This document provides metadata for the file "discreteStageData.csv"
- In this dataset, each row represents data for one individual seed or seedling in one year. 

- Below are names of columns, each followed by a description of that column's contents

"Year" -- the year in which observations in this row were collected (i.e. the "current year")
"Plot_ID"  -- the name of the plot in which the plant grew        
"NewSeeds_t"  -- a binary variable indicating whether this row represents a seed that was newly produced by a parent plant in the current year (0 = not a seed produced in the current year, 1 = a seed produced in the current year)
"SeedBank_t"  -- a binary variable indicating whether this row represents a seed that was in the seed bank in the current year (0 = not a seed bank seed, 1 = a seed bank seed)
"SeedBank_tplus1" -- a binary variable indicating whether this row represents a seed that went into the seed bank in the next year (0 = seed did not go into the seed bank, 1 = seed did go into the seed bank)
"Seedling_tplus1" -- a binary variable indicating whether this row represents a seed that germinated into a seedling in the next year (0 = seed did not germinate into a seedling, 1 = seed did germinate into a seedling)
"Seedling_t" -- a binary variable indicating whether this row represents a seedling in the current year (0 = not a seedling, 1 = a seedling)    
"Recruit_tplus1" -- a binary variable indicating whether this row represents a seedling that became a "new recruit" (> 3 cm) in the next year (0 = seedling did not become a recruit, 1 = seedling did become a recruit)
"Site" -- the subpopulation in which the plant grew

