Reproducible source data for figures in "Drivers of increasing tree radial growth variability in Central European forests"

This dataset contains the source data used to generate all main and supplementary figures presented in the article “Drivers of increasing tree radial growth variability in Central European forests”. The data are provided as R serialized objects (.rds files), ensuring full reproducibility of the analyses and visualizations. Each file corresponds to a specific figure or supplementary figure in the manuscript and contains the processed data structures used directly for plotting. The dataset is organized to mirror the structure of the figures in the publication, allowing straightforward mapping between data files and individual figures. These data represent derived datasets compiled from multiple sources and processed using standardized analytical workflows described in the manuscript. They are intended to facilitate transparency, reproducibility, and reuse in studies focusing on forest growth dynamics, climate sensitivity, and variability of tree radial growth in Central European forests. File Title Description Figure_1.rds Study area, climatic conditions and trends across the study area. Source data used to generate Figure 1. Figure_2.rds Within- and between-site variability across tree species. Source data used to generate Figure 2. Figure_3.rds Species-specific relative importances of predictors explaining between-site variability in tree growth. Source data used to generate Figure 3. Figure_4.rds Spatiotemporal structures of between-site and within-site growth variability for individual tree species. Source data used to generate Figure 5. Figure_5.rds Effect sizes and explanatory power of linear mixed-effects models for within-site growth variability. Source data used to generate Figure 5. SupplementaryFigure_S01.rds Standardized chronologies and within-site growth variability for the five major temperate tree species. Source data used to generate Supplementary Figure S01. SupplementaryFigure_S02.rds Temporal trends in standardized chronologies and their relationship to elevation. Source data used to generate Supplementary Figure S02. SupplementaryFigure_S03.rds Temporal trends in within-site variability random effects and their relationship to elevation. Source data used to generate Supplementary Figure S03. SupplementaryFigure_S04.rds Effect of extreme climatic events on tree growth variability. Source data used to generate Supplementary Figure S04. SupplementaryFigure_S05.rds Relationships between elevation, chronology signal strength, variability, and mean tree-ring width. Source data used to generate Supplementary Figure S05. SupplementaryFigure_S06.rds Soil chemistry of the investigated sites. Source data used to generate Supplementary Figure S06. SupplementaryFigure_S07.rds Differences in within-site growth variability between young and old trees across elevation gradients. Source data used to generate Supplementary Figure S07. SupplementaryFigure_S08.rds Relationships between climatic water balance trends and within-site growth variability. Source data used to generate Supplementary Figure S08. SupplementaryFigure_S09.rds Demographic comparison of study sites. Source data used to generate Supplementary Figure S09. SupplementaryFigure_S10.rds Mean tree-ring width, absolute variability, and uncertainty in stem increment. Source data used to generate Supplementary Figure S10. SupplementaryFigure_S11.rds Relationships between sample depth and within-site variability. Source data used to generate Supplementary Figure S11. SupplementaryFigure_S12.rds Influence of sampling strategy and forest management on within-site growth variability. Source data used to generate Supplementary Figure S12. SupplementaryFigure_S13.rds Comparison of between-site and within-site variability across detrending methods. Source data used to generate Supplementary Figure S13.