Data from: Monitoring and predictive mapping of floristic biodiversity along a climatic gradient in ENSO's terrestrial core region, NW Peru

This is the data from the publication "Monitoring and predictive mapping of floristic biodiversity along a climatic gradient in ENSO's terrestrial core region, NW Peru" (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ecog.05091/abstract).

The code (including figures, appendices and the manuscript) can be found directly in the GitHub repository.

Data sources and description

Column descriptions for all tables can be found in variable_description.ods. Following tables are stored in tables.gpkg:

1. plot_species_matrix_2011: Plot species matrix recorded in 2011
2. plot_species_matrix_2012: Plot species matrix recorded in 2012.
3. plot_species_matrix_2016: Plot species matrix recorded in 2016.
4. plot_species_matrix_2017: Plot species matrix recorded in 2017.
5. lifeform: Lifeforms of the recorded species
6. plot_variables: Variables specific to the plots such as height of the first tree layer, cover of dead wood, etc.
7. soil: Edaphic variables.
8. topography: Topographic variables.
9. streets: Streets and dirt tracks in the study area.
10. towns: Polygons displaying the outline of the cities Paita, Piura and Chulucanas.
11. rivers: Lines displaying the major rivers in the study area.
12. study_area: Outline of the study area.
13. peru: Outline of Peru.
14. neighbors: Outline of Peru's neighbors (Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador).
15. coast: Coastal strip of and close to the study area.
16. precipitation: Precipitation measured at the three climatic stations (Paita, Piura, Chulucanas).
17. experiment_count: species counted per visit (irrigation-fertilization experiment).
18. experiment_irrigation: Rain input by time during the irrigation-fertilization experiment.
19. experiment_cover: Cover of each plant species per visit and per experimental plot (irrigation-fertilization experiment).