Data to accompany Enhancing plant diversity in a novel grassland using seed addition Tara J. Zamin, Alex Jolly, Steve Sinclair, John W. Morgan, and Joslin L. Moore contact joslin.moore@monash.edu for further information. FILES ***covariates.csv - dominance and prop plant cover based on photo analysis used as covariates in establishment, siurvival and reproduction analyses*** exp - experiment number - should all be 1 plot - experimental plot number (1-60) treat - experimental treatment (C = control, S = seed addition, SD = seed addition and soil disturbance) DS_exotic - the origin of the species dominating the plot (Native = native species, Non-native = introduced from outside Australia) - not recorded for control plots prop_plantcover_Apr13 - proportion of plant cover in April 2013 just prior to setting up the experiment based on photo analysis (min = 0, max = 1.0) prop_plantcover_Oct13 - proportion of plant cover in Oct 2013 (monp = 3) based on photo analysis (min = 0, max = 1.0), not calculated for control plots prop_plantcover_Oct14 - proportion of plant cover in Oct 2014 based on photo analysis (min = 0, max = 1.0), not calculated for control plots prop_plantcover_Oct15 - proportion of plant cover in Oct 2015 based on photo analysis (min = 0, max = 1.0), not calculated for control plots ***abundance_Y1.csv - establishment data*** plot - experimental plot number (1-60) block - block number (plots were arranged in blocks of three) spp - species code, first three letters of the genus and species name seperated by an underscore monp - monitoring period that maximum count observed (1 = 21–28 August 2013; 2 = 23-28 September 2013, 3 = 23-28 October, 4 = 1-5 December 2013, all = equally abundant in all monitoring periods) count - number of individuals recorded in each plot at nominated monitoring period treat - experimental treatment (C = control, S = seed addition, SD = seed addition and soil disturbance) exp - experiment number - should all be 1 ***reprod_Y1.csv*** plot - experimental plot number (1-60) spp - species code, first three letters of the genus and species name seperated by an underscore mon.max.count - monitoring period that maximum count observed (1 = 21–28 August 2013; 2 = 23-28 September 2013, 3 = 23-28 October, 4 = 1-5 December 2013, all = equally abundant in all monitoring periods)max.count - number of individuals recorded in each plot at nominated monitoring period treat - experimental treatment (S = seed addition, SD = seed addition and soil disturbance) - controls excluded exp - experiment number - should all be 1 mon.max.reprod.yr1 - monitoring period that maximum count of reproducing individuals observed (1 = 21–28 August 2013; 2 = 23-28 September 2013, 3 = 23-28 October, 4 = 1-5 December 2013, all = equally abundant in all monitoring periods) max.reprod.yr1 - number of individuals recorded as reproducing in each plot in specified monitoring period prop_reprod_yr1 = max.reprod.yr1/max.count ***survival_reprod_Y2.csv*** treat - experimental treatment (S = seed addition, SD = seed addition and soil disturbance) - controls excluded plot - experimental plot number (1-60) spp - species code, first three letters of the genus and species name seperated by an underscore mon.max.count2013 - monitoring period that maximum count observed (1 = 21–28 August 2013; 2 = 23-28 September 2013, 3 = 23-28 October, 4 = 1-5 December 2013, all = equally abundant in all monitoring periods) max.count.2013 - number of individuals recorded in each plot at nominated monitoring period exp - experiment number - should all be 1 count.Oct2014 - number of individuals recorded in each plot in October 2014 reprod.Oct2014 - number of individuals recorded as reproducing in each plot in October 2014 survival_prop_Oct2014 - count.Oct2014/max.count.2013 prop_reprod_Oct2014 - reprod.Oct2014/count.Oct2014 ***survival_reprod_Y3.csv*** exp - experiment number - should all be 1 treat - experimental treatment (S = seed addition, SD = seed addition and soil disturbance) - controls excluded plot - experimental plot number (1-60) spp - species code, first three letters of the genus and species name seperated by an underscore count2013 - max number of individuals recorded in each plot Aug-Dec 2013 count2014 - number of individuals recorded in each plot in October 2014 count2015 - number of individuals recorded in each plot in October 2015 reprod2015 - number of individuals recorded as reproducing in each plot in October 2015 prop.survival.2013to15 - count2015/count2013 - Inf (0 individuals in count2013) and ratios > 1 (more individuals in 2015 than 2013) were replaced by 1 prop.survival.2014to15 - count2015/count2014 - Inf (0 individuals in count2014) and ratios > 1 (more individuals in 2015 than 2014) were replaced by 1 prop.reprod.2015 - reprod2015/count2015 ***abundance_Y3.csv*** exp - experiment number - should all be 1 treat - experimental treatment (S = seed addition, SD = seed addition and soil disturbance) - controls excluded plot - experimental plot number (1-60) spp - species code, first three letters of the genus and species name seperated by an underscore count - number of individuals recorded in each plot in October 2015 ***community_Y3.csv*** plot - experimental plot number (1-60) treat - experimental treatment (S = seed addition, SD = seed addition and soil disturbance) - controls excluded Bare.ground - visual estimate of bare ground cover in Oct 2015 (%) Native.grass - visual estimate of native grass cover in Oct 2015 (%) Exotic.grass - visual estimate of exotic grass cover in Oct 2015 (%) Planted.forbs - visual estimate of planted forb cover in Oct 2015 (%) Total.live - visual estimate of total live cover (excluding bare ground, litter etc) in Oct 2015 (%)