo2ibzi9b4ew3sn- Global Forest Change ver. 1.11, https://storage.googleapis.com/earthenginepartners-hansen/GFC-2023-v1.11/download.html- Global Land Cover 2000, https://forobs.jrc.ec.europa.eu/glc2000/data- WorldClim ver. 2.1, https://www.worldclim.org/data/worldclim21.html Model output needed to run code generating all figures is included in this repository. To run code relating to data preparation and model training, the above data will need to be downloaded and preprocessed following the steps described in the methods section of the article. **Contact**: For any questions or further information, please contact:* Aart Zwaan* Email: [e-mail]