Standard Dataset

Biological soil covers: data on lichen, bryophyte and algae coverage in soils gathered by SoilSkin citizen science program using eBryoSoil app for smartphones

Description

The data file contains the following columns:

Date: numerical variable indicating the “day”/”month”/”year” when the register was generated. User_ID: categorical variable with the identification number of the user who gathered the record. Transect: categorical variable with the identification of the number of the transect. Photo_number: numeric variable that takes values of 1, 2 or 3 and corresponds with the identification of the photographs within each transect. Photo_label: character string with the identification of the photograph from each record. Register_localization: categorical variable with the identification of the geographic area where the record was done. Latitude: integer, variable indicating the latitude of the sampling location in decimal degrees. Longitude: integer, variable indicating the longitude of the sampling location in decimal degrees. Accuracy: integer, variable indicating the accuracy of the coordinates given by the GPS. Habitat_type: categorical variable with the description of the main type of habitat of the sampling location. Lichen_Crustose: integer, variable indicating the percentage of crustose lichen cover quantified in the record. Lichen_Foliose: integer, variable indicating the percentage of foliose lichen cover quantified in the record. Lichen_Fruticose: integer, variable indicating the percentage of fruticose lichen cover quantified in the record. Total_lichen: integer, variable indicating the sum of all lichen coverage quantified in the record. Liverwort: integer, variable indicating the percentage of liverwort cover quantified in the record. Moss_Acrocarpous: integer, variable indicating the percentage of acrocarpous moss cover quantified in the record. Moss_Pleurocarpous: integer, variable indicating the percentage of pleurocarpous moss cover quantified in the record. Total_ moss: integer, variable indicating the sum of all moss coverage quantified in the record. Algae: integer, variable indicating the percentage of algae cover quantified in the record. Soil: integer, variable indicating the percentage of soil visible in the record.