Following files have been uploaded to DRYAD. 1) Richness_analyses_02_all_cells_5records_nodata.txt 2) Richness_analyses_02_all_cells_10records_nodata.txt 3) Richness_analyses_05_all_cells_5records_nodata.txt 4) Richness_analyses_05_all_cells_10records_nodata.txt All datatables relate to the analyses conducted in the paper Palaeo-precipitation is a major determinesant of palm species richness patterns across Madagascar - a tropical biodiversity hotspot 1-4) 02 or 05 refer to the resolution of the data set being either at 0.2˚ (approximately 22 × 22 km; n = 1395 cells) and 0.5˚ (approximately 52 × 52 km; n = 249 cells) - note cells with no data has been removed leaving 1387 cells at 0.2° and 246 cells at 0.5°. 1-4) 5records or 10records refer to the unique number of records set as minimum for the species modelled in Maxent In all tables the following variables are available: All richness estimates (response variables): 27E_MIN 27E_MAX 27EF_MIN 27EF_MAX 10EF_MIN 10EF_MAX Predictor variables: Prec - precipitation annual (present day) Temp - annual mean temperature (present day) AET - actual evapotranspiration PET - potential evapotranspiration Topor - topographic range (max - min elevation) Habi - number of vegetation types pr grid Geol - number of geological types pr grid Hi - human influence index Hph - historical human population density (mean of four time periods (0AD, 500AD, 1000AD, 1500AD)) LGM_mean_prec - LGM precipitation anomaly (mean og two climate reconstructions) LGM_mean_temp - LGM temperature anomaly (mean og two climate reconstructions) ccsm_ano_prec - LGM precipitation anomaly (CCSM3 climate reconstruction) ccsm_ano_temp - LGM temperature anomaly (CCSM3 climate reconstruction) miroc_ano_prec - LGM precipitation anomaly (MIROC 3.2 climate reconstruction) miroc_ano_temp - LGM temperature anomaly (MIROC 3.2 climate reconstruction)