Plot maps site B: general maps, maps of VIP plots, tracks, species richness, plot topographic attributes...

Caterpillar MOTU based species survey and morphological trait measurements. Data collected from site A extinction scenario A trees following TreeDi tree species pair (TSP) sampling design.

Questions: One tenet of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning research is the dependence of ecosystem functions on species-specific differences in traits. Community assembly theory predicts niche differentiation among the constituent species, for...

Plant traits are aggregated from the datasets "Decomposition rates of wood in the Comparative Study plots, debris items with soil contacts in coarse mesh nets", "Leaf litter decomposition in Gutianshan: decomposition rates (k-values)", "Aggregate...

Trap nests (eigth traps per plot; four traps each attached to a wooden post; located at two randomly selected corners the corners of the central 10 x 10 m subplot; traps belonging to the same wooden post in a plot are marked with a "-" or left wit...

Soil chemical laboratory analyses of all 27 comparative study plots. Contents of carbon, nitrogen and sulphur as well as pH-values (H2O and KCl) from soil horizons of each soil profile per CSP.