This document provides metadata for the file "allDat_plus_contSeedlings.csv"
 - In this dataset, each row represents data for one individual plant in one year. 

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

"Location" -- the population in which the plant grew ("FEWAFB" or "Soapstone")
"Site" -- the subpopulation in which the plant grew    
"Plot_ID" -- the name of the plot in which the plant grew
"Quadrant" -- the plot quadrant that the plant grew in
"ID" -- the ID of a plant. Every unique plant in a plot over the study period received a different ID. These were used to follow the same plant from year to year. 
"X_cm" -- the position of a plant on the x-axis of a plot. In cm, between 0 and 200.              "Y_cm" -- the position of a plant on the y-axis of a plot. In cm, between 0 and 200.                "Year" -- the year in which observations in this row were collected (i.e. the "current year")
"LongestLeaf_cm" -- The length of this plant's longest leaf in the current year, in cm
"flowering" -- a binary variable indicating whether the plant flowered in the current year (0 = did not flower, 1 = did flower)    
"Num_capsules" -- the number of sees capsules produced by this plant, calculated based on stem length using the regression equation described in the manuscript. This column contains an "NA" if the plant did not flower (i.e. "flowering" = 0)
"Stem_Herb" -- a binary variable indicating whether the plant's stem(s) was eaten by herbivores in the current year (0 = not eaten, 1 = eaten)  
"Invert_Herb"  -- a binary variable indicating whether the plant's leaves showed signs of invertebrate herbivory in the current year (0 = no invertebrate herbivory, 1 = yes invertebrate herbivory)  
"LeafSpots" -- a binary variable indicating whether the plant's leaves have orange spots, an infection of unknown cause(0 = no spots, 1 = yes spots)  
"survives_tplus1" -- a binary variable indicating whether the plant survived to the next year (0 = did not survive, 1 = did survive)
"longestLeaf_tminus1" -- The length of this plant's longest leaf in the previous year, in cm. This column contains an "NA" if the plant was not alive in the previous year
"longestLeaf_tplus1" -- The length of this plant's longest leaf in the next year, in cm. This column contains an "NA" if the plant was not alive in the next year
"age" -- The age of a the plant in the current year, in years. This column contains an "NA" if the plant was a "non-seedling" in the first year of sampling, since we did not know when it first germinated.
"seedling" -- a binary variable indicating whether this plant is a seedling (<3 cm) in the current year (0 = not a seedling, 1 = a seedling)          
"Num_seeds" -- the number of seeds a plant produced in the current year. This column contains an "NA" if the plant did not flower in the current year.
"log_LL_t"  -- The log-transformed length of this plant's longest leaf in the current year          "log_LL_tplus1" -- The log-transformed length of this plant's longest leaf in the next year. This column contains an "NA" if the plant was not alive in the next year
"log_LL_tminus1"  -- The log-transformed length of this plant's longest leaf in the previous year. This column contains an "NA" if the plant was not alive in the previous year
"SoilMoisture_m3m3" -- the plot-level soil moisture, in m^3/m^3, averaged across the current year's growing season (April - August)
"SoilTemp_winter_C" -- the plot-level soil temperature, in degrees C, averaged across the previous winter (previous September - March)
"sd_soilTemp_winter" -- the standard deviation of plot-level soil temperature, in degrees C, across the previous winter (previous September - March)
"SoilTemp_grow_C" -- the plot-level soil temperature, in degrees C, averaged across the current growing season (April - August)
"sd_soilTemp_grow" -- the standard deviation of plot-level soil temperature, in degrees C, across the current growing season (April - August)
"tMean_grow_C" -- the location-level air temperature, in degrees C, averaged across the current growing season (April - August)
"sd_tMean_grow" -- the standard deviation of location-level air temperature, in degrees C, averaged across the current growing season (April - August)
"tMean_winter_C" -- the location-level air temperature, in degrees C, averaged across the previous winter (previous September - March)
"sd_tMean_winter" -- the standard deviation of location-level air temperature, in degrees C, averaged across the previous winter (previous September - March)
"precipWaterYr_cm" -- the location-level precipitation, in cm, summed across the water year (previous October - September)
"SoilMoisture_m3m3_s" -- centered and scaled version of the column "SoilMoisture_m3m3", using the R function "scale()"
"SoilTemp_winter_C_s" -- centered and scaled version of the column "SoilTemp_winter_C", using the R function "scale()" 
"SoilTemp_grow_C_s" -- centered and scaled version of the column "SoilTemp_grow_C", using the R function "scale()"   
"tMean_grow_C_s" -- centered and scaled version of the column "tMean_grow_C", using the R function "scale()"     
"precipWaterYr_cm_s" -- centered and scaled version of the column "precipWaterYr_cm", using the R function "scale()" 
"N_all_plot_t" -- the number of individuals ("non-seedlings" and "seedlings") in a plot in the current year             
"N_adults_plot_t" -- the number of "non-seedling" individuals in a plot in the current year        "N_seedlings_plot_t" -- the number of "seedling" individuals in a plot in the current year   "N_Site_t" -- the number of individuals ("non-seedlings" and "seedlings") in a site (or subpopulation) in the current year