Vegetation and GIS data examined in the paper "Ongoing fen-bog transition in a boreal aapa mire inferred from repeated field sampling, aerial images, and Landsat data"

These files consist of GIS and vegetation plot data examined in our paper "Ongoing fen-bog transition in a boreal aapa mire inferred from repeated field sampling, aerial images, and Landsat data" (manuscript, Ecosystems).

Mahlaneva mire GIS data includes eight data sets. Flark_pools_Tolonen_1959 is the flark pool delineation of 1959 in the special study area, based on Professor Kimmo Tolonen’s (1959) thesis. Flarks_1947, Flarks_1988, Flarks_1997, and Flarks_2019 are the flark boundaries in those years according to aerial image classification. Mire_catchment is the topographic catchment of the study mire. Mire_parts_and_reference_sites includes delineations of the vegetation types (flark fen, flark fen special area, and Sphagnum mire) in the study area, as well as the reference sites (raised bog and coniferous forest). These delineations follow the Landsat pixel boundaries. The file Study_area_Landsat_pixels includes the Landsat pixel delineations in the study area.

File "Vegetation_plots_1959_2018" consist of vegetation plot data from the transect A surveyed in 1959 and 2018. In 2018, plant cover was estimated along two contiguous transects (A0 and A1) to consider the possible inaccuracy in the relocation.