For the “decomposcape” approach, a total of 4131 litter bags were filled with single-species litter of Osmanthus fragrans, Pinus massoniana and Schima superba, respectively. These bags have been fixed on the soil surface across both field sites. T...

Additional target trees were used in the CSPs to complete the species specimen needed for analysing C and N usage by trees.

We have compiled a brief identification aid which is intended to help scientists that work in the field to identify the species that are planted. It contains information on the latin as well as chinese species names, contains the short codes as we...

This Zip folder contains the routes leading to the CSPs in Gutianshan. The tracks are called according to the CSP they lead to. CSPs which are adjacent to each other are summarized in one file. The file called "csp" contains the coordinates of the...

This data gives cover values of herbs in each of the 1 mu subplots of the experimental site B of the BEF-China experiment.

This data documents the tree growth parameters in 2013 for site A, belonging to the annual inventory taking place for both site A and site B. Individual-tree growth is a function of stand attributes, local neighbors, plant size, plant damage, geno...