Vegetation and soils of pine forests in Canada’s Rocky Mountain National Parks (Banff and Jasper, in Alberta, Canada): a 47-year dataset

Data were collected in contiguous quadrats (5m x 5m) set up as a spatially structured grid in each plot. The files are organized in folders, visible with the 'tree' option under the 'files' tab.

These folders are: *1_Overview_and_metadata: has 1a_Summary_quick-start.pdf (a concise summary of the project), 1b_ReadMe_Summary.txt (a detailed description), 1c_data_dictionary.csv (a list of all data files, including variables and metadata); *2_Publications: has .pdf files, including a list of publications from the data and the three graduate theses; *3_Plot_setup_and_sampling_design: has .pdf files with diagrams of the plot setup at each site and five .csv files with details on plot sampling and topographic data; *4_Vegetation_data_files: has four .csv files with tree and understory vegetation data; *5_Dendrochronology_data_files: has 15 files with dendrochronology data by species for each site;*6_Soils_data_files: has four files with data on soil chemical and physical properties.