Data and code for Laschke, Twerski et al. (2026) J Appl Ecol

Data and code for:

Laschke CJ*, Twerski A*, Bauer M, Härdtle W, Kirmer A, Kollmann J, Loos J, Schmidt A, Sturm L, Tischew S, Wiesmeier M & Temperton VM (2026) Integrated assessment of grassland restoration methods across Germany: Direct harvest and regional seed mixtures are most successful. – Journal of Applied Ecology 63, e70390. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.70390

Study region: Three regions in Germany

Content of the repository
Data: the folder data contains

Raw data of the sites (environment) variables (.csv)

Raw data of the site diversity (.csv)

Processed data of the sites and diversity indices (.csv)

Outputs: the folder outputs contains

The figures generated (.tiff)

The tables generated (.docx)

The models calculated (.Rdata)

R: the folder R contains

Script to prepare the processed data (.R)

Scripts to calculate all models (.R)

Scripts to create all figures and tables (.R)

Package versioning
The used versions of R and the packages are saved in grassworks_plant_diversity/renv.lock.

You can restore this state by executing renv::restore() in the console.