Table 3.

Data dictionary for the FunCaB species-level biomass (dataset ii).

Variable name	Description	Variable type	Variable range or levels	Units	How measured
year	Year of sampling	numeric	2016 – 2016	yyyy	defined
siteID	Unique site ID	categorical	Alrust  – Vikesland		defined
blockID	Unique block ID a combination of site and block	categorical	Alr1 – Vik4		defined
plotID	Unique plot ID is a combination of site, block and treatment	categorical	Alr1XC – Vik4XC		defined
treatment	Plant functional groups removed, where F = forbs, G = graminoids, B = bryophytes and C = control, and XC = extra control	categorical	XC – XC		defined
functional_group	Removed functional group, including forbs, bryophytes, graminoids, litter, pteridophytes, lichens, and cryptograms	categorical	forb – forb		defined
species	Species abbreviation	categorical	Ach.mil – Vio.sp		defined
biomass	Dry weight of removed functional group	numeric	0.01 – 12.95	g	measured
sorted_by	Person that sorted the biomass	categorical	AP – PP		recorded

Data dictionary with column descriptions for dataset ii – the total forb biomass per species in the 48 extra controls in 2016 at twelve sites in the Vestland Climate Grid, Vestland county, Norway.