Functional diversity patterns in forest-grassland mosaics

This dataset accompanies a study investigating plant functional diversity across eight habitat types in the Kiskunság Sand Ridge, Hungary. The study focuses on three major components of functional diversity: functional richness, functional evenness, and functional divergence. These components were examined across the following eight habitat types: LF – Large Forest PatchesMF – Medium Forest PatchesSF – Small Forest PatchesNE – North-facing EdgesSE – South-facing EdgesCG – Closed GrasslandsOP – Open Perennial GrasslandsOA – Open Annual Grasslands The dataset comprises vegetation relevés (sampling plots) and species-level functional trait information. Nine plant functional traits were considered to characterize the functional strategies of the recorded plant species: (1) specific leaf area (SLA), (2) mean plant height, (3) life form, (4) flowering onset, (5) flowering duration, (6) pollination type, (7) reproductive type, (8) seed dispersal mechanism, and (9) thousand-seed mass. The vegetation dataset contains species abundance data expressed as percentage cover. Species are arranged in column, while individual relevés (sampling plots) are arranged in rows. Each cell represents the percentage cover of a particular species in a given sampling plot. The functional trait dataset contains the corresponding trait values for each recorded plant species, with species organized in rows and functional traits in columns. Trait values are provided according to their respective measurement units or categorical classifications.