Marion Island Vegetation Plot Data

This database includes the floristic data that was used in the paper by van der Merwe, S., Greve, M., Skowno, A.L., Hoffman, M.T. &amp; Cramer, M.D. (2023). Can vegetation be discretely classified in species-poor environments? Testing plant community concepts for vegetation monitoring on sub-Antarctic Marion Island. Ecology and Evolution, 13, e9681.<br>The data were collected on Marion Island in the sub-Antarctic, using 3x3m plots in which all plant species were identified and given a cover value. Please see the Methods section in van der Merwe et al. (2023) for detailed methodology.