Climate change impacts on California's foundational trees: demographic shifts are already underway

This dataset supports a scoping review of peer-reviewed and grey
literature (1971–2023) on climate change impacts on 31 endemic and
near-endemic foundational tree species in California. The dataset consists
of three tables. Table S1 is a comprehensive bibliography of literature
consulted for each species, organized by common name, scientific name,
publication title, and full APA citation. Table S2 summarizes, for each
species, the number of available range projection studies and
spatio-temporal demographic analyses, along with species range areas
within and outside California. Table S3 synthesizes the results of
demographic studies for each species, recording the direction of change in
recruitment, mortality, and density in response to water availability and
temperature, as reported across individual studies. These data can be used
to assess the state of climate change research on California's
foundational tree species, identify research gaps, and support
conservation planning and prioritization. No legal or ethical restrictions
apply to reuse of this dataset.