Dataset2_sites.csv

The dataset contains the information on the 16 study sites:

• Location: the three Swiss cantons studied. Levels: Bern =BE; Basel = BS; Zurich =ZH
• Landscape: the two typea of human-dominated ecosystems, nested to the Swiss canton. Levels: Urban = U; Rural = R
• Replicate: sampling place (800-m buffer) nested with the location and the landscape. Levels: A-E.
• Site_ID: combination of location, landscape and replicate
• X: X coordinate, WGS84
• Y: Y coordinate WGS84
• Plant S in landscape: Plant species richness within the 800 m calculated using both information from the Global Biodiversity Information. Facility (GBIF) and InfoFlora (www.infoflora.ch).
• % Buildings: the proportion of buildings and other impervious surfaces within 800 m radius.
• % Agricultural: the proportion of agricultural land and other impervious surfaces within 800 m radius.
• % Water: the proportion of water and other impervious surfaces within 800 m radius.
• % Meadows & grasslands: the proportion of meadows and grasslands and other impervious surfaces within 800 m radius. The raw metabarcoding data is archived in NCBI project PRJNA1137320.