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...

This data documents the shrub growth parameters in 2011 for site A, 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...

This data documents the shrub growth parameters from 2011 to 2015 for site A, belonging to the annual inventory taking place for both site A and site B. Measurement for this data took place annually from the end of September to the beginning of Oc...

The great 2008 ice storm destroyed considerable areas in the Gutianshan Nature Reserve. In the Comparative Study Plots (CSPs) we quantified the amount of wood downed by the ice storm (coarse woody debris data). Combining data on living and killed ...

Soil chemical laboratory analyses of all plots on Site A. Contents of carbon, nitrogen and sulphur as well as pH-values (in H2O and KCl) of six depth increments per plot.

Soil profile description according to the „Bodenkundliche Kartieranleitung. 
5. verbesserte und erweiterte Auflage Herausgegeben von der Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe in Zusammenarbeit mit den Staatlichen Geologischen Diensten ...