Vegetation data along alpine pasture-shrub gradients

Columns of dataset:

Species_richness: Number of species per plot

Species_evenness: Pielou's eveness of species cover values

Heterogeneity: Beta-diversity, average Jaccard distance to the other three plots within cover zone

Nutrient_index: Cover-weighted average nutrient indicator value

Light_index: Cover-weighted average light indicator value

Water_index: Cover-weighted average humidity indicator value

Gradients_ID: gradient identifier

Dominant_shrub: Dominant shrub species (3 categories)

Zonal_cover: Value of zonal cover in percent

Plot_cover: Value of plot cover in percent

Geology_4level: Substrate of parent material (4 categories)

Geology_2level: Substrate of parent material (2 categories)

Aspect_3level: Aspect (3 categories)

Elevation: Elevation in m above sea level

Steepness_perc: Terrain slope in percent

Precipitation: Annual precipitation sum in mm

Temperature: Mean annual temperature in °C

Soil_phosphorus: Soil phosphorus extracted by AA-EDTA in mg/kg

Soil_pH: pH of soil-water suspension