Advancing transdisciplinary research on grassy biomes to support resilience in tropical ecosystems and livelihoods

Madagascar-wide metadata relating to Malagasy Grassy Biomes. The understanding of vegetation dynamics in tropical grassy biomes is severely limited across spatio-temporal scales, limiting effective management and support for livelihoods and biodiversity. Despite their extent, utility, and central importance to people and ecosystem function, grassy biomes are often uncritically regarded as degraded, valueless landscapes that result primarily from destructive anthropogenic forces. Moreover, this characterization is often presented without investigation of their history, biodiversity, or ecological complexity. Iconically, Madagascar’s grassy biomes cover approximately 80% of the island’s land surface today and exemplify core challenges to understanding tropical grassy ecosystems and their interactions with anthropogenic activities across spatio-temporal scales. Intersections between human history and environmental change have sparked debates about the role of land use in shaping grassy bio..., The data was collected through a systematic review of publically available manuscripts., , # Advancing transdisciplinary research on grassy biomes to support resilience in tropical ecosystems and livelihoods

[https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.1zcrjdg0p](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.1zcrjdg0p)

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This dataset includes publication metadata associated with interdisciplinary evidence around Madagascar's grassy biomes. Publications and associated metadata were systematically collated into an Excel sheet.

## Description of the data and file structure

Relevant publications are listed in columns A-D; the type of evidence is listed in column E; the region of Madagascar is listed in column F, followed by latitude and longitude (column G-H). Site name is provided in column I, as well as relevant research contact details (Column J). An approximate date range for the evidence is provided in column K, and a short data description is provided in column L. Column M indicates whether the data was included in a previously published data table, and column N indicates where the given data can be...