Data from: Contrasting genomic signatures of climate adaptation and adaptive plasticity across the distribution ranges of sessile oak and European beech
Data files
Jun 01, 2026 version files 1.91 GB
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dryad_beech_bai.csv
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dryad_beech_corr.csv
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dryad_beech_dbh.csv
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dryad_beech_rs.csv
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dryad_oak_bai.csv
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dryad_oak_corr.csv
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dryad_oak_dbh.csv
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dryad_oak_rs.csv
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populations_fagus.snps.vcf.gz
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populations_quercus.snps.vcf.gz
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README.md
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Abstract
These data come from common garden experiments of sessile oak (Quercus petraea) and European beech (Fagus sylvatica) established across the species’ European ranges. The phenotype files are cleaned analysis input tables derived from the original trait datasets. Unused columns were removed, but the row structure, identifiers, trait values, provenance/site/block information, and competition-index variables required by the analysis scripts were retained. The phenotypic data include tree size traits, leaf morphology, annual tree-ring growth, long-term climate-growth response traits, and drought-response traits. Specifically, the dataset includes diameter at breast height (DBH), tree height, specific leaf area (SLA), annual basal area increment (BAI), correlations between annual growth and spring or summer temperature and precipitation, and drought-response indices for resilience, resistance, and recovery. The genomic data consist of compressed SNP VCF files derived from ddRAD sequencing of oak and beech individuals. These VCF files are provided as archived genomic variant resources. Additional filtering steps used to generate the final analysis-ready SNP datasets for population-genetic, genome-wide association, genotype-environment association, and genotype-by-climatic-distance analyses are documented in the associated analysis scripts.
Dataset DOI: 10.5061/dryad.fqz612k71
Description of the data and file structure
This dataset contains phenotypic, metadata, and genomic variant data associated with the study “Contrasting genomic signatures of climate adaptation and adaptive plasticity across the distribution ranges of sessile oak and European beech.”
Files and variables
File: dryad_oak_corr.csv
Description: Climate-growth correlation traits for sessile oak (Quercus petraea). Rows describe correlations between annual tree growth and either precipitation or mean temperature for spring and summer seasons.
Variables
- var0me: Climate variable class. prec.mean = precipitation; tmea.mean = temperature
- tree.id: Tree identifier used in the original climate-correlation input table.
- Prov: Provenance/population of origin.
- Site: Common garden site.
- SPR: Spring climate-growth correlation for the climate variable indicated by var0me.
- SUM: Summer climate-growth correlation for the climate variable indicated by var0me.
- Block: Experimental block within common garden.
- Treeid: Tree identifier.
- CI_Basum: Competition index based on neighbouring trees.
- Blocknew: Combined site-block identifier.
File: dryad_oak_rs.csv
Description: Drought-response traits for sessile oak.
Variables
- year: Year assigned to the drought-response trait record.
- Treeid: Tree identifier.
- value: Drought-response trait value.
- Prov: Provenance/population of origin.
- Block: Experimental block within common garden.
- Site: Common garden site.
- tree: Tree number within provenance/block/site.
- var: Drought-response trait type. rs = resilience; rt = resistance; rc = recovery.
- Blocknew: Combined site-block identifier.
- CI_BAsum: Competition index based on neighbouring trees.
File: dryad_oak_bai.csv
Description: Annual basal area increment data for sessile oak.
Variables
- year: Calendar year of the tree-ring growth record.
- Treeid: Tree identifier.
- BAI: Annual basal area increment in mm2.
- Prov: Provenance/population of origin.
- Block: Experimental block within common garden.
- Site: Common garden site.
- tree: Tree number within provenance/block/site.
- species: Species code.
- Blocknew: Combined site-block identifier.
- CI_BAsum: Competition index based on neighbouring trees.
File: dryad_beech_corr.csv
Description: Climate-growth correlation traits for European beech (Fagus sylvatica). Rows describe correlations between annual tree growth and either precipitation or mean temperature for spring and summer seasons.
Variables
- varname: Climate variable class. prec.mean = precipitation; tmea.mean = temperature.
- Treeid: Tree identifier.
- Prov: Provenance/population of origin.
- Site: Common garden site.
- SPR: Spring climate-growth correlation for the climate variable indicated by varname.
- SUM: Summer climate-growth correlation for the climate variable indicated by varname.
- Block: Experimental block within common garden.
- tree: Tree number within provenance/block/site.
- Blocknew: Combined site-block identifier.
- CI_BAsum: Competition index based on neighbouring trees.
File: dryad_oak_dbh.csv
Description: Tree size and leaf morphology data for sessile oak.
Variables
- Treeid: Tree identifier.
- Site: Common garden site.
- Block: Experimental block within common garden.
- Prov: Provenance/population of origin.
- Tree: Tree number within provenance/block/site.
- Height_m: Tree height, in meters.
- DBH_cm: Diameter at breast height, in centimeters.
- SLA_cm2_mg: Specific leaf area, in square centimeters per milligram.
- CI_BAsum: Competition index based on neighbouring trees.
File: dryad_beech_bai.csv
Description: Annual basal area increment data for European beech.
Variables
- Treeid: Tree identifier.
- year: Calendar year of the tree-ring growth record.
- BAI_mm2: Annual basal area increment, in square millimeters.
- Prov: Provenance/population of origin.
- Block: Experimental block within common garden.
- Site: Common garden site.
- Blocknew: Combined site-block identifier.
- CI_BAsum: Competition index based on neighbouring trees.
File: dryad_beech_dbh.csv
Description: Tree size and leaf morphology for European beech.
Variables
- Treeid: Tree identifier.
- Site: Common garden site.
- Block: Experimental block within common garden.
- Prov: Provenance/population of origin.
- Height_m: Tree height, in meters.
- DBH_cm: Diameter at breast height, in centimeters.
- SLA_cm2_mg: Specific leaf area, in square centimeters per milligram.
- Blocknew: Combined site-block identifier.
- CI_BAsum: Competition index based on neighbouring trees.
File: dryad_beech_rs.csv
Description: Drought-response traits for European beech.
Variables
- Treeid: Tree identifier.
- value: Drought-response trait value.
- Prov: Provenance/population of origin.
- Block: Experimental block within common garden.
- Site: Common garden site.
- tree: Tree number within provenance/block/site.
- var: Drought-response trait type. rs = resilience; rt = resistance; rc = recovery.
- Blocknew: Combined site-block identifier.
- CI_BAsum: Competition index based on neighbouring trees.
File: populations_fagus.snps.vcf.gz
Description: Compressed SNP VCF file for European beech derived from ddRAD sequencing. This file is provided as an archived genomic variant resource. Additional filtering steps used to generate the final analysis-ready SNP datasets are documented in the associated analysis scripts.
File: populations_quercus.snps.vcf.gz
Description: Compressed SNP VCF file for sessile oak derived from ddRAD sequencing. This file is provided as an archived genomic variant resource. Additional filtering steps used to generate the final analysis-ready SNP datasets are documented in the associated analysis scripts.
Code/software
The CSV phenotype files can be viewed with any spreadsheet editor or text editor and can be read in R, Python, or similar statistical software. The compressed VCF files can be viewed and processed with standard genomics tools such as bcftools/htslib or vcftools.
No analysis scripts are included in this Dryad submission. The deposited files are source data files intended for reuse; analysis and filtering scripts are described separately in the manuscript data availability statement.