Plant height and cover data in global change mesocosm experiment PASTFORWARD. Data used for the analysis in 'Intra-annual growth dynamics of forest understorey herbaceous plant species in response to global change' (Lorer et al., Journal of Ecology, 2025)

<p dir="ltr">This dataset contains the plant height and cover data collected in mesocosms plant communities subjected to experimental microclimate warming, illumination and nitrogen deposition in ancient and post-agricultural forest soils in the PASTFORWARD experiment, set in the Aelmoeseneie forest in Belgium (50°58′30″N, 3°48′16″E). The data were collected from January to December 2023. Metadata explaining different columns is provided on the second tab of the excel file.</p><p dir="ltr">Data used for the analysis in 'Intra-annual growth dynamics of forest understorey herbaceous plant species in response to global change' (Lorer et al., Journal of Ecology, 2025)</p>