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.

Soil physical analyses of all 27 comparative study plots. Mass-% of 8 grain size classes of fine earth < 2 mm of six depth increments per CSP. Total depth is 50 cm. Grain sizes discriminate between sand, silt, and clay.

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...

Herb layer vegetation surveys were conducted in August–September 2024 during the field campaign of the third TreeDi cohort. Sampling was carried out in experimental units referred to as TSQ (Tree Species Quartets). Within each TSQ, herb layer vege...

Pitfall traps (four traps per plot, located at the corners of the central 10 x 10 m subplot) were used to assess the activity abundance and species richness of Formicidae in relation to the plots' woody plant diversity. The data allow to test to w...

We used DNA-barcoding to identify herbivore-host plant associations along declining levels of tree diversity in a large-scale, subtropical biodiversity experiment. We tested for effects of tree species richness, host functional and phylogenetic di...