This dataset represents the accumulated climate data from HOBO loggers in randomly selected NON VIP plots from random extinction scenario B and C, as well as economic plots on Site A and Site B. The sensors were deposited in the plots in the framework of the MMA experiment as covariate measurements of local temperature and air humidity for wood decomposition measurements. The Excel Dataset contains the aggregated data from December 2011 to September - December 2012, depending on when the wood was retrieved from the respective plots. I computed min; mean and max values for relative humidity and temperature. Moreover the dataset contains the respective amplitudes of the climate data, as well as the temporal extent of the data. The R script that was used to aggregate the climate data as well as the original data as well as the original data are attached as freeformat files to this dataset.

Climate data loggers were set up in the field in randomly chosen plots of extinction scenarios B and C, as well as economic plots from Site A and B from December 2014 to between September and December 2015 (depending on wood harvest in the individual plots. We used HOBO U23 Pro v2 loggers (Onset Corporation, Bourne USA). Loggers were set to record values every 30 min. To protect the loggers from direct sunlight, rain, wetting and intense wind turbulences, every logger was shielded with a custom-made metal shield placed on a stick approx 5cm above the sensor. In every plot, the sensors were placed between tree individuals X11/X12;Y11/Y12 (see general information on planting schemes of the plots in the BEF-China Main Experiment). Data were teken on the following plots: Site_A_C31 Site_A_E27 Site_A_E29 Site_A_E36 Site_A_F23 Site_A_F29 Site_A_G18 Site_A_G19 Site_A_G23 Site_A_G32 Site_A_H15 Site_A_H24 Site_A_I13 Site_A_I30 Site_A_J13 Site_A_K05 Site_A_K10 Site_A_K18 Site_A_K23 Site_A_L06 Site_A_L07 Site_A_L08 Site_A_M17 Site_A_M26 Site_A_M27 Site_A_N19 Site_A_N25 Site_A_O23 Site_A_O24 Site_A_O29 Site_A_R20 Site_A_S17 Site_A_S19 Site_A_U16 Site_A_U17 Site_B_C27 Site_B_E24 Site_B_F23 Site_B_J22 Site_B_J27 Site_B_K28 Site_B_L07 Site_B_L24 Site_B_L27 Site_B_N27 Site_B_O20 Site_B_O32 Site_B_P06 Site_B_P20 Site_B_Q24 Site_B_Q30 Site_B_R06 Site_B_R08 Site_B_R12 Site_B_S06 Site_B_S21 Site_B_S26 Site_B_S27 Site_B_T20 Site_B_T21 Site_B_U13 Site_B_U22 Site_B_V16 Site_B_W27 Site_B_W28 Site_B_X13 Site_B_X23 Site_B_Y21 Site_B_Y22 Site_B_Z09