S1_Table. Mean temperature, annual precipitation and disturbance the vegetation types at Mount Kilimanjaro. The sixty plots from twelve vegetation types investigated in this study represent a large part of the habitats present at the Southern slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. Disturbance was calculated including various aspects of anthropogenic changes to the environment described in S1_File. Temperature [°C] Precipitation [mm*a^-1] Disturbance COF1 19.1 1660 0.9996 COF2 19.6 2000 0.9996 COF3 20.1 1600 0.9979 COF4 22.6 1250 1.0000 COF5 17.4 1800 0.5857 FER0 4.5 1148 0.0074 FER1 5.5 726 0.0091 FER2 6.9 868 0.0372 FER3 5.7 679 0.0281 FER4 8.1 868 0.0215 FLM1 15.3 2700 0.2052 FLM2 15.2 2231 0.1384 FLM3 16.3 2750 0.1506 FLM4 16.5 2820 0.0951 FLM6 14.4 1973 0.1874 FOC1 12.1 2664 0.0173 FOC2 12.1 2678 0.0157 FOC3 11.7 2098 0.0045 FOC4 11.6 1843 0.0012 FOC5 9.9 1629 0.0004 FOD1 13 2290 0.0916 FOD2 11 2057 0.0689 FOD3 12.6 1884 0.0718 FOD4 11.1 1974 0.0883 FOD5 11.9 1984 0.1032 FPD1 9.4 1373 0.2561 FPD2 9 1332 0.2540 FPD3 9.7 1593 0.2536 FPD4 9.8 1593 0.2536 FPD5 10.8 1803 0.1486 FPO1 9.4 1984 0.0041 FPO2 9.3 1305 0.0004 FPO3 9 1355 0.0004 FPO4 9.9 1585 0.0004 FPO5 10.3 1830 0.0037 GRA1 16.5 2750 0.5699 GRA2 17.6 2000 0.4970 GRA3 19.2 1740 0.5553 GRA4 20.4 1390 0.4891 GRA5 20.8 1090 0.5256 HEL1 5.3 775 0.0000 HEL2 4.5 589 0.0157 HEL3 2.9 598 0.0021 HEL4 4.6 583 0.0000 HEL5 3.5 573 0.0000 HOM1 17 2650 0.5494 HOM2 20.3 1610 0.6341 HOM3 16.2 2650 0.4065 HOM4 20.8 1360 0.6341 HOM5 19.2 1500 0.6225 MAI1 22.6 870 0.9087 MAI2 24.8 850 0.7633 MAI3 24.2 880 0.6377 MAI4 23.6 740 0.7112 MAI5 23 610 0.5377 SAV1 24.6 1020 0.3220 SAV2 24.2 950 0.4241 SAV3 22.3 710 0.3544 SAV4 23.9 600 0.1615 SAV5 23.7 600 0.3333