Dataset for "Plant traits determining biogeomorphic landscape dynamics: a study on clonal expansion strategies driving cliff formation at marsh edges"

This dataset contains i) the clonal expansion
traits of three marsh species (Spartina
anglica,
Scirpus maritimus, and Phragmites australis) at marsh edges in a series of
mesocosm experiments; and ii) cliff formation at mimicked marsh edges (S. anglica and S. maritimus, that with contrasting clonal expansion traits) in a
flume experiment. This study examined
how species-specific differences in expansion strategy, i.e. clonal step-length
of laterally expanding tillers, both respond to sediment type and drive cliff
formation and persistence.