Dataset for "Herb layer vegetation patterns of silvopastoral systems: the interactive role of succession, disturbance and seed bank"

The excel file contains all underlying data necessary to reproduce the analyses presented in the paper. Spreadsheet 'herb layer vegetation' contains the averaged species cover values of the herb layer vegetation in each site (96 vegetation records). Spreadsheet 'seed bank' contains the number of seeds of each species found in the seed bank (96 soil samples). Locality: the three silvopastoral systems Abbreviations of the habitat types:OP: open pasturesTG: trees with grassTS: trees with shrubsFO: forests