Vegetation data along alpine pasture-shrub gradients

Columns of dataset:

• Species_richness: Number of species per plot
• Species_evenness: Pielou's eveness of species cover values
• Heterogeneity: Beta-diversity, average Jaccard distance to the other three plots within cover zone
• Nutrient_index: Cover-weighted average nutrient indicator value
• Light_index: Cover-weighted average light indicator value
• Water_index: Cover-weighted average humidity indicator value
• Gradients_ID: gradient identifier
• Dominant_shrub: Dominant shrub species (3 categories)
• Zonal_cover: Value of zonal cover in percent
• Plot_cover: Value of plot cover in percent
• Geology_4level: Substrate of parent material (4 categories)
• Geology_2level: Substrate of parent material (2 categories)
• Aspect_3level: Aspect (3 categories)
• Elevation: Elevation in m above sea level
• Steepness_perc: Terrain slope in percent
• Precipitation: Annual precipitation sum in mm
• Temperature: Mean annual temperature in °C
• Soil_phosphorus: Soil phosphorus extracted by AA-EDTA in mg/kg
• Soil_pH: pH of soil-water suspension