Data to "Grassland species colonization of a restored grassland on a former forest varies in short-term success but is facilitated by greater functional connectivity" by Kapás et al. 2023

This dataset includes vascular plant species lists with abundance values from two time period ( t1 and t2) collected in 275 plots (PlotID) with related environmental variables (meta_data with coordinates and presence/absence of livestock) in a former forest, which has been restored back to a semi-natural grassland. The data is collected on 50 x 50 cm level in a 4.2 ha area in Södermanland, Sweden. Empty values in the plant species lists read as NA´s. "Grassland species colonization of a restored grassland on a former forest varies in short-term success but is facilitated by greater functional connectivity" published in Nordic Journal of Botany  DOI:  10.1111/njb.03762