Alberta grassland plant data

There are a few missing data points. Traits were measured on mature healthy leaves and on fine roots (<2mm diameter) taken from representative individuals in each plot. -abund: the abundance of each species in the plot. Abundance is an estimate of the percent cover of the species in the plot (0-100%) to the nearest 10%.

Abundance was measured by noting presence of species in 10 quadrats placed within the plot. -SLA: specific leaf area -LeafArea: one-sided projected leaf area -LeafThickness: leaf laminar thickness -LeafTissueDens: leaf tissue density -SRL: specific root length -RootTissueDens: root tissue density -RootDiam: average root diameter plot.metadata.csv - Plot-level metadata on habitat and site plus plot aspect/slope. species.phylogeny.txt - Species-level phylogeny with branch lengths proportional to estimated clade age.

Tree backbone based on Davies et al. angiosperm phylogeny, within-family relationships resolved by hand using references cited in Kembel and Cahill 2011.