This dataset provides a distance matrix wich gives the distances between the CSPs in the Gutianshan National Nature reserve (29º8'18" – 29º17'29" N, 118º2'14" – 118º11'12" E, Zhejiang Province Southeast China). The distances are based on the spati...

"1. Afforestations are globally increasing to produce timber and pulp wood, and to enhance carbon sequestration aiming at the mitigation of CO2 emissions. Large areas have been and will be afforested, particularly in China, in order to compensate ...

Local tree-tree interactions have been identified as the key mechanism underlying biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships at larger spatial scales. Complementarity of crown structures has been described to enhance canopy packing and there...

The BEFdata portal allows to import research data directly from an Excel 2003 workbook. To get most out of the workbook, it's good to know that the "General Metadata" sheet saves dataset ownership, as well as general information of where, how, and...

Trees with extrafloral nectaries (EFN) are common in tropical and subtropical forests and the presence of EFN trees within a tree community may influence tree growth. In this dataset EFN-tree-visiting arthropods were collected on all EFN tree spec...

The growth (basal area increment (BAI)) of shrubs in TSQs. From 2023 to 2024 Site A and 2024 to 2025 Site B. BA calculated from individual circumference and diameter d10 measurements and summed for all stems per shrub. Difference in BA from one ye...