Dataset on vegetative and reproductive traits of Bromelia serra (Bromeliaceae) across spatial scales and light environments

Abstract

The dataset is organized into four complementary files representing different hierarchical levels of sampling in Bromelia serra populations. The first file (“01 Field_survey_data_genets”) contains information at the genet level. Each record corresponds to a sampled genet and includes the identifiers of the sampling site and patch, the genet code, canopy openness values (%) derived from hemispherical photographs, and the geographic coordinates (latitude and longitude) of each genet. The second file (“02 Field_survey_data_ramets”) contains information for individual ramets associated with each genet. This file includes the identifiers of the site, patch, genet, and ramet, the reproductive condition of the ramet (reproductive or vegetative), canopy openness (%), and several vegetative morphological traits such as plant height (cm), diameter (cm), leaf length (cm), and leaf width (cm). The third file (“03 Field_survey_data_reproductive ramets”) includes reproductive and fruit production variables measured for reproductive ramets. Each record contains the identifiers of the site, patch, genet, and ramet, together with canopy openness (%), infructescence diameter (cm), total number of fruits, number of fresh and rotten fruits, mean dry weight of fruits (g), standard deviation of fruit dry weight (g), mean dry weight of seeds (g), and the ratio between seed dry weight and pulp dry weight. The fourth file (“04 Field_survey_data_fruits”) contains measurements at the individual fruit level. Each record corresponds to a single fruit collected from a reproductive ramet and includes the identifiers of the site, patch, genet, ramet, and fruit, as well as fruit length and width measurements (cm), number of seeds, fresh and dry fruit weight (g), fresh seed weight (g), and the ratio between seed dry weight and pulp dry weight.