Table 5 Data dictionary for the biomass data from Mt. Gongga (dataset iii).
Variable name | Variable type | Variable range or levels | How measured | Units/formats/treatment level coding |
|---|---|---|---|---|
site | factor | [site] | Defined | High alpine (H), Alpine (A), Middle (M), Lowland (L) |
plot | factor | plot number | Defined | 1–20 |
biomass | numeric | 0.004–86.2 | Weighed | g |
cover | numeric | 0.1–80 | Visually estimated | % |
height | numeric | 0.3–46.2 | Weighed | cm |
n | numeric | number of individuals | Counted | count |
speciesName | factor | text | latin species name | identified |
authorithy | factor | |||
genus | factor | text | latin genus | identified |
family | factor | text | latin family | identified |
