Alpine plant species converge towards adopting elevation-specific resource-acquisition strategy in response to experimental early snow-melting

An experimental to assess the effect of early snow-melting on alpine species at contrasting elevation was established in 2019 at Rohtang (32°22' N; 77°16' E) in western Himalaya. After completion of 02 year of experiment, sampling was performed on 08 alpine plant species. We have collected leaf functional trait and physiological traits during peak growing season (August 2020) from two elevation (3850 and 4150 m) and from control and treatment plots. The trait values of 15 replicates for each species were given here for leaf functional traits (viz. leaf area, specific leaf area, leaf dry matter content, leaf water content, plant height) and trait values of 05 replicated for each species were given for elemental (Nitrogen % and carbon/nitrogen ratio ) and physiological traits (leaf chlorophyll content, Carotenoid content, Malondialdehyde equivalents, Phenol content, Proline content, Total soluble Sugar content, Total protein content). We have provided trait values from both control and treatment plots.