This metadata describes the data used in the analyses of Biotropica (BITR-21-250) - Drought and fire determine juvenile and adult woody diversity and dominance in a semi-arid African savanna - Years of collection: 2016, 2018, 2019 Collected by: 2016: Happy Mangena (co-investigator) 2018: Happy Mangena (co-investigator) 2019: Felix Trotter (principal investigator, contact person for questions) Location: Satara land system, Kruger National Park, South Africa Methods: Woody species abundance data was collected per species once a year within a fire experiment that ran from 2013 -2019. Fires were laid on three fire treatments, defined by the natural annual occurrence of fires in savannas: no fire (control), early season fire, and late season fire. Because two wildfires in 2016 and 2017 burned control plots, we defined fire treatments for our analyses based on annual fire frequency: No burn, moderate burn, frequent burn. Data was collected within a 5m radius on 4x sample points within 0.25ha plots, and 16x sample points within 5ha plots, respectively. Details can be found in the manuscript. Description of column names: Season: Fire season (C: control, E: early season, L: late season) Size (ha): size of sample plot Replica: number of sample plot Subplot: subplot number within a 0.25ha plot Unique: unique sample plot number Point: number of 5m radius sample point Year: year of measurement Species: Woody species name JUV: number of juvenile (<1m height) individuals sampled per species AT: number of adult (>1m height) individuals sampled per species Plotlabel: Name of sample plot (combines Season, Size and Replica) Fire: fire treatment used in our analyses