Data for: Detecting subtle change in species and trait composition and quantifying its uncertainty in a boreal peatland

Data files related to the article 'Detecting moderate change in species and trait composition and quantifying its uncertainty in a boreal peatland', collected in Siikaneva fen, Central Finland, including the following files and variables:

coordinates_2005.csv: coordinates for the vegetation inventory points in year 2005 in ETRS-TM35FIN coordinate system.

Column names and explanations:

E.W.: East-West coordinates

N.S.: North-South coordinates

coordinates_2017.csv: coordinates for the vegetation inventory points in year 2017 in ETRS-TM35FIN coordinate system.

Column names and explanations:

E.W.: East-West coordinates

N.S.: North-South coordinates

cover_sphagna_2005.csv: Sphagnum moss species projection covers in year 2005 in the vegetation inventory points (point coordinates in file 'coordinates_2005.csv'). Percent projection covers with 1% accuracy are obtained by multiplying the values in the file with 100. Covers are given for the species used in the statistical model of the associated article.

Column names and explanations:

sphaangu: Sphagnum angustifolium

sphabalt: Sphagnum balticum

sphamage: Sphagnum magellanicum    

sphamaju: Sphagnum majus    

sphapapi: Sphagnum papillosum    

sphafall: Sphagnum fallax    

other: Other moss species and bare peat 

cover_sphagna_2017.csv: Sphagnum moss species projection covers in year 2017 in the vegetation inventory points (point coordinates in file 'coordinates_2017.csv'). Percent projection covers with 1% accuracy are obtained by multiplying the values in the file with 100. Covers are given for the species used in the statistical model of the associated article.

Column names and explanations:

sphaangu: Sphagnum angustifolium

sphabalt: Sphagnum balticum

sphamage: Sphagnum magellanicum    

sphamaju: Sphagnum majus    

sphapapi: Sphagnum papillosum    

sphafall: Sphagnum fallax    

other: Other moss species and bare peat 

cover_vascular_2005.csv: Vascular plant species projection covers in year 2005 in the vegetation inventory points (point coordinates in file 'coordinates_2005.csv'). Percent projection covers with 0.5% accuracy are obtained by multiplying the values in the file with 100 and then dividing by 2. Covers are given for the species used in the statistical model of the associated article.

Column names and explanations:

eriovagi: Eriophorum vaginatum  

carelasi: Carex lasiocarpa   

carerost: Carex rostrata    

schepalu: Scheuchzeria palustris    

carelimo: Carex limosa    

empenigr: Empetrum nigrum   

pinusylv: Pinus sylvestris   

rubucham: Rubus chamaemorus

cover_vascular_2017.csv: Vascular plant species projection covers in year 2017 in the vegetation inventory points (point coordinates in file 'coordinates_2017.csv'). Percent projection covers with 0.5% accuracy are obtained by multiplying the values in the file with 100 and then dividing by 2. Covers are given for the species used in the statistical model of the associated article.

Column names and explanations:

eriovagi: Eriophorum vaginatum  

carelasi: Carex lasiocarpa   

carerost: Carex rostrata    

schepalu: Scheuchzeria palustris    

carelimo: Carex limosa    

empenigr: Empetrum nigrum   

pinusylv: Pinus sylvestris   

rubucham: Rubus chamaemorus

trait_values.csv: Trait values for the species used in the statistical model of the associated article.

Column names and explanations:

species: Name of plant species    

capitulum density: pcs cm-1 (Sphagnum mosses)

stem dry mass: g cm-1 (Sphagnum mosses)

aerenchyma: 0=no aerenchyma 1= has aerenchyma (vascular plants)

leaf longevity: A=annual, P=perennial (vascular plants)

SLA: specific leaf area, cm2 g-1 (vascular plants)