The dataset contains a collection of habitat diversity metrics that are computed from the maps of agricultural land use in Germany. The metrics are calculated at the level of the federal states for Germany at annual basis for the years 2017 to 2021.

For a description of the fields please see the supplemental information below.

• Fernerkundung
• Landnutzung
• Vielfalt
• landwirtschaftliche Anbauflächen

Data are available on request from Marcel Schwieder.

The data provide the basis for the Thünen Earth Observation Atlas.

# Field description (ALUC = Agricultural land use class)
saa_* = Share of ALUC area in the total agricultural area (0 <= saa <= 1)
sta_* = Share of ALUC area in the total area of the polygon (0 <= sta <= 1)
shei = Shannons's evenness index (0 <= shei < 1)
sidi = Simpson's diversity index (0 <= sidi < 1)
pd = Patch density (pd >= 0)
ed = Edge Density (ed >= 0)
tperi_m = total perimeter (in meters) of all agricultural fields intersecting the polygon
tagra_ha = total agricultural area (in hectares) of the polygon
tarea_ha = total area (in hectares) of the polygon

# Agricultural land use class (ALUC)
200    Permanent grassland
1101    Winter wheat
1102    Winter barley
1103    Winter rye
1201    Spring barley
1202    Spring oat
1300    Maize
1401    Potato
1402    Sugar beet 
1501    Winter rapeseed
1502    Sunflower
1602    Cultivated grassland
1603    Vegetables
1611    Peas
1612    Broad bean
1613    Lupin
1614    Soy
3001    Small woody features
3002    Other agricultural areas
3003    Fallow land
3004    Other areas
4001    Grapevine
4002    Hops
4003    Orchard