Table 3 Data dictionary for the vascular plant community structure variables (dataset ii) from Puna grasslands of the southeastern Andes, in the Manú National Park buffer zone, Department of Cusco, Paucartambo province, Challabamba district, Perú.
Variable name | Description | Variable type | Variable range or levels | Units | How measured |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
year | Year of sampling | numeric | 2018–2020 | yyyy | recorded |
season | Time of data collection; wet or dry season | categorical | dry_season–wet_season | recorded | |
month | Month of sampling | categorical | April–March | month | recorded |
site | Unique site ID using first three letters of site name | categorical | ACJ–WAY | defined | |
treatment | Burning treatment; C = control, B = burnt, NB = newly burnt, and BB = experimentally burnt | categorical | B–NB | defined | |
plot_id | Plot ID | numeric | 1–5 | defined | |
burn_year | Year of the latest fire event | numeric | 2005–2019 | yyyy | recorded |
elevation | Elevation of site | numeric | 3071.7–4385.8 | m asl | recorded |
latitude | Latitude of site | numeric | −13.451–13.12 | degree N | recorded |
longitude | Longitude of site | numeric | −71.741–71.588 | degree E | recorded |
course | Sampling campaign | categorical | PFTC3–Puna | recorded | |
variable | Variable name; cover, min, mean and max vegetation height and bryophyte depth | categorical | bryophyte_depth–min_height | defined | |
variable_class | Variable class; forbs, graminoids, shurb, fern, bryophytes, lichen, bottom-, field-, shrub layer, litter, bare ground and rock (cover), vegetation (height), and bryophyte (depth) | categorical | bare_ground–vegetation | defined | |
value | Cover, height or depth value | numeric | 0–100 | percentage or cm | recorded |
