README file for dataset "Grau_et_al_plantFT_abundance_180529.csv". The dataset is associated with the publication "Increased fire severity alters initial vegetation regeneration across Calluna-dominated ecosystems" (Journal of Environmental Management). Authors: Roger Grau-Andrés (The University of Glasgow, School of Geographical and Earth Sciences) G Matt Davies (The Ohio State University, School of Environmental and Natural Resources) Susan Waldron (The University of Glasgow, School of Geographical and Earth Sciences) E Marian Scott (The University of Glasgow, School of Mathematics and Statistics) Alan Gray (Centre for Ecology and Hydrology) Columns are: abundance_measure: frequency, as percent occupancy of 100 grid cells in a 1x1m quadrat, or percent cover of the whole quadrat. site: Braehead Moss (BM), Glen Tanar (GT). plot: plot code. fire: code for the burnt area. treatment: severity treatment of the plot, unburnt, low fire severity or high fire severity. total_heat: sum of the degree-minutes (area under a temperature-time cuve) from the beginning of the fire until 50 min after, at the top of the soil. time_since_fire: days since the experimental fire at the time of survey. Calluna_height: maximum height of the Calluna canopy (average for the whole plot), in meters. [The rest of the columns are Plant Functional Types, except:] litter: litter duff: duff / bare soil VASCULAR.seedling: unidentified vascular plant seedling.