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...

Decomposition rates of wood samples placed into defined subplots of the Comparative Study plots (CSPs) of the BEF-China Research group.

Measuring light interception is important for understanding the conditions at the surface. Questions which had to be answered: How much of the light is reaching the ground and how much is hitting leaf material in the canopy? How efficient were the...

Genetic diversity parameters have been calculated for several species using molecular markers (Micorsatellites). The aim is to identify patterns of genetic diversity and answer if those are correlated to either species diversity and/or topographic...

This data gives cover values of individual herb species in each of the 1 mu subplots of the experimental site A of the BEF-China experiment.

This data documents the shrub growth parameters in 2011 for site B, belonging to the annual inventory taking place for both site A and site B. Individual-shrub growth is a function of stand attributes, local neighbors, plant size, plant damage, ge...