10.1594/PANGAEA.932937Ahlborn, JulianJulianAhlborn0000-0002-4406-9654Römermann, ChristineChristineRömermannWesche, KarstenKarstenWeschevon Wehrden, HenrikHenrikvon WehrdenPANGAEA2021grasslandgrazingInter-annual variabilityEvent labelSiteDistanceSubplotDATE/TIMELATITUDELONGITUDEPrecipitation, annual total, meanSpecies richnessBiological sampleMeasuredafter Hijmans et al. (2005)Counted2014-06-21T20:14:00/2015-08-19T20:15:00Dataset10.1111/avsc.125813750 data pointstext/tab-separated-valuesCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 InternationalThe data set features the species richness of vascular plants along a 600km long gradient Mongolian rangeland vegetation. The data was collected to study the role of climatic variability for the effects of grazing in rangelands. 15 sites were selected across a 600 km long precipitation gradient in Central Mongolia. At each site, 5 subplots were sampled within each distance of 50m, 150m, 350, 750m and 1500m to a grazing hotspot. The 375 plots with 10 m x 10 m were visited in 2014 and resampled in 2015. More information is available in the corresponding paper.103.59985106.8374543.5113948.15454Mongolia