Alien Plant Cover in Reunion Island Rainforest and Subalpine Vegetation

Field-based data comprises the cover of alien plant species and total native cover per stratum in subalpine and rainforest sites on Reunion Island. Additional habitat type and elevation information is provided. This dataset supports the submitted paper by Boulesnane-Guengant et al. on assessing local ecological impacts of alien plants.

Use Cases

• Assessing invasion degree based on alien plant cover data.
• Modeling relationships between habitat type, elevation, and species cover.
• Comparing ecological impacts of alien plants between rainforest and subalpine vegetation.
• Supporting conservation prioritization based on field-measured invasion metrics.

Strengths

• Includes habitat type and elevation data for contextual analysis.
• Field-based measurements provide ground-truth data for ecological studies.
• Covers distinct vegetation types (rainforest and subalpine) on Reunion Island.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Boulesnane-Guengant, Océane; CIRAD Harvested Collection

Collection Method

Field-based data collection.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-20 09:10:27; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Sainte-Rose, Mare Longue, and Fournaise Massif, Reunion Island