Data and code for: Bansal V., Keller A., van der Kooi, C. J., Leonhardt, S. D. (2026) Intraspecific floral trait variation shifts with plant community structure along a land-use gradient

Data and code necessary to reproduce the analyses performed in the manuscript:

Bansal V., Keller A., van der Kooi, C. J., Leonhardt, S. D. (2026) Intraspecific floral trait variation shifts with plant community structure along a land-use gradient (submitted)

Data refers to floral traits of two common meadow species - Ranunculus acris and Trifolium pratense in semi-natural, managed grassland plots in three bioregions of Germany, under the framework of Biodiversity Exploratories.  The sampling campaign was conducted in 2023 and 2024. The data includes flower height, weight, diameter, capitulum length (for T. pratense inflorescence), nectar volume, sugar content and pollen extracted per flower. Furthermore, we recorded floral community variables such as overalll flower density, species richness, and density of the focal species for every plot sampled.

We have additionally provided all the R scripts that were used in this publication for statistical analysis (Structural Equation modelling, Generalised linear mixed models) as well as graphical representation (Path diagrams, ggplots) for our study.  

Contact: Vidisha Bansal, vidisha.bansal@tum.de