Vegetation surveys in mountainous area (Pyrenees, France)

The data file contains absolute cover percentage of plant species from vegetation survey in the Vicdessos mountainous area (Pyrenees, France). The data have been collected in 2015 and 2020 within the framework of two projects: ANR-10-JCJC-1804 MODE-RESPYR (Modeling Past and future land cover changes in the Pyrenees) and the PASTSERV project funded by the Observatoire Hommes-Milieux Pyrenees Haut Vicdessos (Labex DRIIHM ANR-11-LABX0010). All observed vascular plant species were listed and the cover of each species was estimated using the seven degrees of the Braun-Blanquet scale (r, +, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5). These codes were then converted to absolute percentage cover (van der Maarel 1979). The version of the data file formatted according to the Darwin Core standard has been uploaded to GBIF (https://doi.org/10.15468/4q47d3). This file is the original raw data file.