Raw data belonging to:				
Csaba Tölgyesi, Attila Torma, Zoltán Bátori, Jelena Šeat, Miloš Popović, Róbert Gallé, Nikolett Gallé-Szpisjak, László Erdős, Tamás Vinkó, András Kelemen, Péter Török (2021) Turning old foes into new allies – harnessing drainage canals for biodiversity conservation in a desiccated European lowland region				
				
"Metadata for ""Plants-composition.csv"""				
				
Column	Entry	Value	Unit	Explanatation
A	Site	Any name	-	-
B	Habitat type	"""fen"", ""salt"" and ""sand"""	-	Habitat type in which the canals cut through (fen, saline or sandy habitats)
C	Matrix	"""Agr"" or ""Nat"""	-	Type of landscape matrix surrounding the canals (agricultural or seminatural grassland)
D	Size	"""L"" or ""S"""	-	Large or small canals (in width and depth)
E	Type	"""canal"" or ""reference"""	-	Location of the survey in the sampling site - canal or the reference grasslands
F-QC	Plant species names	Cover in percentage	%	Cover of vascular plant species in 1x1m quadrats
				
				
"Metadata for ""Plants invasive abundance.csv"""				
				
Column	Entry	Value	Unit	Explanatation
A	Site	Any name	-	-
B	Habitat	"""fen"", ""salt"" and ""sand"""	-	Habitat type in which the canals cut through (fen, saline or sandy habitats)
C	Matrix	"""Agr"" or ""Nat"""	-	Type of landscape matrix surrounding the canals (agricultural or seminatural grassland)
D	Size	"""L"" or ""S"""	-	Large or small canals (in width and depth)
E	Reed	any integer number bw 0 and 200	m	Cummulative length of the canal sections with reed cover
F	Woody	any integer number bw 0 and 200	m	Cummulative length of the canal sections with woody species cover
G	invasion_m	any integer number bw 0 and 400	m	Cummulative length of the two canal banks where invasive plant species occur
				
				
"Metadata for ""Plants-target species.csv"""				
				
Column	Entry	Value	Unit	Explanatation
A	Target species	Scientific name of species	-	List of non-ruderal plant species found in the canals sections and in the reference transects
				
				
"Metadata for ""Bird.csv"""				
				
Column	Entry	Value	Unit	Explanatation
A	Site	Any name	-	-
B	Habitat	"""fen"", ""salt"" and ""sand"""	-	Habitat type in which the canals cut through (fen, saline or sandy habitats)
C	Matrix	"""Agr"" or ""Nat"""	-	Type of landscape matrix surrounding the canals (agricultural or seminatural grassland)
D	Size	"""L"" or ""S"""	-	Large or small canals (in width and depth)
E	Date	"""May"" or ""June"""	-	Month of survey
F	Reed	any integer number bw 0 and 200	m	Cummulative length of the canal sections with reed cover
G	Woody	any integer number bw 0 and 200	m	Cummulative length of the canal sections with woody species cover
H-AS	Bird species	Number of individuals detected	-	-
				
				
"Metadata for ""Butterflies.csv"""				
				
Column	Entry	Value	Unit	Explanatation
A	Site	Any name	-	-
B	Habitat	"""fen"", ""salt"" and ""sand"""	-	Habitat type in which the canals cut through (fen, saline or sandy habitats)
C	Matrix	"""Agr"" or ""Nat"""	-	Type of landscape matrix surrounding the canals (agricultural or seminatural grassland)
D	Size	"""L"" or ""S"""	-	Large or small canals (in width and depth)
E	Type	"""canal"" or ""reference"""	-	Location of the survey in the sampling site - canal or the reference grasslands
F	Date	"""May"", ""July"" or ""September"""	-	Month of survey
G-BL	Butterfly species	Number of individuals detected	-	-
				
				
"Metadata for ""Spiders.csv"""				
				
Column	Entry	Value	Unit	Explanatation
A	Site	Any name	-	-
B	Habitat	"""fen"", ""salt"" and ""sand"""	-	Habitat type in which the canals cut through (fen, saline or sandy habitats)
C	Matrix	"""Agr"" or ""Nat"""	-	Type of landscape matrix surrounding the canals (agricultural or seminatural grassland)
D	Size	"""L"" or ""S"""	-	Large or small canals (in width and depth)
E	Type	"""canal"" or ""reference"""	-	Location of the survey in the sampling site - canal or the reference grasslands
F	Date	"""May"", ""July"" or ""September"""	-	Month of survey
G-EB	Spider species	Number of individuals detected	-	-
				
				
"Metadata for ""Heteropterans.csv"""				
				
Column	Entry	Value	Unit	Explanatation
A	Site	Any name	-	-
B	Habitat	"""fen"", ""salt"" and ""sand"""	-	Habitat type in which the canals cut through (fen, saline or sandy habitats)
C	Matrix	"""Agr"" or ""Nat"""	-	Type of landscape matrix surrounding the canals (agricultural or seminatural grassland)
D	Size	"""L"" or ""S"""	-	Large or small canals (in width and depth)
E	Type	"""canal"" or ""reference"""	-	Location of the survey in the sampling site - canal or the reference grasslands
F	Date	"""May"", ""July"" or ""September"""	-	Month of survey
G-IQ	Butterfly species	Number of individuals detected	-	-