Data for the paper "Species distribution models built with local species data perform better for current time, but suffer from niche truncation".Historic (1989-2013) and future (2041-2060 for RCP4.5 and RCP8.5) distribution of tree species in the Alps and Piedmont, Italy.

Collection of raster related to the historic and future distribution of 22 tree species for Piedmont Region, Italy and the European Alps extent produced by using correlative species distribution models.Rasters are projected to EPSG:3034 with a spatial resolution of 1km, but originally available at 250m upon request.Files are provided as both binary maps (0 = absence, 1 = presence) or continuous probability of presence (0-1) in the GeoTiff format.The "Independent data" folder contains maps from Caudullo et al. (2017) and the csv file used for independent validation with LUCAS and GBIF occurrences.The EU-Trees4F dataset was very large and detailed, but can be fully downloaded at this link: https://springernature.figshare.com/collections/EU-Trees4F_A_dataset_on_the_future_distribution_of_European_tree_species_/5525688R code is available upon request.