Based on Copernicus CORINE land cover data from 2012, we aggregated the original CORINE land use classes into 8 classes: urban, agriculture, grassland, Broad-leaved forest, Coniferous forest, Mixed forest, natural/seminatural vegetation, and water (see clc_legend.txt). We calculated the landscape composition (percentage of each land use type according to corine land type) and shannon diversity for 100 - 5000 meters (100-1000 meter with 100 meter intervals, 1000 - 5000 meter with 500 meter interval) buffer area around Landklif plots. LandKlif is funded by the Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the Arts within the Bavarian Climate Research Network (bayklif). Within the five year funding period of bayklif, five interdisciplinary senior research associations and five junior research groups are be financed with a total sum of 18 million Euro. LandKliF, as one of the five interdisciplinary senior research associations, addresses the effects of climate change on biodiversity and ecosystem services in semi-natural, agricultural and urban landscapes.