Data on sampled tree and shrub saplings from the beating tray collections. Beating tray approach enables to test to what extent woody plant diversity affects the abundance, species composition and diversity of herbivores (which might profit from b...

Sand-filled splash cups were used to study the erosivity of rainfall and throughfall in the humid subtropics of southeast China in spring and summer 2010. Our results showed that the splash cup measurements yielded precise and reproducible results...

Sand-filled splash cups were used to study the erosivity of rainfall and throughfall in the humid subtropics of southeast China. Our results showed that the splash cup measurements yielded precise and reproducible results both under open field con...

Rain was captured in open field and in vegetated conditions parallel to measurements in the Comparative study plots (CSPs). Throughfall as well as sandloss from splashcups can be used to derive kinetic energy from raindrops.

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...

To test the effect of diversity on leaf area index (LAI) we took hemispheric pictures in each CSP in early spring and in summer of 2012. Plots were divided into nine subplots and pictures of the canopy were taken in the center of each subplot, at...