Abundance of 17 species between 2012-2018 in a semiarid grassland

This dataset is published as supporting information to Martorell, C. and Martinez-Blancas, A. "Plant-soil feedbacks contribute to coexistence when considering multispecies assemblages", accepted for publication in Ecology.over a soil depth gradient<br>The data come from various localities (loc), i.e., 0.5 ha plots over an area of about 10 km². At each locality there are up to 8 randomly placed 1 m² plots, each with up to 20 randomly selected 1 dm² subplots. In each subplot soil depth (distance between a continuous tuff bedrock and soil surface) was measured and is reported in cm.Data are shown for 17 species in 5 families: Asteraceae(A), Commelinaceae (C), Plantaginaceae (Pl), Poaceae (P), Rubiaceae (R):<i>Aristida adscensionis</i> (P)<br><i>Bouteloua chondrosioides</i> (P)<br><i>Bouteloua hirsuta</i> (P)<br><i>Crusea simplex</i> (R)<br><i>Digitaria ternata </i>(P)<br><i>Heterosperma pinnatum</i> (A)<br><i>Hilaria cenchroides</i> (P)<br><i>Microchloa kunthii</i> (P)<br><i>Muhlenbergia phalaroides</i> (P)<br><i>Plantago nivea</i> (Pl)<br><i>Sanvitalia procumbens</i> (A)<br><i>Stevia ephemera</i> (A)<br><i>Tagetes micrantha</i> (A)<br><i>Thymophylla aurantiaca</i> (A)<br><i>Tridax coronopifolia</i> (A)<br><i>Tripogandra purpurascens</i> (C)<br><i>Tripogonella spicata </i>(P)<br><br>The abundances (number of individuals) in each subplot between 2012 and 2018 are reported in different columns. The exceptions are <i>Bouteloua chondrosioides</i> and <i>Hilaria cenchroides</i> for which we record presence with a number 1 instead of abundance. Each columns is coded with the year and the first three letters of the genus and the species.