Phylogenetic relationships and plant life stage but not biogeographic history mediate priority effects of European grassland plants

The data set contains information on the priority effect of early-arriving plants on different life stages (seedling emergence, seedling survival, and aboveground biomass production) of late-arriving plants. Pairs of early- and late-arriving species differed in their biogeographic history (allopatric or sympatric) as well as their phylogenetic distance.