README file for the data file
Beech_carabids_site_variables.csv

Authors:
Weiss, Fabio (ORCID 0000-0003-1078-1528)
Winter, Susanne
Pflugmacher, Dirk
Kolling, Thomas
Linde, Andreas

Describtion of variables:

site: trivial name of sampling site
Latitude: latitude (geographic coordinates)
Longitute: longitude (geographic coordinates)
Protection: protection status of the site, 1=strict reserve, 0=extensively managed according to Winter et al. (2020)
Initial.community.size: estimated community weighted mean of carabid beetle size in 1999-2001
Mean.percipitation: mean annual sum of precipitation for the years 2002-2022 based on DWD data and IDW interpolation
Landscape.cover: percent of area classified as forest, wetland or water according to Pflugmacher et al. (2019) in a 1000m radius around the site center
Canopy: mean canopy cover of the upper tree layer based on data of Begehold et al. (2016)


Winter, S., Begehold, H., Herrmann, M., Lüderitz, M., Möller, G., Rzanny, M., Flade, M., 2020. Best Practice Handbook - Nature Conservation in Beech Forests used for Timber - Nature conservation objectives and management recommendations for mature beech forests in north-eastern Germany. Ministry of Agriculture, Environment and Climate Protection of the Federal State of Brandenburg.

Pflugmacher, D., Rabe, A., Peters, M., Hostert, P., 2019. Mapping pan-European land cover using Landsat spectral-temporal metrics and the European LUCAS survey. Remote Sensing of Environment 221, 583–595. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2018.12.001

Begehold, H., Rzanny, M., Winter, S., 2016. Patch patterns of lowland beech forests in a gradient of management intensity. Forest Ecology and Management, Special Section: Forest Management for Climate Change 360, 69–79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2015.10.021