Plant species (presence-absence records) and environmental data in each of the 912 plots used in Dubuis et al. (2011) Diversity and Distributions (of which 600 were previously used in Randin et al. (2009) Global Change Biology) and in later papers (see http://www.unil.ch/ecospat, under 'Publications').

Species and Environmental data: responsible A. Guisan
Field coordinator and collectors: A. Guisan, C. Randin, A. Dubuis, L. Pellissier, P. Vittoz and others (see acknowledgments in associated papers).


[1] "mind07" [2] "slope" [3] "topo" [4] "srad5" [5] "srad7" [6] "srad9" [7] "sradyy" [8] "precyy" [9] "snowmelt"

[1] moisture index of July (P - ETP : 1/10mm / mth)
[2] slope (in degrees) 
[3] topographic position (an integrated and unitless measure of topographic exposure; Zimmermann et al., 2007) 
[4] global potential shortwave radiation (sdir + sdif): kJ / day (monthly avg.) of May
[5] global potential shortwave radiation (sdir + sdif): kJ / day (monthly avg.) of July
[6] global potential shortwave radiation (sdir + sdif): kJ / day (monthly avg.) of September
[7] sum of all months of global potential shortwave radiation (sdir + sdif): kJ / day (monthly avg.)
[8] annual mean precipitation sum (1961-1990): 1/10mm / mth
[9] number of days with snowcover over the 1981-2000 period.